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a Child Care Provider.

The Designee will follow the steps as outlined in 4100-2 D. 3. Ten (10) Business Day Written Notice Waived.

6. Changing In-home Caregivers A family using In-home child care is required to give a ten (10) business day written notice to their caregiver in the same situations as a family using a different provider type. The Designee will verify with the family’s in-home caregiver the family provided the required notice and has paid the caregiver. If the caregiver reports the family has not paid them, they are advised to report the parent to the Department of Labor. If the caregiver reports the family did not give them the required ten (10) business day notice, care will not be authorized for thefamily until the ten (10) business day timeframe has passed, using the date the family reported changing providers as day one (1).

Families wishing to continue using In-home child care must provide all the required documentation to the Designee or CCPO, receive a valid criminal history background for their new caregiver, and receive approval before care can be authorized to the new In-home caregiver.

7. Care Not Used at the Authorized Provider – Re-Assigning Co- Pay When a family or provider reports a child who has the family’s co- pay assigned to them has never attended the provider identified on the Child Care Assistance Authorization document, the Designee must review the family’s authorized care to determine if the family’s co-pay needs to be reassigned to a different child and/or to a different provider.

a. Only One (1) Child in the Family or Only the Child with the Family’s Co-pay Assigned attending a differentProvider and never attended the provider who has the authorization. The designee will call the provider who is authorized to confirm the child never attended, if the child never attended, the correct provider will be authorized

b. All Children Attending a different provider If care needs to be authorized for all the children of the family to a different provider, the designee will call the provider who is authorized to confirm