DCF 201.039(5)(d)(d) The child has a special need and child care is best provided in the child’s home. DCF 201.039(6)(6) No parents or household members. A child care administrative agency may not authorize payment for child care services by a provider who is a parent of the child or who resides with the child. DCF 201.039(7)(7) Authorization criteria for a child care provider’s child. DCF 201.039(7)(a)(a) The department or a child care administrative agency may authorize payment for the care of a child whose parent is a child care provider only if the care will be provided by another child care provider and any of the following apply: DCF 201.039(7)(a)1.1. The care will allow the parent to participate in an approved activity under s. 49.155 (1m) (a), Stats., other than an activity related to child care. DCF 201.039(7)(a)2.2. The department or agency determines that assistance is appropriate because the child has a special need. DCF 201.039(7)(a)4.4. The parent is the child’s guardian or interim caretaker and is receiving subsidized guardianship payments under s. 48.623, Stats., for the care and maintenance of the child. DCF 201.039(7)(a)5.5. The parent is a kinship care relative receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m) or (3n), Stats., and the child has been placed with the kinship care relative under a court order. DCF 201.039(7)(a)6.a.a. The child’s biological parent is a dependent minor child under the age of 19 who attends high school or participates in a course of study meeting the standards established by the state superintendent of public instruction for the granting of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation. DCF 201.039(7)(a)6.b.b. The dependent minor parent and the child reside with a person who is considered the child’s parent for the purposes of this chapter and who may be the dependent minor parent’s custodial parent, kinship care relative, foster parent, or guardian or interim caretaker receiving a payment under s. 48.623, Stats., for the care and maintenance of the dependent minor parent. DCF 201.039(7)(b)(b) If a parent who is a child care provider submits documentation of circumstances that meet the conditions of this subsection, the child care administrative agency shall consider the documentation to be an application for a waiver under s. 49.155 (3m) (d) 3., Stats. DCF 201.039(8)(8) Employee of certified provider. A child care administrative agency may not authorize payment for child care services by a provider certified under s. 48.651, Stats., if the child’s parent or a person who resides with the child is employed by the provider at the same location. DCF 201.039(8m)(a)1.1. For purposes of this subsection, a child care administrative agency shall consider a parent’s self-employment to be a new business for the 24 months following the date that the parent reports beginning the business, except as provided in subd. 4. The child care administrative agency may consider a parent’s self-employment to be a new business until the parent’s eligibility redetermination following the end of this 24-month period. DCF 201.039(8m)(a)2.2. Notwithstanding subd. 1., if a parent switches to a different type of self-employment during the time period specified in subd. 1., the child care administrative agency shall consider the parent’s subsequent type of self-employment to be a new business only until the end of the time period for the initial business. DCF 201.039(8m)(a)3.3. While a parent’s self-employment is a new business for purposes of this subsection, the child care administrative agency may authorize payment for the number of hours of child care that the parent states is needed, up to a maximum of 50 hours per week. DCF 201.039(8m)(a)4.4. After the end of the time period specified in subd. 1. or 2., the child care administrative agency shall determine the maximum number of hours of child care that may be authorized for a parent who begins a new type of self-employment under par. (b). DCF 201.039(8m)(b)1.1. If a parent’s self-employment is not considered a new business under par. (a), the child care administrative agency shall determine the maximum number of hours of child care that may be authorized for the parent per week as follows: DCF 201.039(8m)(b)1.a.a. Calculate the parent’s average monthly gross income from self-employment based on the parent’s annual gross business income as reported to the internal revenue service. DCF 201.039(8m)(b)1.b.b. Divide the parent’s average monthly gross income from self-employment by the higher of the hourly minimum wage under state or federal law and divide that amount by 4.3 weeks. DCF 201.039(8m)(b)2.2. After determining the maximum number of the hours that may be authorized, the child care administrative agency shall assess the assistance group’s child care needs under sub. (1). DCF 201.039(9)(a)(a) A child care administrative agency shall authorize no more than 12 hours of child care per day per child, unless the child’s parent provides written documentation of work or transportation requirements that exceed 12 hours in a day. DCF 201.039(9)(b)(b) A child care administrative agency may authorize more than 12 hours, but not more than 16 hours, of child care per day for a child whose parent has provided written documentation of work or transportation requirements that exceed 12 hours in a day.