Once approved, the agency will have the option to accept or turn down the grant dollars at the time the award notice is issued. The awarded dollar amount will not be dispersed unless the award notice is signed by the child care agency and returned. If a provider has already accepted the grant through the Notice of Award process and later chooses to decline the funds before they are dispersed, a person with signature authority on behalf of the child care program may send a notification to decline the award. Next steps will be dependent upon the child care program’s individual circumstances.