HAR §17-798.3-16. Method of computing the child care payment

(a) The following shall be used to compute the child care payment: (1) The caretaker's relationship to the child who resides with the caretaker, and the age of the child who needs care; (2) The child care provider; (3) The need for care as established under section 17-798.3-15; and (4) The cost of child care and the child care rate determined under section 17-798.3-12 for the type of child care selected and authorized for each eligible child needing child care payment, and choosing the lesser amount. (b) Subtracting the family unit's co-payment calculated under section 17-798.3-14 from the amount determined in subsection (a), provided that: (1) A portion of the family unit's co-payment shall be waived when an eligible child needing child care payment is attending an accredited group child care center, a Hawaiian-medium center-based facility, a licensed infant and toddler child care center, licensed group child care center, or licensed group child care home; (2) The portion waived pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not exceed the child care cost or up to one hundred United States dollars, whichever is less, per child that is attending an accredited group child care center, a Hawaiian-medium center-based facility, a licensed infant and toddler child care center, licensed group child care 798.3-36 3414 §17-798.3-17 center, or licensed group child care home; and (3) When the computed child care payment amounts for eligible children needing child care payments and who are not attending child care facilities described in paragraph (1) are less than the remaining balance of the family unit co-payment, the department shall not collect any unrecovered co-payment amount. (c) The caretaker shall be responsible for any child care costs in excess of the child care payment computed under this section. (d) The caretaker shall be responsible for paying the family unit's co-payment share of the child care cost directly to the provider. (e) The department shall project the family unit's eligibility and monthly payments prospectively for the eligibility period. (1) The initial payment shall be calculated from the date of eligibility to the end of the month, which may be for less than a full month, and shall be considered the first month of the eligibility period. (2) When changes are reported during the eligibility period, the monthly payments shall be prospectively calculated for the remainder of the eligibility period. [Eff AUG 06 2021] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: HRS §346-14; 45 C.F.R. §98.20)