Effective July 1, 2002
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WAC 388-290-0245
When can the WCCC program authorize payment of
fees for registration?
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We pay licensed or certified child care
providers and seasonal day camps that have contracts with us to
provide subsidized child care a registration fee once per calendar
year of fifty dollars per child or the provider's usual fee,
whichever is less only if the fees are:
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Required of all parents whose
children are in care with that provider; and
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Needed to maintain the child care
arrangement.
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The registration fee may be authorized
more than once per calendar year when:
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There is a break in your child care
services for more than sixty days and the provider's usual
policy is to charge an additional registration fee when there
is a break in care; or
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The children change child care
providers and the new provider meets subsection (1)(a) and (b)
of this section.
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The WCCC program pays licensed or
certified child care providers a monthly activity fee of twenty
dollars per child or the provider's actual cost for the activity,
whichever is less only if the fees meet the conditions in
subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section.
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Washington State Register (WSR) numbers below to go to the official
filings for this WAC at the Washington State Code Reviser's web site.
Current Version:
WSR 02-12-069, effective 7/1/02 |
Clarifying information
Registration Fees
Some child care programs charge a per-child
registration fee. Other programs charge a per-family registration fee.
Activity Fees
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Child care programs may charge an additional
fee to families for a variety of "activities". For example,
field trips, bowling, the movies and/or the purchase of 1-time items for
a special craft project. The requests for authorization of
"activity" fees are usually more common during the summer,
although the fee can be authorized year-round.
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The activity fee must be required of all
parents, subsidized and unsubsidized. It can be used to cover:
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The cost of admissions (to the zoo,
museums, movies, etc...),
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Food (if purchased while on an outing), and
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Travel, but only for public transportation
to a specific recreational activity;
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The activity fee does not cover:
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Transportation costs if the provider is
regularly transporting children to and from school or using a
business vehicle to transport to and from activities;
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"Optional enrichment programs"
for the child such as preschool (and preschool curriculum items),
language classes, kindergym, dance, gymnastics, swimming lessons,
etc.)
worker responsibilities
Registration Fees
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Authorize either $50 per child or the
provider's rate for the fee, whichever is less.
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The registration fee is paid once per calendar
year, per provider. Pay the fee only when the provider requires this
annual fee of all parents, subsidized and non-subsidized (private pay).
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Pay the fee more than once per year if the
consumer changes providers and the new provider charges a registration
fee.
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Authorize and allow payment of the registration
fee if:
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The consumer is eligible,
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The child does not attend, and
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There was verbal authorization by the AW
for the child to begin care or Part 2 of the application was
completed.
Activity Fees
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Request the licensed / certified child care
provider to supply written verification of their activity fees.
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If this fee is charged, authorize up to $20 per
child, per month using SSPS code 2939.
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