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TITLE 40SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 20TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 809CHILD CARE SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER BGENERAL MANAGEMENT
RULE §809.18Maintenance of a Waiting List

(a) The following provisions are effective prior to December 1, 2023:

  (1) A Board shall ensure that a list of parents and children waiting for child care services, because of the lack of funding or lack of providers, is maintained and available to the Commission upon request.

  (2) A Board shall establish a policy for the maintenance of a waiting list that includes, at a minimum:

    (A) the process for determining that the parent is potentially eligible for child care services before placing the parent on the waiting list; and

    (B) the frequency in which the parent information is updated and maintained on the waiting list.

  (3) A Board shall exempt children from the waiting list who are directly referred from a recognized pre-K or Head Start/Early Head Start (HS/EHS) partnership as described in §809.22 of this chapter to a child care provider to receive services in the contracted partnership program subject to the availability of funding and the availability of subsidized slots at the partnership site.

(b) The following provisions are effective December 1, 2023:

  (1) A Board shall ensure that a list of parents and children waiting for child care services, because of the lack of funding or lack of providers, is maintained and available to the Commission upon request.

  (2) A Board shall ensure that the child is potentially eligible for child care services prior to placing the child on the waiting list.

  (3) A Board shall exempt children from the waiting list who are directly referred from a recognized pre-K or HS/EHS partnership, as described in §809.22 of this chapter, to a child care provider to receive services in the contracted partnership program subject to the availability of funding and the availability of subsidized slots at the partnership site.

  (4) A Board shall contact the parent every three months and shall remove the child from the waiting list if the parent indicates that child care services are no longer required or does not respond to the Board regarding the continued need for child care services.


Source Note: The provisions of this §809.18 adopted to be effective January 29, 2007, 32 TexReg 336; amended to be effective January 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 593; amended to be effective October 3, 2022, 47 TexReg 6437

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