SECTION 340:40-10-1. Electronic benefit transfer (EBT) system for child care

(a)   The EBT system used for child care tracks time and attendance for a child receiving subsidized child care and processes provider child care payments. This system involves use of an EBT card by a client or authorized representative to document attendance by swiping the card through a point-of- service (POS) machine at the child care facility. The client swipes real-time attendance or enters previous in and out times for up to 10-calendar days, the current day and nine previous days. The system works best when all or most of the client's swipes are completed real time.

(b)   The county EBT specialist issues an EBT card to a child care applicant at the time he or she applies for a child care benefit and views an EBT training video.

(c)   Only two EBT cards are issued per Adult and Family Services 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 or pick the child up from the child care facility. The client is responsible for all swipes made by the authorized representative. The authorized representative must never be the child care provider or anyone who is employed by the child care provider.

(d)   Two EBT cards can be issued per child in a Child Welfare case when each child in the case is residing with different foster parents.

[Source: Added at 22 Ok Reg 1238, eff 6-1-05; Amended at 37 Ok Reg 1813, eff 9-15-20]