Child Care Provider and Consumer Information

Federal Regulation Information

To learn more about federal requirements that impact child care, please visit the Administration for Children and Families website.

Child Care Provider Information

Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan

The CCDBG Act of 2014 added a requirement that child care providers have a emergency preparedness and response plan that includes the following: 

1. Procedures for evacuation of the facility or family home;
2. Procedures for relocation of the children should the current location be unsafe for the children;
3. Procedures for shelter-in-place should the outside area of the day care become unsafe; and
4. Lock-down procedures for keep persons out of the day care;
5. Procedures for communicating the plan with families; and
6. Accommodations for infants and toddlers; children with disabilities; and children with chronic medication conditions. 
7. All helpers are required to be notified of this plan; and
8. Conduct practice drills to ensure providers and staff, including helpers, are prepared for an emergency.

Providers have the option of researching best practice and developing a plan to fit their program needs that includes the required areas listed above.  Or, they can use the following emergency preparedness plan template.  If a program already has a written emergency plan, please identify within that plan all of the required areas and the licensing specialist will verify compliance at the next licensing visit.

• Family Child Care Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan
  • Template
  • Guide
• Day Care Center and Before and After School Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan
  • Template
  • Guide
• Child Care Services Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan

Child Care Provider Resources

• Emergency Preparedness Resources
• Expulsion Policy
• Developmental Screening

Provider Meeting Materials

• CCDBG PowerPoint

Topical Webinars

• May Series - Orientation Training Requirements
• July Series - Subsidy Changes and Provider Updates
• October Series - Emergency Preparedness, Rule changes and Immunizations
• April Series - Background Check Q&A

Consumer Resources

• Parent Resource Information