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Improper payment amount will be paid in full by the child care provider.

• If the monetary amount is $10,000 or less, the child care provider will be temporarily restricted from CCPP participation for 1 (one) year.

• If the amount is over $10,000 the child care provider will be permanently restricted from CCPP participation.

Third Offense

• Improper payment amount will be paid in full by the child care provider. The child care provider will be permanently restricted from participating in CCPP.

Fraud

If an IPV is substantiated due to fraudulent behavior on the part of a child care provider, the child care provider will be permanently restricted from CCPP participation.

When an IPV is committed by an individual acting alone or in concert with others for any offense and that individual or individuals are permanently restricted from CCPP, that individual or individuals shall not hold an administrative position including an owner/operator, director, or director designee as defined by MSDH in a facility or home in which CCPP subsidies are received. Additionally, the individual or individuals shall not hold a position responsible for the recording or tracking of enrollment and attendance or for the completing and reporting of family/child status and/or enrollment and attendance. If the individual is an owner/operator that owns or operates multiple sites and permanently restricted from CCPP, all sites will be permanently restricted as well.

If a child care provider is permanently restricted from the CCPP, DECCD will assist CCPP certificate holders in finding an alternative child care provider, unless the parent(s) chooses to keep the child(ren) at the program/provider and forfeit CCPP funding.

IPV Penalties for CCPP Recipients

If the IPV is due to the actions of a recipient, MDHS shall enter into a repayment agreement to recover the disputed funds from the recipient or recoup them from the child care provider depending on the circumstances. If MDHS finds that the documents that were used to establish eligibility were false, falsified, or manipulated and all components of eligibility cannot otherwise be verified, MDHS shall terminate the certificate due to lack of eligibility having ever been established, and recoup the improper payment from the program/provider or enter a repayment agreement with the parent.

A recipient who is found to have committed an IPV shall be responsible for repayment or recoupment of the improper payment amount and/or be ineligible to participate in the program as follows: