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6.10.2 TERMINATION OF A CLIENT AND WRITTEN NOTIFICATION

If termination of services is initiated by the Child Care Scholarship Program the provider and client will be notified in writing that the services are being terminated and all payments for services rendered after the termination date become the client’s responsibility. Proper notice (10 days from the date of determination) will be given to both the parent and the provider of the effective termination date.

Services may be terminated for a client or child only when:

• The client/child does not meet specific eligibility criteria or requiremen ts. • The child does not live with the client. • The client intentionally submits false information. • The client moves out of state.

NOTE: A situation where a client is terminated from a particular provider for not following a facility’s policy does not constitute a termination from the Child Care Scholarship Program.

When the Control Center is notified that a client and/or recipient needs to be terminated, the following procedure is followed: • On the date that a termination of a client or recipient is determined necessary, the child care worker starts counting 10 working days (excluding weekends and holidays), with day one being the next day. The effective date of termination will be the first Monday following the 10th working day from the date of determination. • A termination within the Child Care Scholarship Program will not be backdated. If a request is made for termination that has not followed the 10- working day notice rule, Control Center staff will change the effective date to reflect the 10-working day notice. For a Welfare Reform (WR) client, recommendations for termination or reinstatement of services will be coordinated between the county Case Manager (as appropriate) and the Child Care Scholarship Program child care eligibility worker.