FAQs
- Minnesota licensed and certified centers; programs licensed by other states or Tribes: April 28, 2025;
- Minnesota licensed family child care providers: by 2026 when required for licensing; and
- Legal nonlicensed providers may continue using paper forms or use the Provider Hub.
Who does this change impact?
All providers will have their CCAP registration managed by DCYF after April 28, 2025.
All providers are eligible and encouraged to register, renew registration and make registration changes through the Provider Hub after April 28, 2025.
Providers will be required to register, renew registration and make registration changes in the Provider Hub according to the following timeline:
What changes will I see?
On April 28, 2025, all active provider registrations with CCAP agencies will convert to a single, DCYF provider registration. This registration makes you eligible to receive payments for caring for children authorized by any CCAP agency without having to register with different CCAP agencies.
Information about your provider registration will now show DCYF as the agency of record. You will still get child care Service Authorizations, bills and payments from individual CCAP agencies. Once you set up your account in the Provider Hub, you can choose to receive all CCAP notices digitally in the Provider Hub instead of through the mail.
DCYF will notify you 60 days prior to your renewal date when it is time to renew your registration and provide more information about how to renew.
Provider Registration and Renewal until April 28, 2025
Additional requests to renew your registration before April 28, 2025.
Renewal delays during the transition to DCYF.
Interruptions or delays to your CCAP payments.
Notices to families that you are no longer eligible to receive CCAP payments and Service Authorization termination.
What if I don't renew my registration with my local CCAP agency before April 28, 2025?
Not renewing your registration as soon as possible could result in issues, such as:
I got a renewal packet from a local agency. Should I renew now or wait until DCYF takes over on April 28, 2025?
If you receive a renewal packet from a local CCAP agency before April 28, 2025, DCYF encourages you to renew your registration as soon as possible to ensure your CCAP payments continue. If you renew your registration with any CCAP agency before April 28, 2025, you will not renew your registration again for two years.
Provider Hub
- Faster processing time.
- Simpler registration and renewal process.
- Access to CCAP notices in the Provider Hub.
- Help and assistance from the DCYF CCAP Provider Support Team.
- Less paperwork to manage.
Do MN licensed family child care providers have to use the Hub before summer 2025?
Family child care providers are eligible and encouraged to use the Provider Hub to manage their CCAP registration information beginning April 28, 2025. Family child care providers will not be required to use the Provider Hub to manage their CCAP registration information until the licensing tool is rolled out to family child care providers to manage their licensing requirements beginning in summer 2025.
Updating your CCAP registration in the Provider Hub has many benefits:
I don't have an account in the Provider Hub. Should I set one up now?
If you do not have an account in the Provider Hub, you will receive more information about accessing CCAP registration in the Provider Hub by April 28, 2025. Do not set up an account until instructed to do so by DCYF.