workforce-professional-development
Reason(s) for non-compliance: • The Lead Agency does not have an annual requirement for a minimum number of hours of ongoing professional development for licensed family child care homes or license-exempt family child care homes, as required by 98.44(b)(2). (Plan Questions 6.3.1c and 6.3.1d) 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 07/01/2026 licensed family child care and license-exempt family child care.