HAR §17-799.1-16
HAR §17-799.1-16. Child care payments
Cite as Haw. Code R. § 17-799.1-16
(a)
Payment
for child care shall be issued one month at a time and
paid to the caretaker; provided that a caretaker may
choose to have the child care payment forwarded by the
department as a direct deposit from the caretaker's
account to the preschool, if the preschool agrees to
accept the direct payment and registers an account
with the department's payment system.
(b)
Child care payments include:
(1)
A one-time only payment in a State fiscal
year for registration, which may also
include supply and activity fees, required
by the facility, not to exceed $250.00;
and
(2)
Monthly cost of child care per child, as
paid, but not to exceed the child care rates
specified in section 17-799.1-13.
(c)
The department shall:
(1)
Calculate the initial payment based on the
date of program eligibility under subsection
17-799.1-15(f);
(2)
Authorize the initial and subsequent
monthly child care payments during the
eligibility period based on sections 17-
799.1-7, 17-799.1-8, 17-799.1-9, 17-799.1-
10, 17-799.1-11, 17-799.1-13, 17-799.1-14,
17-799.1-15, 17-799.1-16, 17-799.1-17, 17-
799.1-18, 17-799.1-20, 17-799.1-21, 17-
799.1-23 and 17-799.1-24;
(3)
Provide notification of the calculated
payment pursuant to section 17-799.1-15
to the family unit in accordance with
17-799.1-21; and
(4)
Track and monitor appropriateness and
utilization of child care and payments.
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(d)
The child care payment issued for a benefit
month shall not be issued more than once except when
the caretaker cannot continue to use the preschool due
to the following:
(1)
Unanticipated closure of the preschool;
(2)
Child care had been paid for the month;
(3)
The caretaker enrolls the child in another
preschool in the same month child care was
issued for the preschool referenced in
paragraph (d) ( 1);
(4)
The preschool referenced in paragraph (d) (1)
refuses to refund the child care paid for
the month;
(5)
The new preschool enrollment requires a
child care payment from the family unit for
the month; or
(6)
There is sufficient evidence as determined
by the department of electronic benefits
theft and that the child care benefits were
stolen through card skimming, card cloning,
or similar fraudulent methods not committed
by the caretaker in accordance with chapter
17-685. 4.
[Eff MAY 2 9 2026
]
(Auth:
HRS §§346-14, 346- 181) (Imp:
HRS §§346-14,
346-181)