Minnesota helps pay for child care to ensure that:

· Parents can work, go to school, or participate in employment services.

· Their children are well cared for and prepared for school.

In this chapter you will find information about:

· The 3 sub-programs in Child Care Assistance. See 16.3 (Child Care Assistance Sub-Programs).

· MFIP Child Care. See 16.12 (MFIP Child Care Assistance).

· Transition Year and Transition Year Extension Child Care. See 16.48 (Transition Year Child Care).

· Basic Sliding Fee Child Care.

· Roles and responsibilities of employment counselors and child care assistance workers.

· Policies and requirements in the Child Care Assistance Program.

· Methods for determining hours of authorized child care.

· What 12-month eligibility means for child care assistance.

· Participants’ child care reporting requirements.

· School breaks and child care assistance.

· Types of child care settings.

· Services to help families find child care.

· Two-parent families and child care assistance.

· Sanctions and child care assistance.

· Inability to obtain child care as a good cause reason for not complying.

· Medical restrictions on participants and child care authorizations.

· Maximum rates that child care assistance pays.

· Overpayments in child care assistance.