health-and-safety-posting-inspection-reports

Reason(s) for non-compliance: • The Lead Agency does not post full monitoring and inspection reports that include all areas of compliance and non-compliance for all licensed centers, licensed family child care providers, and out-of-school programs, as required by 98.33(a)(4). (Plan Question 5.5.4aii). Please note the Lead Agency has an approved waiver for portions of this requirement through August 1, 2025. • The Lead Agency does not post pre-licensing inspection reports for licensed centers, as required by 98.33(a)(4). (Plan Question 5.5.4ai) • The Lead Agency’s monitoring and inspection reports do not contain all the required elements, specifically corrective actions taken by the State and child care provider, as required by 98.33(a)(4). (Plan Question 5.5.4b) Overall Target Completion Date: 01/31/2026 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 • The Lead Agency does not post full monitoring and inspection reports that include all areas of compliance and non-compliance for all licensed centers, licensed family child care providers, and out-of-school programs, as required by 98.33(a)(4). (Plan Question 5.5.4aii) 08/01/2025 2 The Department of Education will organize a cross-agency team among the Department of Education and Department of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families to create solutions for accurate online content population. 10/31/2024 3 Delaware will request a waiver to come into compliance. 12/30/2024 4 Delaware will request Technical Assistance to understand how to meet requirements for reports that include all areas of compliance and non- compliance for all licensed centers, licensed family child care providers, and out-of-school programs, and youth camps as required by 98.33(a)(4). 02/15/2025 5 Delaware will implement the actions steps resulting from the requested Technical Assistance for reports that include all areas of compliance and non-compliance for all licensed centers, licensed family child care providers, and out-of- school programs, and youth camps as required by 98.33(a)(4). New data set and therefore new data extracts will be built to ensure data is being transferred from the FOCUS data system to the Department of Education’s Search for Child Care Providers website. 07/01/2025 6 Unexpected errors with the new file will be resolved within a month of launch to ensure 08/01/2025 compliance with consumer education requirement to post full monitoring reports which must include compliances and non-compliances. 7 • The Lead Agency does not post pre-licensing inspection reports for licensed centers, as required by 98.33(a)(4). (Plan Question 5.5.4ai) • The Lead Agency’s monitoring and inspection reports do not contain all the required elements, specifically corrective actions taken by the State and child care provider, as required by 98.33(a)(4). (Plan Question 5.5.4b) 01/31/2026 8 The Department of Education will utilize the cross- agency team formed between the Department of Education and Department of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families to create solutions for accurate online content population. 01/06/2025 9 Delaware will request Technical Assistance on how to include pre-licensing inspection reports for licensed centers, as required by 98.33(a)(4) and monitoring and inspection reports that contain all the required elements, specifically corrective actions taken by the State and child care provider, for all licensed facility types as required by 98.33(a)(4) on its website. 02/15/2025 10 Delaware will implement the actions steps resulting from the requested Technical Assistance to include pre-licensing inspection reports for licensed centers, as required by 98.33(a)(4) and monitoring and inspection reports that contain all the required elements, specifically corrective actions taken by the State and child care provider, for all licensed facility types as required by 98.33(a)(4). New data set and therefore new data extracts will be built to ensure data is being transferred from the FOCUS data system to the Department of Education’s Search for Child Care Providers website. 12/31/2025 11 Unexpected errors with the new file will be resolved within a month of launch to ensure full compliance. 01/31/2026 12 Delaware will amend its plan to document compliance. 01/31/2026