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Child Care Subsidy Policy October 1, 2024 118 13.1.15. Staffing the PIECES Advisory Council. 13.2. Division of Early Care and Education – Child Care Center Licensing Staff WV child care center licensing staff are responsible under WV state law for the licensing and regulation of child care centers. This includes the investigation of complaints of standards violations, and illegal operations for programs caring for 13 or more children. The following list indicates responsibilities of WV child care center licensing staff that relates to child care: 13.2.1. License, investigate and inspect child care centers. 13.2.2. Collaborate with early childhood professionals and programs. 13.2.3. Promote quality, developmentally appropriate care in child care centers and related programs including promotion of and assistance in accreditation. 13.2.4. Enter all pertinent information regarding licensed child care centers into PATH. 13.2.5. Provide technical assistance to the child care community. 13.2.6. Coordinate the licensing process with other regulatory agencies including the WV State Fire Marshal, Environmental Health, and Pest Management. 13.2.7. Identify need for changes in regulations. 13.3. DoHS Child Care Regulatory Specialists. Child care regulatory specialists in county offices regulate informal and relative family child care homes, family child care homes, and family child care facilities, and ensure that programs that are legally exempt from regulation by WV state law meet health and safety standards required for receipt of federal funding. The following is a partial listing of those responsibilities. 13.3.1. Investigate reports of illegal operations, when 12 or fewer children are in care. 13.3.2. Report complaints of over 12 children to the child care center licensing specialist. 13.3.3. Monitor legally exempt school-age child care programs using checklists and annual visits to ensure compliance with health and safety standards. 13.3.4. Register relative and informal family child care and family child care homes through review of applications, on-site inspections, annual visits as appropriate, per policy for each the type of care. 13.3.5. Approve in-home child care home providers through a review of the Child Care Provider Services Requirements Checklist (ECE-CC-6A). 13.3.6. Answer policy questions of providers regarding regulatory issues.