Types of Care

Types of Care A. Standard Care 1) Full-Time Child Care – Full time care is assigned to children ages six (6) weeks to five (5) years of age who attend the facility more than six (6) hours. 2) Part-Time Child Care – Child care provided for fewer than six (6) hours. B. Non-Traditional Care – Child care providers have the option to provide child care services during standard or non-traditional hours. Non-traditional hours include week night care and supervision of children for less than 24 hours per day within the twelve hours between 6:00 p.m. and 5:59 a.m., or weekend care and supervision of children between 6:00 p.m. Friday and 5:59 a.m. Monday. To provide non-traditional child care the provider must ensure that doing so will not cause the child care provider to exceed MSDH maximum capacity for that facility by obtaining approval from MSDH. Additionally, the child care provider must: 1) Submit a written request to MDHS 2) MDHS will verify MSDH approval in CCPS 3) If MSDH has approved the request, the child care provider must submit a roster of the children in CCPP needing non-traditional care hours. 4) The child care provider will be instructed to inform the parent to submit verification that non-traditional care hours are needed. The parent must provide a copy of their work schedule demonstrating the need for non-traditional care. 5) The parent must submit this verification to MDHS before the child can start the non- traditional care hours.