929 PROVIDER QUALIFICATIONS SR 94-34, 05/95 (FAM-A)

There are two types of child care providers—contract agencies and noncontract providers:

• Contract agencies must have a written agreement with the Department to determine and redetermine eligibility for child care services, provide child care services to eligible individuals, and to bill the Department directly for the services they provide.

• Noncontract providers include all other child care providers.

• Each provider must allow parents access to their children at all times and meet the requirements below.

• Each contract agency must be all of the following:

A tax-exempt nonprofit organization;

Have a valid agreement with the Department;

Meet all licensing requirements under state law; and

Meet Department policy specified in the General Manual, Items 42 and 43.

• Each noncontract provider must be all of the following:

Licensed or license-exempt;

Age 16 or older if providing full-time care (more than 6 hours per day);

Age 14 or older if providing part-time care (6 or fewer hours per day);

Someone other than a parent of the child; and

Residing somewhere other than in the child’s home.

• Licensed noncontract providers must be possess a valid NH license from the Office of Program Support, Bureau of Child Care Licensing.

• License-exempt noncontract providers must meet all of the following criteria:

Care for 3 or fewer children, other than their own, in a private home, or meets other exemption criteria as specified in RSA 170E, and

Be registered with the Department.

If the individual wants to use the services of a license-exempt noncontract provider, do the following:

1.  Determine if the provider is registered. If so, give the registration number to the individual

2.  If the provider is not registered, then

- inform the individual that the provider must be registered, and

- provide Form 251, Provider Enrollment and Registration.

3. Provide the individual with Form 252, Child Care Health and Safety Information, and instruct the individual to give the form to the provider.