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b) Has the interstate criminal registry or repository check been put in place 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 interstate criminal registry or repository check 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: State law (Nebraska revised state statute 68-1206) passed on 5/30/19, requiring child care staff members and individuals residing in Family Child Care Homes who are 18 years of age or older to submit fingerprints for a national criminal history record check in accordance to the CCDBG Act of 2014, which includes inner-state background check requirements.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. 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. Checks include out of state checks for anyone required to be checked who has lived outside of Nebraska within the past 5 years. Nebraska revised state statute 68-1206 only incudes providers who are licensed. The Lead Agency has already drafted legislation for the 2020 Legislation Session starting January 2020. This legislation will allow authority to conduct national criminal history Nebraska Page 233 of 314