5.1 Licensing Requirements

Each Lead Agency must ensure it has in effect licensing requirements applicable to all child care services provided within the State/Territory (not restricted to providers receiving CCDF funds). 5.1.1 Providers subject to licensing For each category of care listed below, identify the type of providers subject to licensing and describe the licensing requirements. a. Identify the center-based provider types subject to child care licensing: Day-Care Child- Care Center: A child-care facility that receives more than 12 children for more than four hours a day with or without stated educational purposes. Nighttime Center: A facility which is established to receive more than twelve (12) children for nighttime care after 7:00 p.m. Pre-licensing visits are made to determine if a facility is in compliance with the standards for issuing a license. Thereafter, all providers are monitored unannounced annually to determine if standards are met. Visits are made to investigate complaints and/or offer consultation to providers. Are there other categories of licensed, regulated, or registered center providers the Lead Agency does not categorize as license-exempt? [ ] Yes. If yes, describe: [x] No. b. Identify the family child care providers subject to licensing: Family Daycare Homes/Group Homes and Nighttime Family Daycare Homes/Group Homes: A group home is defined as a child care facility which is a family home and receives at least seven but no more than twelve children for care during part of the day and at least two adults are present. A family day care home is defined as a child care facility which is a family home and receives no more than six children for care during the day. Pre-licensing visits are made to determine if a facility is in compliance with the standards for issuing a license. Thereafter, all providers are monitored unannounced annually to determine if standards are met. Visits are made to investigate complaints and/or offer consultation to providers. Are there other categories of regulated or registered family child care providers the Lead Agency does not categorize as license-exempt? [ ] Yes. If yes, describe: [x] No. c. Identify the in-home providers subject to licensing: Not Applicable Are there other categories of regulated or registered in-home providers the Lead Agency does not categorize as license-exempt? [ ] Yes. If yes, describe: [x] No. 5.1.2 CCDF-eligible providers exempt from licensing Identify the categories of CCDF-eligible providers who are exempt from licensing requirements, the types of exemptions, and describe how these exemptions do not endanger the health, safety, and development of children. -Relative providers, as defined in CCDF, are addressed in subsection 5.8. a. License-exempt center-based child care. Describe by answering the questions below. i. Identify the categories of CCDF-eligible center-based child care providers who are exempt from licensing requirements. There are two types of CCDF eligible center based child care providers who are exempt from licensing requirements. They are Out of School Time Providers and Legal Exempt Providers. ii. Describe the exemptions based on length of day, threshold on the number of children in care, ages of children in care, or any other factors applicable to the exemption. The following center-based child care providers are exempt from licensing requirements: *kindergartens or nursery schools or other daytime programs operated by public elementary systems or secondary level school units or institutions of higher learning; kindergartens or nursery schools or other daytime programs, with or without stated educational purposes, operating no more than four hours a day and receiving children younger than lawful school age; *kindergartens or nursery schools or other daytime programs operated as a part of a private school and receiving children younger than lawful school age for four hours a day or less, with or without stated educational purposes; *facilities operated for more than four hours a day in connection with a shopping center or service or other similar facility, where transient children are cared for temporarily while parents or custodians of the children are occupied on the premises or are in the immediate vicinity and readily available; *any type of day care center that is conducted on federal government premises; and special activities programs for children of lawful school age including, but not limited to, athletics, crafts instruction and similar activities conducted on an organized and periodic basis by civic, charitable and governmental organizations provided local and state fire and health requirements are met. iii. Describe how the exemptions for these CCDF-eligible providers do not endanger the health, safety, and development of children. the exemptions do not endanger the health, safety, and development of children because all providers who receive CCDF funds are monitored annually by the Lead Agency for health and safety requirements. All complaints involving health and safety issues facilities are investigated by a Child Care Consultant or Program Specialist. All visits for monitoring, other than the initial visit, are unannounced. The facility must correct any violation of any of the health and safety guidelines within ninety (90) days of the discovery of the deficiency or the facility will be terminated from the Child Care Subsidy Program. In such instances, the facility will remain ineligible to participate until such time that no deficiencies exist, as verified by the Department’s representative. b. License-exempt family child care. Describe by answering the questions below. i. Identify the categories of CCDF-eligible family child care providers who are exempt from licensing requirements. Not Applicable ii. Describe the exemptions based on length of day, threshold on the number of children in care, ages of children in care, or any other factors applicable to the exemption. Not Applicable iii. Describe how the exemptions for these CCDF-eligible providers do not endanger the health, safety, and development of children. Not Applicable c. In-home care (care in the child’s own home by a non-relative). Describe by answering the questions below. i. Identify the categories of CCDF-eligible in-home care (care in the child’s own home by a non- relative) providers who are exempt from licensing requirements. Not applicable ii. Describe the exemptions based on length of day, threshold on the number of children in care, ages of children in care, or any other factors applicable to the exemption. Not Applicable iii. Describe how the exemptions for these CCDF-eligible providers do not endanger the health, safety, and development of children. Not Applicable