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474 4290-3 CHILD CARE PROGRAM OFFICE VARIANCE DECISIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS Variances can only be granted when they do not compromise the supervision or the health, safety, and welfare of children in care. A provider’s poor compliance history relevant to the request or variances specifically for the provider’s convenience should not be granted. Each variance application packet is reviewed with consideration to the identified need. For variances regarding background barriers and/or conditions, the Child Care Program Office (CCPO) Eligibility and Benefits Unit Public Assistance Analyst (PAA) II or Program Coordinator (PC) II provides the rationale for their recommendation, completes the Oversight Agency Recommendation form, and submits the complete packet to the CCPO’s Department of Health (DOH) Background Variance Review Committee representative for submitting to the Background Variance Review Committee Chair. The CCPO’s recommendation may be different than the Designee’s recommendation. When recommending variance approval, the PAA II or PC II may add additional conditions for the provider. The approval timeframe will begin upon approval of the variance and end with the date: identified by the provider the regulation can be met without a variance; the barring timeframe for the barrier crime or condition; of five (5) years from the date of the individual’s background eligibility determination date, whichever is first. Within five (5) business days of receiving the completed variance application packet the CCPO PAA II or PC II will complete the Child Care Program Office Variance Decision for general variance or the Oversight Agency Recommendation form for background check variances with their decision or recommendation. 1. Child Care Program Office Variance Decision The form is completed based on the decision to approve or deny the application for a general variance. The PAA II or PC II will check the approved, approved with conditions or denied box and remove the others. Conditions, if any, are added to the form based on the decision as are the reason(s) for denial and the Variance