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the Child Care Assistance In-home Child Care – Renewal notice being issued it is processed as a change and the Designee will issue a Child Care Assistance Provider – Notice of Change. The Child Care Assistance In-home Child Care – Renewal notice must still be issued.

The Designee may have different staff working the family and provider applications; therefore coordination and communication is needed during this process. The provider case must be determined first so the family has an eligible provider, if approved. If the family’s case is denied the provider case will close due to no eligible family.

Before approving an In-home provider, the Designee is to verify the family has submitted a Child Care Assistance Application CC08 to the Designee and it has been received. If the family application is denied, the individual completing the denial action is to notify the individual assigned to the In-home provider for necessary denial or closure actions.

Upon receipt of an In-home Child Care Renewal Application CC86, the Designee will determine if the application is acceptable. See section 4200-1 Provider Application Criteria. Acceptable applications will be documented in the Integrated Child Care Information System (ICCIS). See section 4200-4 3. Documenting Receipt of an Acceptable In-home Child Care Application. The ICCIS Application screen is updated with the date the acceptable application was date stamped received.

Unacceptable applications will be returned following section 4170-3 Unacceptable Provider Application.

The Designee will schedule and conduct an interview. See section 4250-1 Scheduling the Interview.

Whenever possible prior to the interview the Designee will review and compare the renewal application to the most current documents on file, access the provider’s case in the New Alaska Background Check System (NABCS) to determine if additional information or verification is needed based on changes. Identified changes and additional information or verification are discussed and documented in the interview case note.

If the Designee has received conflicting or contradicting information causing the Designee to believe the provider has reported information incorrectly or not reported information pertinent to their