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from this requirement. To certify, respond to the questions below to describe the policies and practices for the annual monitoring of: Effective Date: 06/11/2020

a) License-exempt center-based CCDF providers, including if monitoring is announced or unannounced, occurs more frequently than once per year, and if differential monitoring is used N/A; Nebraska does not have license-exempt center-based CCDF providers.

Provide the citation(s) for this policy or procedure N/A

b) License-exempt family child care CCDF providers, including if monitoring is announced or unannounced, occurs more frequently than once per year, and if differential monitoring is used In Nebraska, the License-exempt population consist only of the family/friend/neighbor populations. License-exempt providers are all CCDF providers and are assigned a Resource Developer worker. The Resource Developer completes a pre-inspection and annually inspects the provider's home to ensure health, safety, and fire standards are met. Monitoring is completed by a physical walk-through of the home, completing a health and safety checklist to ensure standards are met, and once implemented, a review of required training verifications.

Provide the citation(s) for this policy or procedure 392 NAC 5-003

c) License-exempt in-home CCDF providers, including if monitoring is announced or unannounced, occurs more frequently than once per year, if relative care is exempt from monitoring, and if differential monitoring is used Amendment 5.3.3 c): Lead Agency funds in-home child care (care provided in child's home) with state dollars; no CCDF funds or state matching funds are used. Lead Agency does not conduct inspections of in-home providers or post annual inspection or monitoring reports for in-home child care subsidy providers. The Lead Agency has policies and procedures in place to monitor in-home child care providers. These include: Nebraska Page 211 of 314