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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 237A.14 AT-HOME INFANT CHILD
1 2 CARE PROGRAM.
1 3 1. For the purposes of this section, unless the context
1 4 otherwise requires:
1 5 a. "Eligible family" means a family which meets all of the
1 6 following requirements:
1 7 (1) The family meets the eligibility requirements for the
1 8 state child care assistance program.
1 9 (2) The family is not a participant in the family
1 10 investment program under chapter 239B, is not receiving other
1 11 cash assistance from the state or a political subdivision of
1 12 the state, and is not receiving state child care assistance
1 13 under section 237A.13 or other public assistance for child
1 14 care at the time of participation in the at-home infant child
1 15 care program.
1 16 (3) The family has not previously received the lifelong
1 17 maximum total of twelve months of assistance available under
1 18 the at-home infant child care program.
1 19 (4) The family has an infant member.
1 20 b. "Eligible parent" means a parent who meets all of the
1 21 following requirements:
1 22 (1) The parent is at least age eighteen and is a member of
1 23 an eligible family.
1 24 (2) The parent provides full-time care for the parent's
1 25 infant in the infant's home.
1 26 (3) The parent provides in-home care for any other of the
1 27 parent's children in the eligible family.
1 28 c. "Infant" means a child who is less than one year of
1 29 age.
1 30 d. "Parent" means a birth parent, adoptive parent, or
1 31 stepparent.
1 32 e. "State child care assistance program" means the state
1 33 child care assistance program established under section
1 34 237A.13.
1 35 2. The department shall establish an at-home infant child
2 1 care program in accordance with this section. The program
2 2 shall include all of the following:
2 3 a. An eligible family may participate in the at-home
2 4 infant child care program in lieu of receiving assistance
2 5 under the state child care assistance program.
2 6 b. An eligible family is limited to a lifetime total of
2 7 twelve months of assistance under the program.
2 8 c. The maximum rate of assistance payable to an eligible
2 9 family under the at-home infant child care program is seventy-
2 10 five percent of the maximum reimbursement rate payable under
2 11 the state child care assistance program for infant child care,
2 12 less any amount to be paid by the family under the sliding fee
2 13 scale applicable to the eligible family's income level and
2 14 family size under the state child care assistance program
2 15 requirements.
2 16 3. An eligible family participating in the at-home infant
2 17 child care program must comply with requirements under the
2 18 state child care assistance program for reporting income,
2 19 family changes, and other information. If an eligible family
2 20 is on a waiting list for the state child care assistance
2 21 program at the time of admission into the at-home infant child
2 22 care program, upon leaving the at-home infant child care
2 23 program the family shall reenter the state child care
2 24 assistance program at the position to which the family would
2 25 have advanced on the waiting list if the family had not been
2 26 admitted into the at-home infant child care program.
2 27 4. Implementation of the at-home infant child care program
2 28 is subject to the appropriation of funding specifically for
2 29 the program.
2 30 EXPLANATION
2 31 This bill amends the child care facilities Code chapter to
2 32 require the department of human services to establish an at-
2 33 home infant child care program for certain families that are
2 34 eligible for the state child care assistance program and are
2 35 not participating in the family investment program or
3 1 otherwise receiving other public assistance. Under program
3 2 requirements, an eligible family's infant cannot exceed 12
3 3 months of age.
3 4 The program has a lifelong maximum of 12 months of
3 5 assistance. The maximum amount payable to an eligible family
3 6 is 70 percent of the state's maximum reimbursement for infant
3 7 child care, less the state child care assistance sliding fee
3 8 scale amount payable by the family based upon family income
3 9 and family size. If a participating family was on a waiting
3 10 list for the state child care assistance program, the family
3 11 retains the family's spot on the waiting list as though
3 12 progress on the waiting list had continued while the family
3 13 participated in the at-home infant child care program.
3 14 Implementation of the at-home infant child care program is
3 15 subject to a specific appropriation of funding for the
3 16 program.
3 17 LSB 2952HH 79
3 18 jp/cls/14
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