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Reason(s) for non-compliance: • The Lead Agency's annual monitoring of license exempt in-home care does not meet CCDF requirements as concerns identified during inspections are not cited and enforced, as required by 98.42(b)(2)(iv)(B). (Plan Question 5.5.3a) Overall Target Completion Date: 12/31/2025 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 Provider Management Manual Update- Contract managers at Central District Health will develop an updated Provider Management Manual to detail the process for inspecting license exempt in-home child care providers. At this time, we do not believe these updates will require policy changes or rule promulgation. 12/31/2025 2 Communication with Providers- IDHW child care staff, Central District Health staff, and staff at IdahoSTARS will coordinate communication to explain the updates to new and existing in-home child care providers. 12/31/2025 3 Training Inspectors- Contract managers at Central District Health will use the updated Provider Management manual to train and update all child care facility inspectors statewide to conduct inspections of license exempt in-home child care providers. 12/31/2025 4 Contract Update- IDHW child care staff will work with Central District Health staff to amend the contract for inspections and investigations to remove references to "trainings" for license exempt in-home child care providers. 07/01/2025