Family day care home sponsoring organization

The department of public instruction has established special provisions that apply to the family day care home sponsoring organizations. 1. Two of the three periodic monitoring visits made to day care home providers must be made without announcement. 2. Day care home providers may only switch sponsoring organizations at the beginning of a new federal fiscal year. 3. The administrative staff members of family day care home sponsorships may not directly solicit providers known to be currently operating under another sponsorship. 4. The department shall provide oversight in the budgetary planning of sponsoring organizations as stipulated in 7 CFR 226.16. Fiscal year salary adjustments or increases of sponsoring organization administrative staff members must be in line with the corresponding salary increases allowed employees of the state of North Dakota for the same time period. 5. Day care home providers who meet eligibility requirements may claim reimbursement for meals fed to their children only when other child care children are present and eating at the same meal service time. 6. Individuals who are employed by a family day care home sponsoring organization may not simultaneously participate under the same sponsorship as a provider. 7. An eligible family day care home must be a building that is currently a residence, was originally built as a residence, or could be used as a residence with no additional remodeling.