C.Notification of TerminationA Parent, Child Care Provider, Caseworker on behalf of a Child that is in the Care and Custody of the Department, referred by a Caseworker who chooses to terminate Child Care Services will be required to submit to the Department, a twelve (12) calendar day written Notification of Termination. Notice may additionally be made in person, or by direct telephone contact.
1. Parents must give the Child Care Provider a written twelve (12) calendar day notice when they are going to terminate Child Care Services. The Department must receive a copy of this notice.2. Parents who fail to give the Child Care Provider a written twelve (12) calendar day notification that Child Care Services are being terminated will pay the Child Care Provider the assessed Parent Fee for each day of Child Care Services during the twelve (12) calendar day notification period that his/her child care spot remains vacant.3. If the Parent fails to give the required notice, the Department will pay the Child Care Provider for each service day short of the notification period and only for the days that the Parent's child care spot is vacant. The Department will not pay the Parent Fee.4. If the Department pays the Child Care Provider when the Parent fails to give the required notice, the Department will not pay a second Child Care Provider on behalf of the Parent for the same Child and for the same period of time.5. Other than situations otherwise noted under, "Termination of Child Care Services by a Parent," the Parent must leave the Child Care Provider in Good Standing or the Child Care Subsidy may not continue with a new Child Care Provider.6. A twelve (12) calendar day Notification of Termination may be waived when mutually-agreed upon between Parent and Child Care Provider.7. Notification of Termination by the Department by phone, mail, or email, will constitute the beginning of the twelve (12) calendar day Notification of Termination.