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of time necessary to allow the Licensing office to investigate the concern and reach a final decision. When a licensed provider’s license is suspended or revoked the Licensing Staff will provide a copy of the Notice of Suspension/Revocation to the Designee and notify the CCPO policy mailbox at dpaccp@alaska.gov for notification to the Child Care Grant Program (CCG) and Alaska Inclusive Child Care Program (Alaska IN!).

When an Approved Relative or In-home provider’s Child Care Assistance (CCAP) participation is ending due to an emergency suspension:

1. The Licensing Specialist will: a. Contact the CCPO Program Coordinator (PC) II, Public Assistance Analyst (PAA) II or PAA I, depending on availability, while on site at the provider’s location, to discuss the situation and need to suspend the provider’s participation and if in agreement, issue a verbal suspension effective immediately to the provider;

b. Remain on-site and require the provider to contact the parents of the children in care, to pick up their children, and notify them of the emergency suspension and that care for CCAP children will not be paid by the program until the suspension is removed;

c. Deliver the Notice of Emergency Suspension, provided by the Designee, to the provider via one of the methods included on the notice; and

d. Complete the investigation and issue a report of the findings no later than fourteen (14) business days of the verbal suspension. The report will result in the provider’s approval for CCAP participation and payment being revoked or the issuance of an Approved Provider Report of Investigation / Notice of Violation requiring a Plan of Correction (POC).

2. The CCPO PC II, PAA II or PAA I will: a. Assist the Licensing Staff in determining if thesituation warrants an emergency suspension; and b. Notify the Designee of the concern and for coordinationof actions to be taken.

3. The Designee will: a. Complete the Notice of Emergency Suspension ;