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Applicants sign acknowledgement of their rights and responsibilities for participation in the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). If it is determined a family deliberately misrepresented, concealed, or withheld a material fact during the application process which resulted in the establishment of benefits, or payment the family was not entitled to, the Intentional Program Violation process will befollowed. See section 4420-1 Intentional Program Violations.

Once determined eligible for CCAP participation, families are responsible to follow all program rules including reporting changes and cooperating with an investigation. If a CCAP participating family is found non-compliant with program rules the Intentional Program Violation, Overpayment, or non-payment to provider process may be followed depending on the non-compliance.

4150- 1 REQUIRED REPORTING NON-COMPLIANCE A participating family must, within twenty-four (24) hours, report to: child care licensing, if the provider is licensed by the State of Alaska or Municipality of Anchorage; local child care assistance office, if the provider is an Approved Relative or In-home caregiver; and to local police, level one (1) abuse, harm, or serious risk of harm to a child in the provider’s care. Reports to these entities must be verifiable. If a family fails to report or fails to report timely no action is taken to pursue an Intentional Program Violation (IPV) or Incorrect Payment (IP). The family would not be authorized to a different child care provider until the required ten (10) business day notice to their current provider has passed.

A participating family is required to report to the Designee within ten (10) business days of:

1. Changing Providers A participating family must give the Designee notice within ten (10) business days of changing their provider. This can be verbal or in writing, however, the family must give their provider written notice, at least ten (10) business days prior to ending care.

When a family does not give their child care provider the required ten (10) business day written notice before ending care and there is no mutual waiver from the provider, a Child Care Assistance Authorization document will not be issued to the family’s new provider for any time which should have been included in the required ten (10) day notice timeframe. The family is responsible