Located in:
- Employment and Training Programs Under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Programs Authorized Under Section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)))
- a. General RequirementsThe State agency must prepare and submit an Employment and Training (E&T) Plan to its appropriate Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Regional Office. The E&T Plan must be available for public inspection at the State agency headquarters. A State agency may include its plan for the SNAP E&T program in a Combined Plan under WIOA but will require FNS approval prior to implementation and must continue to make a copy of the plan available for public inspection. If a State includes SNAP E&T in a Combined Plan under WIOA, the State agency will detail the following for each year covered by the Combined Plan:
- a. General Requirements
a. 14. The Payment Rates for Child Care Established in Accordance with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Provisions of 45 Cfr 98.43, and Based on Local Market Rate Surveys.
Current Narrative:
The Diversionary Work Program, 2 parent and FSS provide support services including child care.
Child care costs for 2 parent and FSS are included in this plan. Procedures have been developed to ensure that all child care costs are non–employment related. All participants complete an employment plan. Counselors and participants decide if child care is necessary in order to complete plan requirements. Once a determination on the hours of child care needed is made, the counselor and/or the participant contacts the county child care worker to set up child care services. The type of child care offered the participant is dependent on location and type of child care service available. In most situations, the county pays child care providers directly rather than reimburse clients for out of pocket expenditures. Each county has a listing of approved child providers from which the participant can choose. Child care is provided from infants to children through age 12. Child care is provided beyond age 12 as warranted. Maximum reimbursement rates for the Child Care Assistance Programs in Minnesota are set by the Minnesota State Legislature. Results of the Minnesota Provider Business Update, a survey of prices charged by licensed child care providers in Minnesota, are used to inform the rate setting process. A complete schedule of those rates is available at https://edocs.dhs.state.mn.us/lfserver/Public/DHS–6441B–ENG