SR 05-34 Dated 07/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

INTER-DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION

 

DFA SIGNATURE DATE:

DCYF SIGNATURE DATE

July 8, 2005

July 6, 2005

FROM:

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, DFA Terry R. Smith

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, DCYF Nancy L Rollins

AT (OFFICE):

Division of Family Assistance

Division for Children, Youth, and Families

TO:

DFA Supervisors

NHEP Teams

 

SUBJECT:

Rate Increase for Child Care Providers

RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE:

 

July 1, 2005

 

 

SUMMARY

 

This SR releases a 5% increase for the Child Care & Development Fund Scholarship reimbursement rates.

 

POLICY

 

The maximum payment rate for CCDF Scholarship reimbursement has increased 5%, which is reflected in the rate sheet attached.

 

NEW HEIGHTS PROCEDURES

 

No changes.

 

POLICY MANUAL REVISIONS

 

Revised Family Assistance Manual Topics

 

PART 937   REIMBURSEMENT RATES

 

IMPLEMENTATION

 

The changes identified in this SR will become effective July 1, 2005.

 

CLIENT NOTIFICATION

 

Clients will be advised of the child care rate increase at the time of application or at redeterminations on or after July 1, 2005. The Child Development Bureau will send this SR to all contract centers and all new and re-enrolling providers will receive notification. The R&R agencies will distribute electronically to all of the providers in their database.

 

TRAINING

 

No training is planned.

 

DISPOSITION

 

This SR may be destroyed or deleted after its contents have been noted and the revised manual topics released by this SR have been posted to the On-line Manuals.

 

DISTRIBUTION

 

This SR will be distributed according to the electronic distribution list for Division of Family Assistance policy releases. This SR, and revised On-Line Manual, will be available for agency staff in the On-Line Manual Library, and for public access on the Internet at http://www.dhhs.nh.gov/DHHS/DFA/LIBRARY, effective August 1, 2005.

 

This SR, and printed page with posting instructions, will be distributed under separate cover to all hard copy holders of the Family Assistance Manual.

 

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