health-and-safety-ongoing-training

Reason(s) for non-compliance: • The Lead Agency does not require an annual unannounced inspection for licensed family child care providers or an annual inspection for license-exempt family child care providers for compliance with ongoing training requirements, as required by 98.42(b)(2)(i)(B) and 98.42(b)(2)(ii). (Plan Questions 5.5.1.bii and 5.5.2bi) Overall Target Completion Date: 07/01/2026 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 Draft new language for Iowa Administrative Code which updates ongoing training requirements for licensed family child care providers and licensed- exempt family child care providers from biennial to annual. 10/01/2025 2 Finalize Iowa Administrative Code to updated standards to annual ongoing raining requirements. 07/01/2026 3 Update Standards and Procedure documents for licensed family child care (COMM 143) and licensed-exempt family child care (COMM 95) to reflect the updated annual ongoing training requirements. 07/01/2026 4 Update compliance checklist used by licensing inspectors to reflect the updated standards for licensed family child care and license-exempt family child care. 07/01/2026