1. (a) A family may appeal within 30 calendar days of the date on the notification of an eligibility decision to reduce, deny, or terminate child care scholarship, in accordance with He-C 200.
2. (b) If a family files an appeal, in accordance with He-C 200, within 15 calendar days of the date of the notification and requests continuation of child care scholarship, child care scholarship shall continue at the established payment rate until a decision is made regarding the appeal.
3. (c) If the decision on the appeal upholds the DHHS proposed action, then child care scholarship shall be denied, decreased, or terminated effective the date indicated on the original notification of the denial, decrease, or termination, except when the termination is a result of the parent’s failure to complete the redetermination process in accordance with He-C 6910.15, and in which case the effective date shall be the closure date identified on the notification of redetermination.
4. (d) If the family opted to continue to receive child care scholarship as provided under (b) above, any overpayment shall be repaid in accordance with He-C 6918.08.

5. (e) If the decision on the appeal does not uphold the DHHS proposed action:

   1. (1) Eligibility shall be established as provided for in the appeal decision and eligibility shall be effective as described in He-C 6910.10 if the notification proposed a denial of the application; or
   2. (2) The family shall continue to receive child care scholarship as provided for in the appeal decision, if the notification proposed a decrease or termination of child care scholarship.

Source. #9435, eff 3-21-09; (See Revision Note at part heading for He-C 6910) #9474, eff 6-29-09; ss by #10120, eff 5-7-12; amd by #10917, eff 9-1-15; ss by #12221 eff 7-10-17 (formerly He-C 6910.23); ; ss by #13063, eff 7-1-20; ss by #13799, eff 10-28-23; ss by #13799, eff 10-28-23; ss by #13951, eff 4-30-24