Example A: A provider has 8-month old twins. She also cares for a 2-year-old and a 3-year-old from one family, and a 5-year-old from another family. She cannot care for any infants through CCAP (or for private reimbursement) since her twins are infants. She could have one other child, grandchild, or foster child age 12 or younger in the home.
Example B: A provider is caring for 2 children from the Jones family and 1 child from the Smith family. The provider has 4 grandchildren for whom she wants to receive payment from the CCAP. This would not be allowable because it would put the provider over the 6-child maximum.
Example C: A provider with 4 children (ages 9, 7, 5, and 4) of her own wants to provide care for a neighbor’s children. This provider may provide care for only 2 more children if she is paid for the care.
Example D: Grandma is providing child care for two grandchildren from two of her children: Bob's son and Mary's daughter. These two grandchildren are considered children from one family for the license-exempt limit. Therefore, Grandma can care for four more grandchildren, or one other child from an unrelated family.
Example E: Provider X has two children of her own, a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old. She wants to care for 6 preschoolers during the day. We would consider that she is over the limit for a license-exempt provider.
Because it is likely that the provider's own children will sometimes be home during the day, they must be considered in the limit.
The same principle applies to child care children with different schedules. A provider cannot have one set of children in the morning and a second set of children in the afternoon if the provider would be over the limit if they were all there at the same time.
Example F: Provider Y cares for 3 children from different families Monday through Friday. On Saturday the provider cares for two other children. This is allowable if the provider is sure that the two sets of children will not be there at the same time.