Updated OCC Compliance Announcements

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The reauthorized Child Care Development Block Grant Fund (CCDF) requires Lead Agencies to maintain compliance with all provisions of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDBG), regulations, and the state’s approved CCDF Plan during the administration of their program. The monitoring cycle for FY2019-FY2021 focused on 34 regulations within 11 topical areas of the CCDF regulations. Based on the information gathered during Pennsylvania‘s monitoring visit, OCC has determined that Pennsylvania is in compliance with 28 of 34 regulations.

As part of Pennsylvania’s response to the areas of possible non-compliance regulations, OCDEL has released several policy announcements that pertain to the child care regulations for certified child care facilities so that child care providers understand what is required to be in compliance with the established CCDF regulations and the Pennsylvania Child Care Regulations.

OCDEL previously released the following policy announcements:

OCDEL is now releasing the following policy announcements:

Announcement C-22-02 Health and Safety Training and Professional Development Requirements
Includes information related to pre-service training for all child care staff; completion of required health and safety training topics before a child care staff can care for children unsupervised; ongoing annual professional development training for all child care staff; and documentation and verification of pre-service and ongoing professional development training
Released Jan. 24, 2022
Announcement C-22-03 Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome, Abusive Head Trauma, and Child Maltreatment
Includes information related to prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome, abusive head trauma, and child maltreatment professional development training requirement; and documentation and verification of ongoing professional development training
Released Jan. 24, 2022

OCDEL will release the following policy announcement in the coming weeks:

Updated Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning Regulations and Requirements for Child Care Facilities

OCDEL plans to release a prerecorded/on-demand webinar for certified child care providers to offer an overview of all the policy announcements. Please contact your certification regional child care office for any questions regarding this communication.

Central Region 800-222-2117
Northeast Region 800-222-2108
Western Region 800-222-2149
Southeast North and Southeast South Region 800-346-2929

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