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Child Care Subsidy Policy October 1, 2024 85 system for child care providers. Client services will not be reinstated until full payment is received. 8.6. Subsidy Participation and Improper Payments 8.6.1. Clients. 8.6.1.1. Clients who owe repayment are not eligible to participate in the subsidy system as providers until the balance is paid in full. 8.6.1.2. Clients who have been notified of the need to enter repayment, but fail to respond within 13 days, are not eligible to participate in the subsidy system until the full amount due is paid. 8.6.2. Unresolved Fraud Referrals and New Applications. If a client whose case has been referred to fraud reapplies, the case manager should accept the application and process it as usual. A client’s circumstances may have changed since the alleged misrepresentation occurred. Pending criminal action has no bearing on current eligibility, unless more recent verification indicates misrepresentation still exists. 8.6.3. Providers. Providers owing repayment, who apply as clients must enter into a repayment agreement before receiving a certificate. 8.6.4. Substantiated Misrepresentation in Child Care or other DoHS Programs. If there is substantiated misrepresentation by a person in any DoHS administered program (TANF, Child Care, Food Stamps, etc.), that person shall be prohibited from participation in the subsidy program as any type of child care provider, including Registered Family Child Care, Registered Informal or Relative Family Child Care, Family Child Care Facility, Approved In-Home Child Care, Unlicensed School-Age Programs and Licensed Child Care Centers. This means that the person cannot: 8.6.4.1. Have contact with child care children. 8.6.4.2. Be involved in the child care business or day to day operations. 8.6.4.3. Be employed or used as a substitute in the child care program. 8.6.4.4. However, if the person makes full restitution of the total amount of the misrepresentation, a one-time waiver may be considered. The person must request the waiver in writing, and the CCR&R shall forward the request to the Division of Early Care and Education for approval/denial. 8.6.4.5. Child care providers of any type, with substantiated misrepresentation in any DoHS program, may continue to operate as unsubsidized child care providers, and serve only private pay children. Certificates of Registration and/or Licenses shall not be