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approval period and/or license expiration date. Care can only be authorized through the last month of the provider’s CCAP approval period and/or licensed dates; e. Selected Approved Relative provider does not have the children of the family identified on their application or approval as children in care; f. Selected Approved Relative provider and the children needing care do not meet the required degree of kinship; g. The children of the family would exceed the selected Approved Relative provider’s capacity limitation; and/or h. The family and child care provider reside in the samehome. 2. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS FOR PASSI WSP are to work with families to find appropriate care if there are reservations about the character of the provider/individual, the ability of a parent to evaluate the provider, or the safety and well- being of children receiving care. The Alaska statewide Child Care Resource and Referral Network (CCR&R) is to be contacted for assistance.

Applying PASS I families may identify an individual who has not yet become approved as a provider to participate in the CCAP as their selected provider. WSP are to advise families, these situations will always cause delays in creating the family’s Child Care Assistance Authorization document(s) which can be avoided by using a child care provider who is already participating in the CCAP. Families must also be advised should the identified individual not complete the child care provider application process, care will not be authorized and the parent is responsible for paying the individual for care provided.

Child care cannot be authorized for a family to their identified child care provider in the following circumstances:

a. The individual identified to be the family’s provider has not responded within thirty (30) days to the letter sent by the Designee identifying them as a provider for a PASS I Child Care Assistance (CCA) family;

b. The individual identified to be the family’s provider has not completed the application process and received approval to participate in the CCAP within sixty (60) days of theChild Care Assistance – Information Needed Notice sent by the Designee, listing the additional required informationneeded; c. The individual identified to be the family’s provider has not received approval to participate in the CCAP within sixty(60)