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to complete the background check process. When needed information includes completing the background check process the applicant is given thirty (30) calendar days from the date their application was date stamped received to provide all needed information including applying to the Alaska Background Check Program (BCP).

Additionally, they have thirty (30) calendar days from the date they submit their BCP application to complete the BCP process.

A Child Care Assistance Provider Application Received – Pended notice is issued identifying required documentation and/or actions needed. The Child Care Provider – Background Check Requirement information sheet advising how to access The New Alaska Background Check System (NABCS) is included when pending Approved Relative and In-home child care applications. Applicants delivering their application in person will be given the Child Care Provider – Background Check Requirement information sheet at the time the application is received. See section 4210 Approved Relative and In- home Provider Case in the New Alaska Background Check System.

4260-1 B. DENIAL OF A PROVIDER APPLICATION When a provider applicant does not submit the needed information and/or complete the identified action, or the Designee does not receive the information by the due date in the Child Care Assistance Provider Application – Pended notice, the application is denied.

A provider application is also denied when: the applicant or household member is identified through the background check process as having a disqualifying crime or condition or receives a Not Eligible for Hire determination from the BCP; when the degree of kinship between the children identified as being in care and the Approved Relative provider applicant do not meet the criteria of “relative”; or the family choosing an In-home caregiver has been determined ineligible for CCAP participation.

The Designee issues the Child Care Assistance Provider Application- Denied notice, citing the specific denial reason(s) and giving the provider the opportunity to appeal the determination by requesting a hearing within thirty (30) calendar days of the date the notification was issued.