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Title 13: Social Service Resources Page 80 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter G: Child Care Assistance Identifiying the Provider Revised June 14, 2024 Provider Requirements The Department checks these records before licensing or certifying registration of a child care provider. However, providers who provide care for five children or less are not required to register with the state. Any person who provides child care services to a CCA recipient, and anyone age 14 or over who lives in that home or has access to a child when the child is alone, must have successfully completed criminal, sex offender, and child abuse record checks. Any person who provides child care services to a CCA recipient, and anyone age 18 or over who lives in that home or has access to a child when the child is alone, must have successfully completed national criminal history checks based on fingerprints. HHS staff follow three steps to obtain approval to pay nonregistered providers. (PROMISE JOBS staff complete only steps one and two.) 1. Check to see if the family’s chosen provider is already an approved nonregistered provider by accessing KinderTrack (KT) screens. See 14-H, KinderTrack System. The KT screens will show whether the provider is currently active and has signed a Child Care Assistance Provider Agreement. 2. If the provider has not yet been approved as a nonregistered provider for the CCA program, HHS staff must issue the following to the provider, with instructions to return the forms to the centralized CCA unit: ▪ Comm. 095, Guidelines for Child Care Homes with a Child Care Assistance Provider Agreement. ▪ Form 470-2890, Payment Application for Nonregistered Providers. ▪ Form 470-4755 or 470-4755(S), Lead Assessment and Control. ▪ Form 470-3301, Authorization for Release of Child and Dependent Adult Abuse Information (one form for each person over age 13 who lives in the household or who has access to the children in care). ▪ Form 470-3871, Child Care Assistance Provider Agreement. ▪ Form DCI-45, Waiver Agreement and Statement (one form for each person over age 17 who lives in the household or who has access to the children in care). ▪ Form DCI-77, Criminal History Record Check Request Form (one form for each person over age 13 who lives in the household or who has access to the children in care).