Vermont § 3515 - Child care quality and capacity incentive program

§ 3515. Child care quality and capacity incentive program

• (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.)