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5.18 VOLUNTARY TERMINATION BY THE PROVIDER Providers may voluntarily request to end their enrollment/agreement at any time as an enrolled ABC Quality provider at any level by notifying the ABC Quality Program in writing or through a documented telephone contact. NOTE: Voluntary termination of a provider’s enrollment agreement is not appealable. If the provider requests to voluntarily end their enrollment agreement, and then later requests to rescind the termination of their agreement, ABC Quality is under no obligation to do so, particularly if the provider’s file has been terminated in the Child Care Scholarship Program. The provider may not reapply for enrollment at any level for a period of one year from the effective date of termination. Providers who have received a grant must stay in the Child Care Scholarship Program for the period required by the grant, or the grant funds will be recouped.
5.18.1 FRAUD Any institution or its principals who have been convicted of fraud are ineligible to participate in the Child Care Scholarship Program at any level. FRAUD AND ABC QUALITY ABC Quality takes fraud very seriously. In every policy and document given to providers, ABC Quality strives to make known its expectations of providers for participation in the program, along with subsequent action for non-compliance. ABC Quality maintains a complaint line, 1-800-763-2223, this number can be used by the public to reports complaints and incidents of fraud.