"Agency error" means child care assistance
incorrectly paid for the client because of action attributed to the department
as the result of one or more of the following circumstances:
1. Loss or misfiling of forms or
documents.
2. Errors in typing or
copying.
3. Computer input
errors.
4. Mathematical
errors.
5. Failure to determine
eligibility correctly or to certify assistance in the correct amount when all
essential information was available to the department.
6. Failure to make timely changes in
assistance following amendments of policies that require the changes by a
specific date.
"Child care" means a service that provides
child care in the absence of parents for a portion of the day, but less than 24
hours. Child care supplements parental care by providing care and protection
for children who need care in or outside their homes for part of the day. Child
care provides experiences for each child's social, emotional, intellectual, and
physical development. Child care may involve comprehensive child development
care or it may include special services for a child with special needs.
Components of this service shall include supervision, food services, program
and activities, and may include transportation.
"Child with protective needs" means a child
who is in foster care or has a case file that identifies child care as a safety
or well-being need to prevent or alleviate the effects of child abuse or
neglect. Child care is provided as part of a safety plan during a child abuse
or child in need of assistance assessment or as part of the service plan
established in the family's case plan. The child must have:
1. An open child abuse assessment;
2. An open child in need of assistance
assessment;
3. An open child
welfare case as a result of a child abuse assessment;
4. A petition on file for a child in need of
assistance adjudication; or
5.
Adjudication as a child in need of assistance.
"Child with special needs" means a child
with one or more of the following conditions:
1. The child has been diagnosed by a
physician or by a person endorsed for service as a school psychologist by the
Iowa department of education to have a developmental disability which
substantially limits one or more major life activities, and the child requires
professional treatment, assistance in self-care, or the purchase of special
adaptive equipment.
2. The child
has been determined by a qualified intellectual disability professional as
defined in rule
441-83.60 (249A) to have a
condition which impairs the child's intellectual and social
functioning.
3. The child has been
diagnosed by a mental health professional as defined in rule
441-24.1 (225C) to have a
behavioral or emotional disorder characterized by situationally inappropriate
behavior which deviates substantially from behavior appropriate to the child's
age, or which significantly interferes with the child's intellectual, social,
or personal adjustment.
"Client" means a current or former recipient
of the child care assistance program.
"Client error" means and may result
from:
1. False or misleading
statements, oral or written, regarding the client's income, resources, or other
circumstances which affect eligibility or the amount of assistance
received;
2. Failure to timely
report changes in income, resources, or other circumstances which affect
eligibility or the amount of assistance received;
3. Failure to timely report the receipt of
child care units in excess of the number approved by the department;
4. Failure to comply with the need for
service requirements.
"Department" means the Iowa department of
human services.
"Food services" means the preparation and
serving of nutritionally balanced meals and snacks.
"Fraudulent means" means knowingly making or
causing to be made a false statement or a misrepresentation of a material fact,
knowingly failing to disclose a material fact, or committing a fraudulent
practice.
"In-home" means care which is provided
within the child's own home.
"Migrant seasonal farm worker" means a
person to whom all of the following conditions apply:
1. The person performs seasonal agricultural
work which requires travel so that the person is unable to return to the
person's permanent residence within the same day.
2. Most of the person's income is derived
from seasonal agricultural work performed during the months of July through
October. Most shall mean the simple majority of the income.
3. The person generally performs seasonal
agricultural work in Iowa during the months of July through October.
"On-line or distance learning" means
training such as, but not limited to, training conducted over the Iowa
communications network, on-line courses, or web conferencing. The training
includes:
1. Interaction between the
instructor and the student, such as required chats or message boards;
2. Mechanisms for evaluation and measurement
of student achievement.
"Overpayment" means any benefit or payment
received in an amount greater than the amount the client or provider is
entitled to receive.
"Parent" means the parent or the person who
serves in the capacity of the parent of the child receiving child care
assistance services.
"Program and activities" means the daily
schedule of experiences in a child care setting.
"PROMISE JOBS" means the department's work
and training program, promoting independence and self-sufficiency through
employment job opportunities and basic skills, as described in 441-Chapter
93.
"Provider" means a licensed child care
center, a registered child development home, a caretaker who provides care for
a child in the child's home, or a nonregistered child care home.
"Provider error" means and may result
from:
1. Presentation for payment of
any false or fraudulent claim for services or merchandise;
2. Submittal of false information for the
purpose of obtaining greater compensation than that to which the provider is
legally entitled;
3. Failure to
report the receipt of a child care assistance payment in excess of that
approved by the department;
4.
Charging the department an amount for services rendered over and above what is
charged private pay clients for the same services;
5. Failure to maintain a copy of Form
470-4535 signed by the
parent and the
provider.
"Recoupment" means the repayment of an
overpayment by a payment from the client or provider or both.
"Supervision" means the care, protection,
and guidance of a child.
"Transportation" means the movement of
children in a four or more wheeled vehicle designed to carry passengers, such
as a car, van, or bus, between home and facility.
"Unit of service" means a half day which
shall be up to 5 hours of service per 24-hour period.
"Vocational training or education" means a
training plan which includes a specific goal, that is, high school completion,
improved English skills, or development of specific academic or vocational
skills.
Training may be approved for high school completion
activities, high school equivalency, adult basic education, English as a second
language, or postsecondary education, up to and including an associate or a
baccalaureate degree program.
