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 providers, licensed in-home providers, license-exempt centers, license-exempt family child care providers, and out-of-school programs, as required by 98.41(a)(1)(vii). (Plan Question 5.3.7vi) • The Lead Agency does not require an annual unannounced inspection for licensed centers and licensed family child care providers or an annual inspection for license- exempt centers and license-exempt family child care providers for compliance with an emergency preparedness and response planning standard, as required by 98.42(b)(2)(i)(B) and 98.42(b)(2)(ii). (Plan Questions 5.5.1aii, 5.5.1bii, 5.5.2ai, and 5.5.2bi) Overall Target Completion Date: 10/01/2026 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 Initiate rulemaking with the Child Care Commission requiring volunteers to be trained on the EPR Plan. 05/01/2025 2 Rule implementation: Communicate to Child Care Consultants new rule and any guidance for sharing rule with child care providers (update forms); inform and provide any TA on new rule .child care providers during licensing visits or other means. 05/01/2026 3 Enforce and monitor requirements when rules are effective. 10/01/2026