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to terminating care.

b. Consolidating Locations for Providers with Multiple Sites When a family is using a child care provider with multiple sites who consolidates care to a different location during specific times of the year, for example the holiday break or summer, a ten (10) business day written notice is not required by the family or child care provider. In this instance, as long as the unit of care does not decrease, authorizations for the affected months are to be changed to reflect care at the correct site(s), without applying adverse action, and can be changed after contact with either the family orprovider. c. A level one (1) Reported Allegation of Abuse, Harm or Serious Risk of Harm The only time the ten (10) business day notice requirement can be waived for a health and safety concern is when it is a reported level one (1) health and safety concern. If theconcern reported is level two (2) or level three (3) health and safety concern, the family is still required to give their provider at least a ten (10) business day notice of their intent to end child care services. When a participating parent reports to the Designee they removed their child from the care of their provider without giving the required written ten (10) business day notice, due to a level one (1) health and safety concern with the provider, the Designee must receive verification a report has been made to the local police or the Office of Children’s Services (OCS) within twenty-four (24) hours of the incident. The Designee must be able to confirm with child care licensing the family has reported the health and safetyconcern.

The Designee must receive a copy of a filed police report and verify a report has been made to the child care assistance office and forwarded to the licensing office responsible for a licensed child care provider; or made directly to the licensing office, prior to authorizing care to a new provider. With verification from the parent of the filed police report and report to licensing, care will be authorized the date care began with the new provider. If verification is not provided from either the local police or child care licensing or both care will be authorized to the new provider effective the day following the required ten (10) business day notice, had it been given. If the Designee receives a copy of a filed police report it is forwarded to the licensing office. See section 4340 Complaints Regarding