ok-2377: Department of Human Services — Child Care Subsidy Program

Summary

The proposed amendments to Chapter 40, Subchapter 3 amend the rules to: (1) update acronyms; (2) remove reference to synchronization of child care benefits with other Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) benefits; and (3) add when a household requests child care benefits outside of regular business hours the application's or request's submission date is the next day OKDHS is open. The proposed amendments to Chapter 40, Subchapter 7 amend the rules to: (1) add clarifying language; (2) add that a parent or caretaker must be employed at least 20 hours a week to meet the employment need factor; (3) update terminology; (4) add that the client must be making at least minimum wage for self-employment work performed regardless of length of time of self-employment; (5) remove that a licensed home child care provider may only be approved for child care subsidies when the client’s own child places the home provider over maximum licensed capacity; and (6) add that a client attending a formal education program must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours to meet the need factor for child care subsidy; The proposed amendments to Chapter 40, Subchapter 9 are amended to: (1) update terminology; (2) remove references to synchronization of other OKDHS benefits with Child Care Subsidy; (3) add that when a child who was not previously included in the child care household size is added to care, the twelve month eligibility period starts over; and (4) add when a client has requested voluntary closure of child care benefits, at any time during the previously established 12-month eligibility period, the worker reopens the child care benefits using the current eligibility information on the case regardless of whether the child care benefit has been closed in excess of 30-calendar days.

The agency’s own summary, as published.