INTRODUCTION

     1. PARENT NAME (display-only).

     2. PARENT ID (display-only)

     3. START DATE and END DATE (display-only) - The first and last days of the pay period you selected on the CDC 

  Parent Reporting & Inquiry Menu.

     4. PAY PERIOD NUMBER (display-only) - The pay period number of the pay period you selected on the CDC Parent

Reporting & Inquiry Menu.

NEED HOURS

     5. HOURS I WAS AT MY DHS APPROVED ACTIVITY - Enter the hours, rounded to the nearest half hour, from line 7   of the DHS Approved Activity section of the Child Development and Care Parent Need Hours Record, form DHS-641. You must complete this form and keep it for four years. If you do not have this form, you may download it from here (insert link) or obtain one from your local DHS office.

     6. TOTAL NEED HOURS (display-only) - This is calculated by the computer. The computer adds the DHS approved activity hours for all of the days in the row above. It rounds up if there is a part of an hour reflected in the total (Example: 44.5 is rounded up to 45). CHILD CARE HOURS Only authorized children appear on this screen. Added children appear the day after the authorization is entered by the DHS office.

     7. CHILD'S NAME (display-only) - The full name of each child.

     8. TOTAL CARE HOURS - This is the number in the total hours column of the Child Care Hours section of the Child Development and Care Parent Need Hours Record, form DHS-641. You must complete this form and keep it for four years. If you do not have this form, you may download it from here (insert link) or obtain one from your local DHS office. FINISHING YOUR REPORT

     9. CERTIFICATION - When you have completed your report, carefully read the certifications. If you are complying with all of the certifications, click in the check box next to "I certify that," then click on the "Submit to DHS" button. A printable version of your report will then appear on your screen. Warning: Once you submit the report to DHS you will not be able to return to it to make changes.

SAVING YOUR WORK

     Selecting any of the navigation buttons, except for the "Cancel and Return to Menu" button, will save your work. If you do not complete your report in one session, click on the "Save and Return to Menu" button. You will be able to return to the screen later and finish your work. Just remember that once you submit the report to DHS you will not be able to return to it to make changes.