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144 5.7 Additional Provider Requirements

A. Telephone

All providers participating in the subsidy program must have a working telephone at each site where child care is provided.

B. Record Retention

The following records must be retained and made available to local, state, or federal staff upon request.

1. Fingerprint National Criminal History Record Checks; 2. Virginia Central Registry Child Protective Services Checks; 3. State Child Abuse and Neglect Registry Checks from any other state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years; 4. Criminal History Record Information Check and Sex Offender Registry Check from any other state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years; 5. Certifications for age appropriate first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); 6. Tuberculosis screening results; 7. Certificate of Voluntary Registration, if applicable; and 8. Child care payment and attendance records, 5 year retention required.

C. English Proficiency

There is no citizenship requirement for providers. The provider, and any caregivers who are left alone with children, shall be capable of communicating effectively both orally and in writing as applicable to the job responsibility and be capable of communicating with emergency personnel.

D. Maintain compliance with the Subsidy Inspection Requirements

Substantial compliance is defined as no frequent or multiple deficiencies or a significant event posing substantial threat to the health and safety of a child that involve supervision, compliance with ratios, or health and safety violations.

E. Employees of the Department

Employees of any division within the Department or a LDSS cannot participate in the Child Care Subsidy Program as a provider.