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associated with the Request for PASS I Child Care CC1 or Manual Authorization Request Form – PASS I CC02 form. Clarifications may cause delays in Child Care Assistance Authorization document issuance.

When the CCPO receives the request from the WSP, the CCPO will review the situation and make a determination, document the determination and reason for approval or denial in a case note in ICCIS select both the “Alert CMS” and “Copy to CMS” from the ICCIS case note. The CCPO will respond to the requestor, copy WSTA at WSTA@alaska.gov, the CCPO policy mailbox at dpaccp@alaska.gov, and the Designee with the determination for processing.

If corrections are needed resulting in the request being rejected a new corrected Request for PASS I Child Care CC1 or Manual Authorization Request Form – PASS I CC02 form must be submitted.

Unless the family is using an individual who is not yet approved for CCAP participation or when the units of care will be the same for each month, up to three (3) months may be included on the same request. Each month must be requested individually when the unit of care needed is different. WSP are to refer to the CMS User Guide for guidance on how to submit the requests.

Date ranges within a month are allowable to authorize care to a child care provider for a period of time up to and including the full month. Typically when the family’s benefit start date is the first (1st) day of the month and they are eligible for a full month of care, the date range used is the first (1st) through the last day of the month, even if the last day of the month falls on a weekend or holiday and the family will not typically use care.

For situations when care is authorized to a secondary provider, such as spring break for school aged children, the date range is to be specific to that period of time.

For Example: Care is authorized for March 1 – 31 for a part month, for sixteen (16) part time days, to the family’s primary provider and for March 7 – 11, for a part month, to the secondary provider to cover spring break.

The WSP are to use the work activity and comments section of the Request for PASS I Child Care CC1 or Manual Authorization Request Form – PASS I CC02 form to clearly explain the family’s circumstance.