DCF 201.038(7)(b)(b) Require a parent to provide the parents EBT card, account number, or personal identification number to the provider.

DCF 201.038(8)(8) Inactive assistance group. A child care provider shall notify the local child care administrative agency if the child of a parent who receives a child care subsidy has not attended within the previous 30 days.

DCF 201.038 HistoryHistory: EmR1709: emerg. cr., eff. 5-4-17; CR 17-033: cr. Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2-1-18; EmR1801: emerg. cr. (5) to (8), eff. 3-11-18; CR 17-099: cr. (5) to (8) Register July 2018 No. 751, eff. 8-1-18;correction in (5) (d) made under s. 35.17, Stats., and correction in (6) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register July 2018 No. 751; CR 18-088: am. (8) (title) Register July 2019 No. 763, eff. 8-1-19; correction in (1) (c) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register March 2020 No. 771; EmR2314: cr. (1m), (5) (b) 9., eff. 10-1-23; CR 23-016: cr. (1m), (5) (b) 9. Register January 2024 No. 817, eff. 2-1-24.

DCF 201.039(1)(a)(a) Eligibility determination and redeterminations. Following a parent’s initial eligibility determination and annual redeterminations, the child care administrative agency shall do all of the following:

DCF 201.039(1)(a)1.1. Assess the assistance group’s child care needs and determine the number of hours of child care for which the parent may receive a subsidy.

DCF 201.039(1)(b)(b) Duration of authorizations. When a child care administrative agency issues a new authorization or the agency extends an existing authorization, the end date of the authorization shall be the earlier of the following:

DCF 201.039(1)(b)1.1. The date of an expected change that may affect the assistance group’s child care needs during the parent’s 12-month eligibility period.

DCF 201.039(1)(c)(c) Required new assessment and authorization during a parent’s 12-month eligibility period. During a parent’s 12-month eligibility period, the child care administrative agency shall assess an assistance group’s child care needs and issue a new authorization based on the assessment at all of the following times:

DCF 201.039(1)(c)1.1. When a 2nd parent or a minor who is the biological parent of the child becomes a member of the assistance group.

DCF 201.039(1)(c)2.2. When the parent requests an authorization and one calendar month or more has passed since the parent’s previous authorization ended.

DCF 201.039(1)(c)3.3. When the assistance group’s child care needs no longer align with the child care provider’s hours of operation.

DCF 201.039(1)(c)6.6. When a parent has reached the 24th month of the education time limit under s. 49.155 (1m) (a) 4. or 5., Stats.

DCF 201.039(2)(b)(b) The specific dates and times of the parent’s schedule of approved activities under s. 49.155 (1m) (a), Stats.

DCF 201.039(2g)(a)(a) A child care administrative agency shall take into consideration child learning and development and shall promote continuity of care when authorizing hours of child care. The child care administrative agency is not required to limit authorized hours based on a parent’s schedule of approved activities or the number of hours the parent spends in those activities.

DCF 201.039(2g)(b)(b) During a parent’s 12-month eligibility period, the child care administrative agency shall allow a parent to continue under the parent’s most recent authorization, extend the parent’s most recent authorization, or offer the parent an authorization for up to the same number of hours as the parent’s previous authorization when any of the following changes begin:

DCF 201.039(2g)(b)1.1. The parent is continuing to participate in an approved activity, but the number of hours that the assistance group needs child care is decreasing.