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Committee hears plan to align child-care payment rules with federal guidance in H.248
Summary
Janet McLaughlin, deputy commissioner at the Department for Children and Families (DCF), told the House Human Services Committee that H.248 would change how the Child Care Financial Assistance Program (CCFAP) pays providers so payments occur at the start of a service period rather than as reimbursements after services are rendered.
Janet McLaughlin, deputy commissioner at the Department for Children and Families (DCF), told the House Human Services Committee that H.248 would change how the Child Care Financial Assistance Program (CCFAP) pays providers so payments occur at the start of a service period rather than as reimbursements after services are rendered.
McLaughlin said the changes are intended to align state statute with federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) requirements and to reduce confusion about what “payment on enrollment” means. She said legislative counsel drafted language that “the payment schedule shall ensure timely payment by requiring the payment in advance of, or at the beginning of the delivery of childcare services,” and that committee staff and DCF staff are planning…
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