Rule 18-17-6.2 - Co-Payment FeeCo-payments are based on the full-time and part-time status, and the child's age. Parents must pay the designated fee once a month to the child care provider, in which his/her child(ren) is enrolled. Co-payments are assigned by MDHS. Providers shall not charge parents co-payment rates that deviate in any way from the co-payment amount issued by MDHS.
Co-payment fees are divided evenly between the number of children receiving services in the family. For example: If the total co-payment is $10 for a family with three (3) children receiving child care services, two (2) children will have a co-payment fee of $3.33 and one (1) child will have a co-payment fee of $3.34.
1) Determining Who Pays a Co-Payment Feea. No Co-Payment Fee i. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients,ii.Homeless families with no countable income iii. Any family whose income is at or below the federal poverty lineb. Minimum Co-Payment Fee (For families with incomes above the federal poverty line and who meet the conditions in a-f below will have a co-payment fee that is no more than $10)c. Transitional Child Care (TCC) recipients,e. Children served by the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services (MDCPS),f. Children served by the Healthy Families Mississippi (HFM) home-visitation program,g. Parents with a disability who are receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI), andh. Children with special needs. If there are other children in the family who are receiving child care services, the monthly co-payment fee shall be $10 or the child's prorated share of the family's co-payment fee, whichever is less.2) For all other parents, co-payment fees are calculated in CCPS based on family size and income by applying the CCDF Child Care Monthly Co-Payment Fee Scale for Parents.45 CFR 98.45(k); Miss. Code Ann. § 43-1-2(4); Miss. Code Ann. § 43-1-4 Revised: May 2023