Dear Parents & Child Care Providers,
We are writing to share some good news from the California Department of Education during this very stressful time. CDE Regulations have been temporarily modified until June 30, 2020. This changes impacts our CAPP, CalWORKs 1, 2 and 3 programs.
Family Fee Waiver
as per Management Bulletin #20-05:
- Effective April 1 through June 30, 2020 family fees will be waived for families.
- This waiver applies to all state-subsidized early learning and care programs.
- Fees paid in March will not be credited or refunded.
- Family fees will resume July 1, 2020 in accordance with your certification or recertification.
- Providers do not have to collect family fees and will be reimbursed without the deduction of the accessed family fee
Provider Reimbursement
as per Management Bulletin #20-04:
Alternative Payment (AP) contractors must reimburse providers that have closed and are not providing services
for up to 30 days after closure
. Providers reimbursed by AP programs, including CalWORKs Stages 1, 2, and 3 must be reimbursed using the most recent monthly attendance record or invoice, except where otherwise provided below:
- Providers who are closed due to COVID-19 and are not able to submit their monthly attendance record or invoice shall be reimbursed based on the certified need/certificate. For families certified for a variable schedule, providers shall be reimbursed based on the maximum authorized hours of care. License-exempt providers shall also be reimbursed based on the maximum authorized hours of care.
- Providers who are remaining open:
- These providers shall submit attendance records or invoices in accordance with current reporting policies. Providers may submit an invoice or attendance record without the parent signature if the parent is unavailable to sign due to COVID-19.
- Regardless of attendance, providers shall be reimbursed based on the certified need/certificate.
- For families certified for variable schedule, reimbursement shall be made for the maximum authorized hours of certified need.
- For license-exempt providers reimbursement shall be made for the maximum authorized hours of certified need.
- Providers that are unable to submit an attendance record or invoice, should contact their AP contractor. The AP contractor must reimburse based on the certified need/certificate. For families certified for variable schedule, reimburse based on the maximum authorized hours of care. For license-exempt providers reimburse based on the maximum authorized hours of care.
Changing Providers:
Families who still need services, due to being classified as an essential worker, but whose usual provider is closed, can select an alternate provider that will be paid. Please be mindful of Trustline Clearance (finger print process).
On behalf of 4Cs of Alameda County we are here to support you during this very difficult time. If you have any questions or need to get a hold of us, please click
here
for our staff directory or find your Child Care Specialist's contact information below and we will get back to you as soon as possible. You can also visit our website at
https://www.4c-alameda.org/covid-19-resources
up to date agency information.
Be well,
Renee S. Herzfeld
Renee S. Herzfeld, Executive Director
P.S. If you are an
essential worker
and need child care and your child care site is closed, please view important information about available providers
here
.
