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example, if ten (10) is entered in the FP box, ten (10) days are counted as full days and ten (10) days are counted as part days for a total of twenty (20) days.

a. Zero (0) days attended When a Child Care Assistance Authorization document is issued for a full month plus additional full and/or part days, and the child did not attend during that month no payment is processed except for notice days if included on the Request for Payment CC78 or Amended Request for Payment CC79.

• Notice Days – Ending Care/Changing Providers When a child does not attend the provider and the provider includes between one (1) and ten (10) days in the “N” box of the Request for Payment CC78 indicating the child did not attend during some or all of the required ten (10) business day notice period, payment shall be calculated at the part month rate. The part month amount, lesser of the state rate and the provider’s rate, is entered on the Request for Payment CC78 or Amended Request for Payment CC79 in the blank labeled PT Month Unit +.

The payment verifier will enter a case note on the family’s case the number of notice days paid, the service month they were paid for and the provider’s name and ICCIS number and for PASS II and PASS III families, set an alert in the family’s case, using the date created as the due date. If the family is a PASS I family, the boxes to “Copy” the case note to CMS and “Alert CMS” are also checked.

• Alaska IN! Alaska IN! supplemental payment is not processed due to the child not attending, even if payment is processed for the notice days the child was not in attendance.

• Registration Fee A registration fee is not processed for payment even if payment is processed for the notice days the child was not in attendance.

b. Fewer Than Six (6) Days Attended When a Child Care Assistance Authorization document is issued for a full month plus additional full and/or part days, and the child is in attendance between one (1) and five (5) days total in any combination of full and part days, the payment is