929 PROVIDER QUALIFICATIONS SR 05-33, 07/05 (FAM-A)

There are two types of child care providers—contract agencies and noncontract providers:

• Contract agencies must have a written agreement with the Department to determine and redetermine eligibility for child care services, provide child care services to eligible individuals, and to bill the Department directly for the services they provide.

• Noncontract providers include all other child care providers.

Each provider must allow parents access to their children at all times and meet the requirements below.

• Each contract agency must be all of the following:

- a tax-exempt nonprofit organization;

- have a valid agreement with the Department;

- meet all licensing requirements under state law; and

- meet Department policy specified in the General Manual, Items 42 and 43.

• Each noncontract provider must be all of the following:

- licensed or license-exempt;

- age 16 or older;

- someone other than a parent of the child; and

- residing somewhere other than in the child’s home.

• Licensed noncontract providers must:

- possess a valid NH license from the Office of Program Support, Bureau of Child Care Licensing; and

- have a written agreement with the Department on Form 2632, Child Care And Development Fund Scholarship, Child Care Provider Agreement: Licensed Child Care.

• License-exempt noncontract providers must meet all of the following criteria:

- care for 3 or fewer children, other than their own, in a private home, or meet other exemption criteria as specified in RSA 170E;

- be enrolled and registered with the Department; and

- have a written agreement with the Department on Form 2631, Child Care and Development Fund Scholarship, Child Care Provider Agreement: License-exempt Child Care.

If the individual wants to use the services of a license-exempt noncontract provider, do the following:

1. Determine if the provider is enrolled and registered. If so, give the registration number to the individual.

2. If the provider is not enrolled and registered, then

- inform the individual that the provider must be enrolled and registered, and

- provide Forms 251, Provider Enrollment and Registration Form, and AW9, Alternate W9 Form CIS.

Provide the individual with Form 252, Child Care Health and Safety Information, and instruct the individual to give the form to the provider.

Disqualification of Child Care Providers from Participation as an Enrolled DHHS Provider

A child care provider is disqualified from provider enrollment for a period of 5 years, if:

• convicted of fraud by the court;

• found to have committed fraud by the Office Of Special Investigations;

• made false or misleading statements to DHHS; or

• the provider’s child care license was denied or revoked for making false and misleading statements.