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CHILD CARE SUBSIDY ELIGIBILITY POLICY MANUAL 16 Excessive Absences A child with 10 consecutive unexcused absences will be considered to have excessive absences. If a child fails to attend for 10 consecutive days without notification to the provider, their child care subsidy eligibility is at risk of termination. Absences, whether excused or unexcused, are documented by the provider in the department’s time and attendance system. After 10 consecutive unexcused absences, the provider will: (1) Make at least two documented attempts to contact the family and inform them that their child care subsidy eligibility is at risk of termination. (2) Report the excessive absences and outreach efforts to DESE after 10, but no more than 15, consecutive unexcused absences. Termination of Subsidy After receiving the provider’s report, DESE must notify both the family and the provider of the potential termination due to failure to attend. If a child misses 30 consecutive unexcused days, the child care subsidy eligibility may be terminated. SECTION 8: PARTICIPANT NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 8.1 REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS A participant shall only be required to report certain changes that occur after an initial application or reapplication is approved. Following the initial application or reapplication, the only changes required to be reported by the participant shall be: (1) Changes in contact information: address, phone number, or email address used in the application; (2) Changes in monthly income, in order to assess if the change exceeds 85% of the state median income for the EU; (3) The qualifying activity (valid need) has ended for more than 90 days; (4) The child has moved out of state; (5) The participant no longer has care or custody of the eligible child. A participant may report changes that are not required to be reported between reapplication timeframes. All reported information shall be recorded. Between authorization and re‐authorization periods, DESE shall disregard all known changes that are not required to be reported unless the benefit will be increased, or will require case closure in accordance with Section 8.4: Case Closing. 8.2 TIMEFRAME FOR REPORTING For changes required to be reported, a reported change, other than a change in source of income, is considered timely if it is reported within 10 calendar days in which the change occurred. A change in income is considered timely if it is reported within 10 calendar days following the date the first check is received. The participant is not eligible for restored benefits for months prior to the month the change is reported. 8.3 INCREASING BENEFITS DESE shall take action on any reported or known change that increases benefits to the participant.