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438 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 6: Non-financial eligibility • All Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC), Child Care Licensing Division (CCLD) requirements, • All Department of Early Learning and Care pre-service program requirements and health and safety standards, and • Pass a background check. This is important for child safety. The requirements apply to all child care providers paid through the ERDC program. The process is designed to encourage compliance with the requirements before providers are approved for payment. The listing form includes an agreement that all providers must sign indicating they meet the program requirements. The provider must submit a completed Child Care Provider Listing Form (7494) to DPU within 30 calendar days from the date DPU issues the listing form to the caretaker. The listing form includes an agreement that all providers and persons subject to records checks must sign indicating that they meet the program requirements. The provider and persons subject to records checks must fully disclose all requested information as part of the records check. Program requirements To be eligible for child care payment through the ERDC program, all child care providers must submit a completed listing form to DPU, pass a background check and comply with the following program requirements: • Agree not to charge families receiving ERDC a higher rate than they charge other families in care. • Keep daily attendance records for at least 12 months that show when children are in care, and billing records for each child receiving ERDC benefits • Give ODHS|OHA their correct SSN or IRS identification number • Be the person who provides the child care (the provider may only use someone else to supervise a child on a temporary basis if the person was included on the most current listing form and the provider notifies DPU) • Be an eligible provider (This means the provider must be at least 18 years old and cannot be a parent or stepparent of the child, a parent of the child’s sibling (including unborn children) if all live in the same household, a sibling who lives with the child or in the same filing group as the child in care/) • Not bill an ERDC family for an amount collected by ODHS|OHA to recover an overpayment or an amount paid by ODHS|OHA to a creditor of the provider because of a lien, garnishment or other legal process • Develop and communicate expulsion and suspension policies to parents/caretakers • Provide evidence of compliance with the rules when an inspection is determined necessary • Complete and submit a new listing form every two years or sooner at the request of DPU, so DPU may review the provider’s eligibility and • Licensed providers must meet the regulatory requirements of the Child Care Licensing Division (CCLD) or, if exempt from licensing, attend an ERDC orientation class given by DELC or a local Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) agency
License-exempt providers who are a nonrelative to at least one child in care must:
Complete required pre-service trainings (Introduction to Child Care Health and Safety, Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect (RRCAN), Infant and Toddler CPR/First aid, Foundations for Learning.