Agencies must pay the child care provider directly, unless one of the following exceptions applies:
    
    
        
        (a) 
         If an agency chooses to have an organization administer its program (see  § 792.223 ), the organization pays the child care provider;
     
    
        
        (b) 
         For overseas locations, the agency may choose to pay the employee if the provider deals only in foreign currency; or
     
    
        
        (c) 
         In unique circumstances, an agency may obtain written permission from OPM to do so.