Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 3515
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 33 Sec. 3515
- Child: means an individual under 13 years of age. See
- Child care provider: means a person licensed or registered by the Department for Children and Families, or authorized by the Department, to provide child care. See
- Child care services: include developmentally appropriate care and supervision for children under 13 years of age for fewer than 24 hours a day by a child care provider. See
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner for Children and Families. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Training: means an activity, approved by the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee, that is likely to lead to employment or required to maintain employment. See
[Effective July 1, 2024.]
§ 3515. Child care quality and capacity incentive program [Effective July 1, 2024]
(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 title. Annually, consistent with funds appropriated for this purpose, the Commissioner may provide a child care provider with an incentive payment for the following achievements:
(1) achieving a higher level in the quality rating and improvement system, including increasing access to and provision of culturally competent care and multilingual programming and providing other family support services similar to those provided in approved Head Start programs;
(2) increasing infant and toddler capacity;
(3) maintaining existing infant and toddler capacity;
(4) establishing capacity in regions of the State that are identified by the Commissioner as underserved;
(5) providing nonstandard hours of child care services;
(6) completing a Commissioner-approved training on protective or family support services; and
(7) other quality- or capacity-specific criteria identified by the Commissioner.
(b) The Commissioner shall maintain a current incentive payment schedule on the Department’s website. (Added 2023, No. 76, § 10, eff. July 1, 2024.)