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, licensed family child care homes, or out-of-school programs, as required by 98.41(a)(1)(vii). (Plan Question 5.3.7vi) • The Lead Agency does not require pre-service or orientation training on emergency preparedness and response planning for licensed centers or licensed family child care homes, as required by 98.44(b)(1)(i). (Plan Question 5.4.1g) • The Lead Agency does not require an annual unannounced inspection for licensed centers or licensed family child care providers for compliance with a standard for emergency preparedness and response planning and with related pre-service or orientation training requirements, as required by 98.42(b)(2)(i)(B). (Plan Questions 5.5.1aii and 5.5.1bii) Overall Target Completion Date: 07/01/2026 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 Delaware will submit evidence to the Regional Office demonstrating how Delaware has standards for volunteer emergency preparedness for centers, family child care and out-of-school programs and volunteer practice drills at centers, family child care, and out-of-school programs. 02/15/2025 2 Delaware will submit evidence to the Regional Office demonstrating that the pre-service training, ￿Health and Safety for Child Care Professionals training,￿ is the same requirement for family child care, large family child care, center and school- age programs. Delaware will submit evidence of the training transcript to the Regional Office. The nine lessons of pre-service training contain content on emergency preparedness and response planning for licensed centers or licensed family child care homes, as required by 98.44(b)(1)(i). 02/15/2025 3 Delaware will submit evidence of its regulations and monitoring process for the required annual, unannounced inspection of licensed centers and licensed family child care homes to comply with 98.41(a)(1)(vii), 98.44(b)(1)(i), and 98.42(b)(2)(i)(B). This includes inspection forms. 02/15/2025 4 Delaware will request Technical Assistance to understand how to meet requirements of 98.41(a)(1)(vii), 98.44(b)(1)(i), and 98.42(b)(2)(i)(B). 02/15/2025 5 Delaware will implement the actions steps resulting from the requested Technical Assistance. 07/01/2026 6 Delaware will edit licensed facility regulations to comply as necessary. It will submit regulations 07/01/2026 through the following process: 1. Revise regulations. 2. Submit regulation revision request to the Registrar of Regulations who moves the request through the APA process. 3. Communicate final regulations to providers, with timeline of full implementation. 4. Update all inspection forms accordingly. 7 Delaware will amend its plan to document compliance. 07/01/2026