A caseworker may request day care for a Title IV-E or non-Title IV-E eligible foster child when both of the following are true:

• The child’s billing service level is Basic.
• The child is placed in a foster home with foster parents who are employed and work at least 40 hours per week outside the home. (Being a volunteer or a student, or providing foster care or kinship care services, is not considered employment.)

Foster Child Day Care is limited to providing daily supervision only at the following times:

• During the foster parents’ work hours.
• While the foster parents are attending:
  • Judicial reviews
  • Case conferences
  • Foster parent training.

As funding permits, DFPS provides full-time foster day care services during spring break and summer vacation for children who attend a full-time school program. Caregivers must meet the employment eligibility criteria.

Foster Child Day Care is not authorized for any of the following:

• Full-time day care during school holidays.
• Teacher in-service days.
• Inclement weather days.
• Short breaks between semesters in a year-round school program.
• Part-time care.
• Before- or after-school care.