| (a) Leveraging Local Funds.
(1) The Commission encourages Boards to secure local
public and private funds for the purpose of matching federal funds
in order to maximize resources for child care needs in the community.
(2) A Board is encouraged to secure additional local
funds in excess of the amount required to match federal funds allocated
to the Board in order to maximize its potential to receive additional
federal funds should they become available.
(3) A Board's performance in securing and leveraging
local funds for match may make the Board eligible for incentive awards.
(b) The Commission accepts the following as local match:
(1) Funds from a private entity that:
(A) are donated without restrictions that require their
use for:
(i) a specific individual, organization, facility,
or institution; or
(ii) an activity not included in the CCDF State Plan
or allowed under this chapter;
(B) do not revert back to the donor's facility or use;
(C) are not used to match other federal funds; and
(D) are certified by both the donor and the Commission
as meeting the requirements of subparagraphs (A) - (C) of this paragraph.
(2) Funds from a public entity that:
(A) are transferred without restrictions that would
require their use for an activity not included in the CCDF State Plan
or allowed under this chapter;
(B) are not used to match other federal funds; and
(C) are not federal funds, unless authorized by federal
law to be used to match other federal funds.
(3) Expenditures by a public entity certifying that
the expenditures:
(A) are for an activity included in the CCDF State
Plan or allowed under this chapter;
(B) are not used to match other federal funds; and
(C) are not federal funds, unless authorized by federal
law to be used to match other federal funds.
(c) A Board shall ensure that a public entity certifying
expenditures for direct child care as described in §809.17(b)(3),
determines and verifies that the expenditures are for child care provided
to an eligible child. At a minimum, the public entity shall verify
that the child:
(1) is under 13 years of age, or at the option of the
Board, is a child with disabilities under 19 years of age; and
(2) resides with:
(A) a family whose income does not exceed 85 percent
of the state median income for a family of the same size; and
(B) a parent who requires child care in order to work
or attend a job training or educational program.
(d) A Board shall submit private donations, public
transfers, and public certifications to the Commission for acceptance,
with sufficient information to determine that the funds meet the requirements
of subsection (b) of this section.
(e) Completing Private Donations, Public Transfers,
and Public Certifications.
(1) A Board shall ensure that:
(A) private donations of cash and public transfers
of funds are paid to the Commission; and
(B) public certifications are submitted to the Commission.
(2) Private donations and public transfers are considered
complete when the funds have been received by the Commission.
(3) Public certifications are considered complete to
the extent that a signed written instrument is delivered to the Commission
that reflects that the public entity has expended a specific amount
of funds on eligible activities described in subsection (b)(3) of
this section.
(f) A Board shall monitor the funds secured for match
and the expenditure of any resulting funds to ensure that expenditures
of federal matching funds available through the Commission do not
exceed an amount that corresponds to the private donations, public
transfers, and public certifications that are completed by the end
of the program year.
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