Starting in August 2025, Minnesota licensed family child care providers may use the Provider Hub to manage Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) information. This includes registering, renewing, making changes to and reviewing CCAP information and notices.
Can Minnesota licensed family child care providers use the Provider Hub for other programs?
No. Minnesota licensed family child care providers will not be able to use the Provider Hub to manage licensing or Great Start Compensation Support Payment Program information at this time. Subscribe to the Provider Hub newsletter and visit the Provider Hub webpage for more information and updates on when additional features will be available for Minnesota licensed family child care providers in the Provider Hub.
Why should providers use the Provider Hub for CCAP?
The Provider Hub is the easiest, fastest and most secure way for providers to submit CCAP information to the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). Using the Provider Hub to register, renew or make changes to CCAP information is optional for family child care providers after August 2025, but highly recommended.
Do Minnesota family child care providers have to use the Provider Hub for CCAP?
Do Minnesota family child care providers need to create a Provider Hub account?
No. The state of Minnesota will create Provider Hub accounts for all Minnesota licensed family child care providers in August. You will receive an email at the email address associated with your license with your login information. DCYF CCAP will send additional information about what to do with your login information in August.
Where can I go with questions?
If you have questions, please contact the DCYF Child Care Assistance Program Provider Support Team at:
A new resource for providers has been added to the Child Care Assistance Program Provider Support Team Engagement site. This resource is intended to help providers understand the best way to contact individual CCAP agencies with questions about child care authorization, billing and payments. Continue to contact DCYF CCAP Provider Support with registration needs.
Prior to May 2025, NAEYC only offered one tier of accreditation. NAEYC now offers three tiers: recognition, accreditation, and accreditation plus. Moving forward, NAEYC-accredited programs will need to choose which accreditation tier they wish to pursue.
Effective July 1, 2025, programs that choose the accreditation and the accreditation plus NAEYC tiers will be eligible to use the Parent Aware accelerated rating pathway. In addition, these tiers will also count for the Child Care Assistance Program’s 15 percent higher tier of reimbursement for higher quality programs. This change provides flexibility in the definition of being “accredited,” to account for new options for validating accreditation.
If you’ve submitted a CCAP registration request in the Provider Hub, please take a few minutes and complete our survey so we can plan for future enhancements and supports.
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