Information for Providers

Child Care Services is a parent choice program. Parents have the option to select a Regulated Provider from all Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) licensed or registered facilities or an eligible Relative Provider. Parents are encouraged to visit facilities before making a choice in order to best meet family’s needs.

Becoming A Regulated Provider

To become a Regulated Provider with North East Texas Child Care Services (CCS), a provider must be:

• Licensed or registered and not currently in corrective or adverse action with Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) or
• Licensed as a youth camp by the Texas Department of Health Services or
• Operated and monitored by the United States Military Services.

If you need information on becoming licensed or registered, follow the link to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services web site.

Parents wanting regulated care may choose any licensed or registered facility. The facility receives calls to place, update, or discontinue care. Regulated Providers are reimbursed for the days authorized, including absence days and nine (9) holidays. Most parents receiving care are assigned a monthly parent share of cost the provider is to collect. Effective June 1, 2007, Regulated Providers are not allowed to charge the parent the difference in the CCS reimbursement rate and their published rate for parents who are participating in the Choices , Food Stamp E & T program, parents in Protective care, or parent’s with a zero ($0) income. Details concerning the responsibilities of a CCS Regulated Provider are found in the Regulated Provider Handbook.

Regulated Providers must complete the Regulated Provider Packet prior to a CCS referred child being enrolled. Click this link to view and/or print the Regulated Provider Packet. Billing may be mailed in or faxed to (903) 794-8004 or 1-888-651-2038 followed by a phone call to (903) 794-791-1583 or (866) 570-0028 (toll free) verifying it was received. Regulated Providers having computer internet access are eligible to track and submit attendance and contact logs electronically through the E-Vision application. If you are interested, you may contact the North East Texas Workforce Development Board’s Child Care Program Coordinator at (903) 794-9490 Ext. 103. Click this link to learn more about E-Vision on-line billing.

Texas Rising Star Provider

The Texas Rising Star Provider (TRSP) program criteria are the basis for quality standards for care designed to meet the developmental needs of children ages birth through school-age. Certification is available to Licensed Centers, Licensed Child Care Homes, and Registered Child Care Home providers. The Texas Rising Star Program requires child care providers to raise their standards of quality care well beyond those required by the State of Texas including smaller group sizes, more qualified staff, and program components that address sound practices for the development of children. Facilities are certified according to the results of the assessment or deferred if fewer criteria are achieved than required for certification. Information on the voluntary Texas Rising Star Provider certification is found by clicking on the link to the Texas Rising Star Provider guidelines. TRS providers are paid a higher reimbursement rate and are not allowed to charge CCS referred children the difference between the CCS reimbursement and their published rate.

Becoming A Relative Provider

Relative providers must meet the following criteria to be eligible to be reimbursed for child care through the North East Texas Child Care Services (CCS) program:

• Be 18 years of age or older and,
• Be related to the child/ren by blood, marriage or court decree,
• Maintaining a separate residence from the family receiving child care financial assistance,
• Be a grandparent, great-grandparent of the children,
• Be an aunt or uncle of the children,
• Be a brother or sister of the children,
• Not appearing on the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Sex Offender Registry,
• Copies of birth certificates, marriage license, and/or court decree provided to verify the relative is eligible to be a provider,
• Documentation of residency is required.

All relative providers are independent contractors and not employees of North East Texas Child Care Services.

Details concerning the responsibilities of a NETxWDB - CCS Relative Provider are found in the Relative Provider Handbook.

Relative Providers must complete the Relative Provider Packet and determined to be an eligible Relative Provider before a child can be referred for the CCS program. Click this link to view and/or print the Relative Provider Packet. Billing forms are mailed to the provider and may be submitted with contact logs once per month. Billing may be mailed in or faxed to (903) 794-8004 or 1-888-651-2038 followed by a phone call to (903) 794-791-1583 or (866) 570-0028 (toll free) verifying it was received.