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the child care benefit is authorized, and issue the Child Care Assistance Application – Approved Notice. When a family is using and In-home child care caregiver, the In-home provider and caregiver must be determined eligible and approved before care can be authorized for the family.

The level of care to be authorized for the family’s full twelve (12) month certification period is to be included in the notice. When the Designee makes a determination of approved, the decision is documented in an Integrated Child Care Information System (ICCIS) case note to include all documents sent to the family. The applicable screen is updated, and alerts are set in the family’s ICCIS case for:

1. The first of the month prior to the family’s child care provider’s Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) approval end date and/or license expiration date to send the family notice of needing an eligible provider;

2. The first (1st) day of the eleventh (11th) month of the family’s twelve (12) month certification period to send renewal notification; and

3. The first (1st) day of the month prior to the month the State of Alaska business license expires, when a parent of the family isself- employed to send the family notice of needing to renew their business license.

The Designee sends the family the:

4. Child Care Assistance Application - Approved Notice;

5. Child Care Assistance Authorization document(s);

6. Income worksheets and the budget and co-pay from the Budget Screen in ICCIS, used to calculate the family’s income;

7. A copy of the Family Income and Contribution Schedule used;

8. For new families only, the Understanding your Authorizationand Understanding your Co-pay document; and

9. A Child Care Provider Consumer Statement.

A copy of the Child Care Assistance – Approved Notice, Child Care Assistance Authorization document(s) and income worksheets from