Section 17-798.2-14 - Method of computing child care payment(a) The following will be used to compute the child care payment: (1) Monthly gross income;(2) The caretaker's hours of activity, except for individuals identified in sections 17-798.2-9(b)(2)(G) and (J):(3) The caretaker's relationship to the child who resides with the caretaker, and the age of the child who needs care;(4) The child care provider;(5) The cost and hours of child care;(6) The type of child care; and(b) The child care payment amount shall be determined by: (1) Counting the caretaker's activity hours to be engaged in for the month, as referenced in section 17-798.2-14(a)(2), comparing these activity hours with the child care hours needed, and always choosing the lesser hours; provided that:(A) This is not required for child care needed for child protective services reasons as ordered by the court;(B) This is not required for the Preschool Open Doors program; and(C) In the case of a caretaker who is temporarily disabled in accordance with subparagraph 17-798.2-9(b)(2)(I), the activity hours shall be the same as the activity hours that the caretaker had been participating in prior to the temporary disability.(2) Identifying the type of child care selected and approved for each qualifying child, and using the child care rate table, Exhibit I, to select the appropriate rate for the care type that supports the hours needed for child care; provided that: (A) For child protective services need is based on the number of hours of child care specified in the court order; and(B) For the Preschool Open Doors program need is based on the number of hours of child care requested by a caretaker.(3) Comparing the child care allowance determined by subparagraphs (b)(1) and (2) and the actual child care cost, and choosing the lesser amount.(4) Determining the family unit's co-payment (conversely, the percentage of the department's maximum rate allowable) based on the family unit's monthly gross income, and using the co-payment rates established in Exhibit III, dated October 1, 2009, attached at the end of this chapter.(5) Subtracting the family unit's co-payment from the amount determined in subparagraph (b)(3).(c) The family unit shall be responsible for any child care costs in excess of the maximum child care rates specified in section 17-798.2-12.(d) The family unit shall be responsible to pay its share of the child care cost directly to the provider.(e) The department shall project the family unit's eligibility and monthly payments prospectively for the eligibility period. (1) The initial payment shall be calculated from the date of eligibility to the end of the month, which may be for less than a full month, and shall be considered the first month of the eligibility period.(2) When changes are reported during the eligibility period, the monthly payments shall be prospectively calculated for the remainder of the eligibility period. Haw. Code R. § 17-798.2-14
[Eff 03/08/08; am JAN 22 2010] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: HRS § 346-14; 45 C.F.R. §98.20 )