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4290-1 BACKGROUND CHECK VARIANCE REQUEST APPLICATIONS The identification of a barring crime and/or condition for a provider, household member, or in-home caregiver may occur at the time of application or after the applicant has been approved for Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) participation.

When a barring crime and/or condition is identified the provider or the individual with the barrier may request a variance. If the barrier is identified during the application process, the application is denied, however, the application will be reopened if a variance is requested by the applicant timely and granted. A new provider application is not needed.

The individual identified as having the barring crime and/or condition may request a variance, or the provider may request a variance on behalf of the individual when it is a household member or in-home caregiver.

Participating providers must within twenty-four (24) hours, stop providing child care services or remove the individual from direct contact with children in care. When the individual is the provider, their CCAP participation status will be ended until a variance is received and determined approved.

To request a variance the provider must submit a Background Check Variance Request Application to the Designee within ninety (90) calendar days of the date of the Alaska Background Check Program (BCP)’s notification letter of a barrier crime and/or condition. The Designee will document in an Integrated Child Care Information System (ICCIS) case note the receipt of a Background Check Variance Request Application using subject heading: Background Variance Req App Rcvd. The body of the case note will include:

1. The date the Background Check Variance Request Applicationwas due;

2. The date the Background Check Variance Request Applicationwas received;

3. Results of the review of the documentation received; and

4. A determination of complete or incomplete.