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Census Area, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Prince of Wales- Hyder Census Area, and Yakutat City andBorough; • Coastal: includes communities on the Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak, Bristol Bay area, Kotzebue area, and Nomearea; • Municipality of Anchorage: includes all communities within the Municipality of Anchorage; • Central: includes communities within the Matanuska - Susitna Borough, and the Valdez/Cordova Census area; and • Northern: includes communities within the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Interior Alaska, and North Slope Borough. 3. Child Care Licensing service delivery areas are: a. Central North consists of cities geographically located in western central and northern Alaska, including Wasilla, Talkeetna, Healy, Fairbanks, North Pole, Delta Junction, Barrow, Nome, Kotzebue, Brevig Mission, Bethel, Dillingham, The Aleutian Islands, and Kodiak.

b. Central South consists of cities geographically located in eastern central and southeast Alaska, including: Palmer, Sutton, Kenai, Soldotna, Nikiski, Sterling, Kasilof, Anchor Point, Homer, Seward, Valdez, Cordova, Juneau, Douglas, Wrangell, Haines, Gustavus, Skagway, Petersburg, Sitka, Ketchikan, and Prince of Wales; andthe

c. Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) consists of cities geographically located within the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska including: Anchorage, Eagle River, Chugiak, Peters Creek, Eklutna, and Girdwood. The State of Alaska delegates authority to theMOA.

4000-3 PURPOSE OF THE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MANUAL AND MANUALUSERS This manual is to be used for training, reference, and as a supplement to the statutes and regulations mentioned below. It provides the policy, procedure, and technical details to support workers in administering the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP).

Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) rules under 45 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) 98 and 99 require each state to develop regulations and rules for implementing child care subsidies. Alaska Statute (AS) and Alaska Administrative Code (AAC) authority for