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Approved Relative Provider/In-home caregiver these courses may be retaken as applicable to comply with the hour annual training requirement

The Designee will issue a Child Care Assistance Annual Training Requirement – Information Needed notice the first (1st) of the eleventh (11th) month following the approval effective date of the Approved Relative Provider or In-home caregiver’s first (1st) year of participation. The notice requires the provider to submit verification to the Designee, of the training hours completed by the last day of their first year.

1. Verification Received – Hours Completed When the Approved Relative provider or In-home caregiver submits a copy of their certification(s) or transcripts verifying they have completed twelve (12) hours of professional development training, the Designee enters a case note in the provider’s case in the Integrated Child Care Information System (ICCIS) using subject heading: Annual Training Completed. The body of the case note describes the training completed and hours associated.

An alert is set in an Approved Relative provider’s case in ICCIS for the first (1st) of the twenty-third (23rd) month to again issue a Child Care Assistance Annual Training Requirement – Information Needed Notice.

2. Verification Received – Hours Not Completed If the Approved Relative provider or In-home caregiver submits verification of the professional development training completed which is less than the required twelve (12) hours, the Designee enters a case note in the provider’s case in ICCIS using subject heading: Annual Training Not Complete. The body of the case note describes the training completed and hours associated.

The Designee will issue a Plan of Correction (POC) to the Approved Relative provider or family using an In-home caregiver requesting the provider’s plan for coming into compliance with the requirement. See section 4280-2 Plan of Correction.

3. Verification Not Submitted If the Approved Relative provider or In-home caregiver fails to submit verification of the professional development training completed, the Designee enters a case note in the provider’s case in ICCIS using subject heading: Annual Training Not Received.