Section 10.08 - Child Care Educators/Providers and Informal Child Care Providers(1)Care by Licensed Educators/Providers. Except as set forth in 606 CMR 10.08(2), child care supported by financial assistance may be provided by an EEC licensed family child care educator/provider, a licensed group or school age child care program or through a family child care system, if the educator/provider, program or system holds a contract or agreement with EEC to provide child care supported by financial assistance services.(2)Care Exempt from Licensure.(a) Child care supported by financial assistance may be provided by a group or school age child care program that has been determined by EEC to be exempt from licensure, and with whom EEC holds a contract or an agreement to provide child care services supported by financial assistance or with whom a CCRR holds a voucher agreement. Prior to providing and being reimbursed for child care supported by financial assistance, license exempt providers providing care must: 1. complete EEC's background record check certifying the child care provider exempt from licensure, as determined by EEC, has a background free of conduct which, in the judgment of EEC and in accordance with EEC's Background Record Check Regulations at 606 CMR 14.00: Criminal Offender and Other Background Record Checks, bears adversely upon their ability to provide for the safety and well-being of a child.2. complete all applicable pre-service and orientation to child care trainings;3. agree to and complete annual trainings;4. satisfy all applicable health and safety requirements;5. agree to annual monitoring visits from EEC; and6. sign an agreement to provide child care supported by financial assistance.(b)Informal Child Care.1.Relative of the Child. Child care supported by financial assistance may be provided in a private residence by an informal child care provider who is a relative of the child, provided that the informal child care provider is 18 years of age or older and is not the child's parent or caregiver. Relative informal child care providers who provide child care supported by financial assistance services must submit to the CCRR documentation of their relationship to the child receiving care, which may include birth certificates, baptismal certificates, and marriage certificates. The informal child care provider must not be a member of the parent's TAFDC assistance unit, unless the parent is younger than 18 years old. Prior to providing and being reimbursed for child care supported by financial assistance, relative informal child care providers must: a. complete all applicable pre-service and orientation to child care trainings;b. satisfy all applicable health and safety requirements; andc. sign an agreement to provide child care supported by financial assistance.2.Non-relative of the Child. Child care supported by financial assistance may be provided in the home of the child by an informal child care provider unrelated to the child on the condition that the informal child care provider is at least 18 years of age or older. Prior to providing and being reimbursed for child care supported by financial assistance, informal child care providers providing care in the child's own home must: a. complete EEC's background record check certifying the informal child care provider has a background free of conduct which, in the judgment of EEC and in accordance with EEC's Background Record Check Regulations at 606 CMR 14.00: Criminal Offender and Other Background Record Checks, bears adversely upon their ability to provide for the safety and well-being of a child;b. complete all applicable pre-service and orientation to child care trainings;c. agree to and complete annual trainings;d. satisfy all applicable health and safety requirements;e. agree to annual monitoring visits from EEC; andf. sign an agreement to provide child care supported by financial assistance.3. Relative informal child care providers and non-relative informal child care providers providing care in the child's own home may not care for more than six children younger than 13 years old.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1385, eff. 2/22/2019.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1505, eff. 9/29/2023.