{"id":37644,"date":"2022-07-14T23:57:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T07:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/ccpo-broadcast-child-care-assistance-proposed-regulations-july-2022-3\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T23:57:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T07:57:56","slug":"ccpo-broadcast-child-care-assistance-proposed-regulations-july-2022-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/ccpo-broadcast-child-care-assistance-proposed-regulations-july-2022-3\/","title":{"rendered":"CCPO Broadcast: Child Care Assistance Proposed Regulations \u2013 Deadline Aug 31"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This&nbsp;broadcast&nbsp;was released by the Department of Health Child Care Program Office on July 14, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Proposed regulatory changes<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>and public hearing for 7 AAC 41<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Alaska Division of Public Assistance, Child Care Program Office<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Department&nbsp;of Health proposes&nbsp;to adopt&nbsp;regulation&nbsp;changes&nbsp;in&nbsp;Title&nbsp;7&nbsp;of the&nbsp;Alaska Administrative Code, dealing&nbsp;with&nbsp;the Child Care Assistance Program, including&nbsp;the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Article 1.&nbsp;Administrative Provisions,&nbsp;7 AAC 41. Program&nbsp;rates,&nbsp;<\/strong>is proposed to be changed&nbsp;as follows:&nbsp;revise the&nbsp;<em>Child&nbsp;Care&nbsp;Assistance Program&nbsp;Rate Schedule&nbsp;<\/em>rates related&nbsp;to the&nbsp;maximum state payment to a child&nbsp;care provider.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Article&nbsp;3.&nbsp;Provisions&nbsp;for&nbsp;Family,&nbsp;7&nbsp;AAC&nbsp;41.310&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;.335,&nbsp;<\/strong>is&nbsp;proposed&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;changed&nbsp;as&nbsp;follows:<ul><li>clarify&nbsp;the&nbsp;cessation&nbsp;of&nbsp;an&nbsp;eligible&nbsp;activity;<\/li><li>amend&nbsp;time&nbsp;limit&nbsp;for&nbsp;absence&nbsp;from&nbsp;an&nbsp;eligible&nbsp;activity;&nbsp;and<\/li><li>revise&nbsp;the&nbsp;Family&nbsp;Income&nbsp;and&nbsp;Contribution&nbsp;Schedule.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Article 5.&nbsp;Definitions, 7&nbsp;AAC&nbsp;41.990<\/strong>, is&nbsp;proposed&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;changed&nbsp;as&nbsp;follows: amend&nbsp;definitions&nbsp;related to eligible&nbsp;activity.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This information can be found on the Child Care Program Office <a href=\"https:\/\/dhss.alaska.gov\/health\/dpa\/Pages\/ccare\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, this information can found on the State of Alaska Online Public Notices <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.state.ak.us\/OnlinePublicNotices\/Notices\/View.aspx?id=207374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&nbsp;may comment on&nbsp;the regulation&nbsp;changes,&nbsp;including&nbsp;the potential&nbsp;costs to private&nbsp;persons&nbsp;of complying with the changes,&nbsp;by submitting written comments to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Ms. Nicole Fritz&nbsp;<br>State of Alaska, Department of Health,<br>Child Care Program Office, Division of Public Assistance<br>3601 C Street, Suite 140<br>Anchorage, AK&nbsp;99503<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally,&nbsp;the Department of Health will&nbsp;accept comments by electronic mail at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:nicole.fritz@alaska.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nicole.fritz@alaska.gov<\/a>&nbsp;. The comments must be received<strong> not&nbsp;later than 5 p.m.&nbsp;on August&nbsp;31, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><u><strong>Public Hearing Information (Via Telephone):<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&nbsp;may provide&nbsp;oral&nbsp;comments relevant&nbsp;to the&nbsp;proposed&nbsp;action&nbsp;<strong>via telephone&nbsp;<\/strong>at&nbsp;the&nbsp;hearing&nbsp;to be&nbsp;held&nbsp;on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>August 18, 2022<br>1 p.m. \u2013 3 p.m.<br>by calling 1-800-909-4578 (toll free)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please note&nbsp;that in-person attendance&nbsp;will&nbsp;not&nbsp;be permitted at&nbsp;the hearing site because&nbsp;of the&nbsp;public&nbsp;health&nbsp;and safety concerns&nbsp;associated with the COVID&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;19 pandemic.&nbsp;Please prepare&nbsp;to&nbsp;share&nbsp;your&nbsp;oral comments by telephone&nbsp;only.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If&nbsp;you call to provide oral testimony,&nbsp;you should be on the line&nbsp;<strong>before&nbsp;<\/strong>the hearing begins&nbsp;at&nbsp;1&nbsp;p.m. The Department of&nbsp;Health will give priority&nbsp;to&nbsp;those who call in before 2&nbsp;p.m. The Department of&nbsp;Health may, before the hearing begins,&nbsp;limit&nbsp;the time allotted for each person providing&nbsp;oral testimony.&nbsp;The&nbsp;time limit&nbsp;may be necessary to conclude the hearing in the time provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further questions about this broadcast, please contact the CCPO by phone 907-269-4500, fax 907-269-4536, or email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ccpo@alaska.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ccpo@alaska.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you,<br>Child Care Program Office<br>Phone (907) 269-4500<br>Fax (907) 269-4536<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27764,"template":"","news_tags":[51,50],"event_category":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-37644","thread-blog","type-thread-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_tags-ccpo","news_tags-child-care-assistance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CCPO Broadcast: Child Care Assistance Proposed Regulations \u2013 Deadline Aug 31 - Thread<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/ccpo-broadcast-child-care-assistance-proposed-regulations-july-2022-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CCPO Broadcast: Child Care Assistance Proposed Regulations \u2013 Deadline Aug 31 - Thread\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This&nbsp;broadcast&nbsp;was released by the Department of Health Child Care Program Office on July 14, 2022. 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