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.

DCF 201.039(10)(a)(a) After a parent has provided all of the information required under sub. (2) and the child care administrative agency has completed the assessment of the assistance group’s child care needs, the agency shall issue a written authorization notice to the parent approving payment for child care through the subsidy program based on the specific provisions in the notice.

DCF 201.039(10)(b)(b) An authorization notice shall specify the child who will receive the care, the child care provider, the location where the child care will be provided, the time period in which the child care will be provided, the number of hours of child care authorized per month, and the maximum subsidy payment amount per month.

DCF 201.039(10m)(10m) Declaration of disaster. An authorization issued for child care for a specific provider at a specific location may remain effective at another provider that meets the conditions under s. DCF 201.038 (1) if the location identified in the authorization is within an area covered by a declaration of a state of emergency by the governor under s. 323.10, Stats., and is temporarily closed due to the state of emergency.

DCF 201.039(11)(a)1.1. If an agency determines that a parent is eligible for the child care subsidy program and the parent submits the information required under sub. (2) to the agency within 30 days after the date that the parent submitted a request for assistance or the date of the parent’s eligibility redetermination, the agency may authorize payment beginning on the date that all of the following conditions are met:

DCF 201.039(11)(a)1.a.a. The parent has submitted a request for assistance or has completed the annual redetermination of eligibility for the child care subsidy program.

DCF 201.039(11)(a)2.2. Notwithstanding subd. 1., if an agency determines that a parent is eligible for the subsidy program under s. 49.155 (1m), Stats., and the parent submits the information required under sub. (2) to the agency within 30 days after the date that the parent submitted a request for assistance or the date the parent completed the eligibility redetermination, the agency may authorize payment beginning on the later of the date of child placement or the first day of the month in which the parent submitted the request for assistance or the first day of the month of the parent’s eligibility redetermination if all of the following conditions are met:

DCF 201.039(11)(a)2.a.a. The parent is a kinship care relative receiving payments under s. 48.57 (3m), Stats., and is providing care and maintenance for the child who is placed in the kinship care relative’s home pursuant to a court order.

DCF 201.039(11)(b)(b) Authorization more than 30 days after request for assistance or redetermination. If an agency determines that a parent is eligible for the subsidy program under s. 49.155 (1m), Stats., and the parent submits the information required under sub. (2) to the agency more than 30 days after the date that the parent submitted a request for assistance or the date the parent completed the eligibility redetermination, the agency may authorize payment for child care services beginning the first day of the month in which the parent submits the information required under sub. (2) if all of the conditions in par. (a) 1. a. to c. are met.