; and (ii) on the date of submission of an application for the subgrant, was either— (I) open and available to provide child care services; or (II) closed due to the COVID–19 public health emergency. (C) Subgrant amount The lead agency shall make subgrants, from amounts awarded pursuant to subsection (b), to qualified child care providers, and the amount of such a subgrant to such a provider shall— (i) be based on the provider’s stated average operating expenses during the period (of not longer than 6 months) before March 1, 2020 and at minimum cover such operating expenses for the intended length of the subgrant; (ii) account for increased costs of providing or preparing to provide child care as a result of the COVID–19 public health emergency, such as provider and employee compensation and existing benefits (existing as of March 1, 2020) and the implementation of new practices related to sanitization, group size limits, and social distancing; (iii) be adjusted for payments or reimbursements made to an eligible child care provider to carry out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) or the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.); and (iv) be adjusted for payments or reimbursements made to an eligible child care provider through the Paycheck Protection Program set forth in section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36) ), as added by section 1102 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136 ). (D) Application (i) Eligibility To be eligible to receive a subgrant under this paragraph, a child care provider shall submit an application to a lead agency at such time and in such manner as the lead agency may require. Such application shall include— (I) a good-faith certification that the ongoing operations of the child care provider have been impacted as a result of the COVID–19 public health emergency