929 PROVIDER ENROLLMENT QUALIFICATIONS FOR NH CHILD CARE SCHOLARSHIP (FAM)

SR 20-23 Dated 08/20

Previous Policy

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There are four types of child care providers:

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Licensed Child Care Center – operated in a center and serves groups of children, infant/toddler, night care, preschool, school-age or any combination thereof within certain staff to child ratios set forth by the DHHS Child Care Licensing Unit;

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Licensed Family Child Care Home – operated by an individual(s) in whose home family child care services (up to 6 children from one or more unrelated families) or family group child care services (7-12 children from one or more unrelated families) are provided;

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License-Exempt Family Home - operated by an individual(s) in whose home license-exempt family child care services (caring for 3 or fewer children) are provided; and

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License-Exempt Center/Facility – operated in a center, public or private elementary or secondary education school, municipal recreation program, after-school and summer recreational program or day camp that serve groups of children over 72 months.

 

To provide child care services to eligible individuals and to bill the Department directly for those services, all child care providers must:

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allow parents access to their children at all times; and

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meet all child care licensing requirements under state law.

 

If the provider is enrolled with the Department, provide  Form 1863, Child Care Provider Verification, for the parent and provider to complete and return within 10 calendar days to the Central Scanning Unit, P.O. Box 181, Concord, NH 03302.

If the provider is not enrolled with the Department, the provider must contact the Bureau of Child Development and Head Start Collaboration Provider Relations to obtain a Child Care Provider Enrollment Packet.

License-Exempt Family Child Care Home providers must meet all of the following criteria:

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be someone other than a parent of the child;

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be age 18 or older;

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care for 3 or fewer children, other than the provider’s own, in a private home or meet other exemption criteria as specified in RSA 170E (providers own children are not included in the 3 or fewer children); and

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be residing somewhere other than in the child’s home.

 

License-Exempt Family Child Care Home providers can care for more than 3 children only when the children are all related to one another and are related to the provider. License-Exempt Center/Facility serves children in accordance with RSA 170-E:3, I (a), (b), (f), (g).

All providers must complete required health and safety training and comply with DHHS monitoring requirements.

 

A child care provider is disqualified from participating as an enrolled child care provider with DHHS for a period of at least 5 years, if:

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convicted of fraud by the court;

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found to have committed fraud by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU);

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made false or misleading statements to DHHS;

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the provider’s child care license or permit was revoked for making false and misleading statements; or

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the child care provider has billed for child care services provided by another provider or person.

 

References: He-C 6914.04(a)(1-)-(10), He-C 6914.08, RSA 161:2,XII, RSA 167:83,II(o), RSA 167:83,III(g); RSA 170-E:3-a, RSA 170-E:4,II, RSA 170-E:7, RSA 170-E:12, RSA 161:2, XV, RSA 167:17-b, I(a), RSA 167:17-c, RSA 167:58,IV, RSA 167:61-a,I(a)-(c) and (e), RSA 167:83,II(k), RSA 170-E:12,V, 45 CFR 98.30 and 45 CFR 98.40r: #010100