Structured Reimbursement Frameworks

Provides financial assistance to eligible families to make child care affordable and helps pay for child care services based on individual needs, including issuing payments on behalf of families to providers.

Provides financial assistance to eligible families to make child care affordable and helps them pay for services based on individual needs. This includes administering payments on behalf of the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to support access to child care.

Provides financial assistance to eligible families to make child care affordable and helps them pay for services based on individual needs. Administers payments on behalf of the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to support access to child care.

Provides financial assistance to eligible families to make child care affordable based on individual needs, and administers payments to child care providers on behalf of the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) across multiple counties. This includes issuing supplemental rate payments, care cost plus fees, and monthly reimbursements based on attendance records.

Provides financial assistance to eligible families to make child care affordable and issues supplemental rate payments to child care providers across multiple California counties under contract with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS). This includes reimbursing providers monthly based on attendance records and paying on behalf of enrolled families to ensure children can access care during their eligibility period.

Provides financial assistance to eligible families to make child care affordable and issues supplemental rate payments and care cost plus fee payments to child care providers across multiple California counties under contract with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS). Reimbursements are based on individual family needs, certified care hours, and Regional Market Rate Ceilings.

Provides financial assistance to eligible families to make child care affordable and issues supplemental rate payments to child care providers across multiple counties in California under contract with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS). Payments are based on individual family needs and provider-submitted attendance records, with reimbursement tied to authorized care hours and Regional Market Rate Ceilings.

Extends reimbursement to child care providers based on maximum certified need regardless of child attendance through specified dates (e.g., through September 30, 2023, and June 30, 2025), supporting continuity of care during policy transitions.

Extended provider reimbursement based on maximum certified need regardless of child attendance through September 30, 2023, and June 30, 2025. Implemented expiration of family fee waivers and updated the family fee schedule effective September 6, 2023.

Extended reimbursement for providers based on maximum certified need regardless of child attendance through September 30, 2023, and further extended through June 30, 2025. Also implemented updates to family fee policies, including the expiration of fee waivers and revised fee schedules effective September 6, 2023.

Sends notices of approval to providers specifying the authorized child care schedule and maximum reimbursement amount, ensuring continuity of care during the eligibility period.

Issues formal notices of approval to child care providers specifying the authorized child care schedule and maximum reimbursement amount, ensuring accurate and timely payments aligned with certification.

Issues notices of approval to providers specifying the authorized child care schedule and maximum reimbursement amount, ensuring accurate and timely payments.

Issues formal notices of approval to providers specifying the authorized child care schedule and maximum reimbursement amount, ensures children can begin and continue receiving care during the eligibility period, and implements policy changes such as the expiration of family fee waivers and updates to the family fee schedule.

Implements and communicates changes to child care reimbursement policies, including expiration of family fee waivers, updated fee schedules, and extended reimbursement periods based on certified need regardless of attendance through specified dates.

Uses full-time or part-time Regional Market Rate Ceilings (RMRC) to determine reimbursement rates based on whether care is authorized for 25 or more hours per week. Implements and communicates updates to family fee schedules and provider reimbursement policies, including temporary extensions of reimbursement based on certified need regardless of attendance.

Reimburses child care providers based on actual care hours within authorized limits, using Full Time or Part Time Regional Market Rate Ceilings depending on whether care is authorized for 25 or more hours per week. Includes reimbursement for up to 10 non-operation or holiday days per fiscal year and one registration, material, or insurance fee per child per fiscal year, subject to RMRC limits.

Provides an online platform called MyCareConnect that enables families to access child care services, complete program forms electronically, receive support with the Application for Services (CCD 26 Form), and access guidance materials such as a video library to understand and complete required documentation.