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is passed, Nebraska will continue to conduct checks on the Nebraska State Patrol's public sex offenders website for each provider and household member age 13 or older residences. While this does not meet the CCDBG requirements, it still provides a level of safeguard until legislation is passed.

b) Has the search of the in-state sex offender registry been conducted for all current (existing) child care staff? Yes Describe, if applicable, any differences in the process for existing staff than what was described for new staff and provide citations.

No. (Waiver request allowed. See Appendix A). Describe the status of conducting the search of the state criminal registry or repository, using fingerprints for current (existing) child care staff including: -- Efforts to date to complete the requirement for all existing child care staff in licensed, regulated or registered programs

-- Efforts to date to complete the requirement for all existing child care staff in other programs eligible to receive CCDF services (e.g. license-exempt CCDF eligible providers) -- Key challenges to fully implementing this requirements -- Strategies used to address these challenges Describe: Nebraska does not meet the criteria to be eligible for a waiver. A legislative proposal was submitted in 2017 to make a change in current state statute, requiring fingerprinting, but did not advance out of committee. State law (Nebraska revised state statute 68-1206) passed on 5/30/19 out of the 2019 Legislative session. Beginning 10/1/19, individuals who are 18 years of age and older who are new child care staff members in any of these settings or new residents in Family Child Care Homes are required to submit fingerprints for a national criminal history record check. The individual submitting prints is required to pay the actual cost of the fingerprinting and processing. Child care staff members who were employed by a child care provider prior to 10/1/19, or individuals who resided in a family child care home prior to 10/1/19, are required to submit fingerprints for a national criminal history record check by 10/1/21. Nebraska Page 221 of 314