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This document is designed to help child care licensing administrators create emergency plans for their agencies. It provides guidance, questions, and additional resources to help States and Territories consider how the licensing agency will operate (e.g., communicate with staff, access data, and…
Resource Type: Information Product
Topic/Subtopic: Leadership and Coordination, Emergency Preparedness
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Program final rule (2016) require states and territories to have health and safety requirements in several topic areas for all providers that receive payments from the CCDF subsidy program…
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic: Leadership and Coordination, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Emergency Preparedness, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
This document contains excerpts from state child care licensing regulations about emergency preparedness planning and response. These examples do not include all States that have emergency preparedness requirements, but they represent a range of approaches that States have taken to ensure that…
Resource Type: Information Product
Topic/Subtopic: Leadership and Coordination, Emergency Preparedness
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
Child care facility lockdown licensing regulations, requirements, definitions, and procedures vary from State to State. States also vary in the trainings they offer programs regarding child care facility lockdowns and emergency preparedness.
This document provides examples of licensing regulations…
Resource Type: Information Product
Topic/Subtopic: Leadership and Coordination, Emergency Preparedness
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
State government agencies responsible for regulating child care providers often have the dual role of ensuring that providers are compliant with the licensing laws and regulations as well as educating the public on the importance of those laws and regulations in keeping children safe from harm.…
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic: Leadership and Coordination, Recruit, Engage, and Coordinate With Stakeholders, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Licensing Administration, Licensing Policies/Structure of Regulatory Agencies
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
On September 14, 2022, the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment hosted the “Addressing School-Age Needs in Licensing Regulations” webinar to introduce a new NCASE resource, hear state examples, share strategies and discuss promising practices related to licensing for school-age…
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic: Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Nontraditional-Hour Care, Leadership and Coordination, Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Continuity of Care
Group: National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment
In Section 5, Lead Agencies are required to certify that there are in effect licensing requirements applicable to all child care services in the state/territory, which supports the health and safety of all children in child care. States and territories may allow licensing exemptions, but Lead…
Resource Type: Training guide
Topic/Subtopic: Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Leadership and Coordination
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
In Section 5, Lead Agencies are required to certify that there are in effect licensing requirements applicable to all child care services in the state/territory, which supports the health and safety of all children in child care. States and territories may allow licensing exemptions, but Lead…
Resource Type: Training resources
Topic/Subtopic: Leadership and Coordination, Protecting Children's Health and Safety
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
In Section 5, Lead Agencies are required to certify that there are in effect licensing requirements applicable to all child care services in the state/territory, which supports the health and safety of all children in child care. States and territories may allow licensing exemptions, but Lead…
Resource Type: Training resources
Topic/Subtopic: Leadership and Coordination, Protecting Children's Health and Safety
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
This resource highlights key requirements of the CCDF criminal background check requirements for Tribes.
Topics include:
Applicability of rules
Individuals subject to background checks
Required national and state-based background checks
Resource Type: Other/Miscellaneous Resources
Topic/Subtopic: Leadership and Coordination, Recruit, Engage, and Coordinate With Stakeholders, Tribes and Tribal Organizations, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Comprehensive Background Checks
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability