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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 02/2021 15 day notice requirements 12.1 Child Care Assistance Program requires a 15 day notice for adverse actions, except when: • A Minnesota licensed provider’s license has been temporarily immediately suspended. • There is imminent risk of harm to the health, safety, or rights of a child in the care of a legal nonlicensed provider, license exempt center, or a provider licensed by an entity other than the State of Minnesota. • The department or a CCAP agency stops or suspends a provider’s payments if the provider intentionally gave materially false information on billing forms, provided false attendance records, and/or met criteria for payment suspension under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 245E. MEC2 uses the following rules to calculate the 15 day notice period: • The first day of the 15-day notice period is the day after the day the notice leaves IOC. • Mail is only sent on work days and will not be sent on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. • The 15th day cannot fall on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday. If it does, continue counting after the Saturday, Sunday or holiday. These rules are built into the 15-day notice logic on the MEC² system. Examples: • No holiday or weekend – Worker approves adverse action on the case on Monday. The notice will be printed Monday night and mailed on Tuesday. The 1st day to start the 15-day count is Wednesday. Count 15 days, beginning with Wednesday as the 1st day. The 15th day would be Wednesday. • Holiday – Worker approves adverse action on the case on Monday. The notice will be printed Monday night. However, Tuesday is a holiday so the notice will not be mailed until Wednesday. The 1st day to start the 15-day count is Thursday. Counting 15 days from Thursday would be another Thursday. Thursday is a holiday, so the 15th day would be Friday. • Weekend – Worker approves adverse action on the case on Friday. The notice will be printed Friday night, but the notice will not be mailed until Monday, so the 1st day to start the 15-day count would be Tuesday. Counting 15 days from Tuesday would be another Tuesday. This would be the last day of the notice period. • MEC2 uses the state and federal holiday schedules listed below for dates the system IS NOT available to process cases, send out notices, and determine non-mail delivery dates. Federal Holidays: State Holidays: New Year’s Day

New Year’s Day Martin Luther King Jr Day Martin Luther King Jr Day President’s Day President’s Day Memorial Day Memorial Day Independence Day Independence Day Labor Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veteran’s Day Veteran’s Day Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving Day Friday after Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day Christmas Day