health-and-safety-emergency-preparedness-and-response-planning

Reason(s) for non-compliance: • The Lead Agency standard for emergency preparedness and response planning does not include all the required elements for licensed centers and licensed family child care providers, as required by 98.41(a)(1)(vii). (Plan Question 5.3.7x) • The Lead Agency does not require an unannounced annual inspection for licensed centers or licensed family child care providers or an annual inspection for license- exempt family child care providers for compliance with a standard for emergency preparedness and response planning, as required by 98.42(b)(2)(i)(B) and 98.42(b)(2)(ii). (Plan Questions 5.5.1aii, 5.5.1bii, and 5.5.2bi) Overall Target Completion Date: 06/30/2025 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 Confirmed with Department of Health Services (DHS) Child Care Licensing Bureau that the required Emergency Response training includes accommodations for infants and toddlers 04/30/2024 2 Department of Health Services Child Care Licensing Rules completed which include accommodations for infants and toddlers in the emergency preparedness and response planning requirements (estimated completion date based on Rulemaking process). 06/30/2025 3 Coordinate with DHS to include emergency preparedness and response planning component in the DHS child care licensing monitoring tool 09/30/2025 4 The new Provider Registration Agreement effective 10/1/2026 for all contracted child care providers includes all required elements for the emergency preparedness and response planning. 10/01/2026 5 Submit State Plan amendment 10/30/2026