Title 33, Title 33: Human Services

§ 3505. Supplemental child care grants (a)(1)(A) The Commissioner for Children and Families may utilize up to one-half of one percent of funds appropriated for the Child Care Financial Assistance Program in a fiscal year for extraordinary financial relief to assist child care pro…

§ 3511. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Child” means an individual under 13 years of age. (2) “Child care facility” means any place or program operated as a business or service on a regular or continuous basis, whether for compensation or not, whose primary function is …

§ 3512. Child Care Financial Assistance Program; eligibility (a)(1) The Child Care Financial Assistance Program is established to subsidize the costs of child care for families that need child care services in order to obtain employment, to retain employment, or to obtain trainin…

§ 3513. Protective and family support child care services The Division shall establish a program that subsidizes, in whole or in part, the cost of child care services provided to protective services children or to families for the purpose of preserving, rehabilitating, or reunify…

§ 3514. Payment to providers (a)(1) The Commissioner shall establish a payment schedule for purposes of reimbursing providers for full- or part-time child care services rendered to families who participate in the programs established under section 3512 or 3513 of this title. The …

§ 3515. Child care quality and capacity incentive program (a) The Commissioner shall establish a child care quality and capacity incentive program for child care providers participating in the Child Care Financial Assistance Program pursuant to sections 3512 and 3513 of this titl…

§ 3516. Child care waitlist and application fees A child care provider shall not charge an application or waitlist fee for child care services where the applying child qualifies for the Child Care Financial Assistance Program pursuant to section 3512 or 3513 of this title. A chil…

§ 3517. Child care tuition rates A child care provider shall ensure that its tuition rates are available to the public. A regulated child care provider shall not impose an increase on annual child care tuition that exceeds 1.5 times the most recent annual increase in the NAICS co…

§ 3518. Child care provider ownership disclosure (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Affiliate” means a person that directly or indirectly owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with another person. (2) “Controls,” “is cont…

§ 3519. Diversity, equity, and inclusion The Department shall consult with the Office of Racial Equity in preparing all public materials and trainings related to the Child Care Financial Assistance Program. (Added 2023, No. 76, § 12b, eff. July 1, 2023.)

§ 3522. Loan program (a) The State Economic Opportunity Office shall administer a low-interest loan program. (b) Loans may be made to persons unable to obtain conventional financing for the purpose of establishing or expanding or renovating a child care facility in this State. Th…

§ 3531. Child care – Building Bright Futures Fund (a) An early childhood services financing program is established to facilitate the development and expansion of early childhood service programs in the State. This financing program shall be administered by the Department for Chil…

§ 3541. Scholarships for current early childhood providers (a) There is established a need-based scholarship program for individuals employed by a regulated, privately operated center-based child care program or family child care home while acquiring credits in early childhood de…

§ 3543. Student loan repayment assistance (a)(1) There is established a need-based student loan repayment assistance program for the purpose of providing student loan repayment assistance to any individual employed by a regulated, privately operated center-based child care progra…