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Title 13: Social Service Resources Page 110 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter G: Child Care Assistance Authorizing Services Revised June 14, 2024 Child Care Assistance Provider Agreement ▪ An overpayment of CCA funds with a balance of $3,000 or more exists and the provider fails to enter into a repayment agreement with the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensure (DIAL) or does not make payments according to the repayment agreement on file with DIAL. ▪ The provider is found to have more children in care at one time than allowed for the provider type. See Provider Agreement Sanction for more information about terminating the agreement. Ten calendar days advance notice are required to terminate the Child Care Assistance Provider Agreement, so that if care must be terminated, parents have adequate time to secure other child care arrangements. Send a Notice of Decision: Child Care to inform the provider that their Child Care Assistance Provider Agreement is being terminated. The provider has the right to appeal this decision and may continue to receive CCA payments while the decision is pending. Any CCA payments received pending the appeal decision will be recouped from the provider if the Department’s decision to terminate is upheld in the appeal. When a Child Care Assistance Provider Agreement has been revoked for failing to cooperate with investigations conducted by DIAL, the Department will not enter into another agreement with the provider until cooperation occurs. When a provider requests that the Department enter into a new agreement with them after their agreement has been revoked for not cooperating with DIAL if the provider has ▪ cooperated and all other requirements are met, complete the agreement and return a signed copy to the provider. ▪ not cooperated with DIAL, deny the agreement and issue an NOD to the provider informing them that the Department will not enter into an agreement with them until they cooperate with DIAL. Provider Agreement Sanction Legal reference: 441 IAC 170.5(5) Policy: If a Child Care Assistance Provider Agreement, form 470-3871 or 470-3871(S), is terminated for any of the reasons found at Child Care Assistance Provider Agreement, except for failure to provide a social security number or employer identification number, the agreement shall remain terminated for the time periods set forth below. ▪ The first time the agreement is terminated, the provider may reapply for another agreement at any time.