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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 07/2021 Certified license exempt centers 11.6 Certified license exempt centers The Minnesota Department of Human Services has the authority to certify license exempt centers. When a license exempt center is certified, it means that the center meets the federal requirements for receiving child care assistance. Registering a license exempt center To be registered for CCAP, a license exempt center must be certified. For certified license exempt centers actively registered with at least one CCAP agency, agencies confirm the program’s certification status on the License/Certification window in MEC2. For certified license exempt centers not actively registered with at least one CCAP agency, agencies confirm the program’s certification status by validating the certification number in MEC2. More information about a provider’s certification can be found by searching the certification number on DHS Licensing Information Lookup. Registration process Require a certified license exempt center to register with your agency. Register each certified license exempt program separately. A site may operate programs that fall under different license exemptions, and each needs to be certified. Register each of these certified programs separately. See Chapter 11.12 (Provider Registration). License exempt centers that can be registered as CCAP providers include certified providers that provide programming under one of the following license exemptions: • Recreation programs for children operated or approved by a park and recreation board whose primary purpose is to provide social and recreational activities • Programs operated by a school, YMCA, YWCA or Jewish Community Center (JCC) whose primary purpose is to provide child care or services to school age children • Programs operated by a public school for children 33 months or older • Camps licensed by the Department of Health under Minnesota Rules, chapter 4630 • Head Start and nonresidential programs that operate for less than 45 days in a calendar year • Programs for children such as scouting, boys and girls clubs, sports and art programs and nonresidential programs for children provided for a cumulative total of less than 30 days in any 12-month period • A program serving only children who are age 33 months or older, that is operated by a nonpublic school, for no more than four hours per day per child, with no more than 20 children at any one time, and that is accredited by: I. an accrediting agency that is formally recognized by the commissioner of education as a nonpublic school accrediting organization OR II. an accrediting agency that requires background studies and that receives and investigates complaints about the services provided.