(a) The EBT system for child care is used to track time and attendance for a child using subsidized child care and to process child care payments sent to child care providers. This system involves use of an EBT card by a client to document attendance by swiping the card through a point-of-service (POS) machine at the child care facility. The client is able to swipe real time attendance or can enter previous in and out times for up to ten days, the current day and nine previous days. The system works best if all or most of the client's swipes are completed real time.
(b) The child care applicant is issued an EBT card at the time a request is made for a child care benefit. • 1
(c) Only two EBT cards can be issued per Family Support Services Division (FSSD) child care case; one card for the parent or caretaker and one for an authorized representative. The authorized representative can be the other parent or someone else who helps the client take the child to and pick up the child from the child care facility. The client is responsible for all swipes made by the authorized representative. • 2 The authorized representative cannot be the child care provider or anyone who is employed by the child care provider. • 3
(d) Two EBT cards can be issued per child in a Child Welfare case if each child in the case is residing with different foster parents. • 4