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Anchorage health officials plan municipal child-care code rewrite to align with state rules, use ACE fund
Summary
Municipal health officials told the Public Safety Committee they will pursue ordinance changes in late 2025 to align Anchorage child-care licensing code with the State of Alaska, aiming to reduce regulatory barriers and use the voter-approved ACE (Anchorage Childcare and Early Education) fund to expand access.
Kimberly Rash, of the Municipality of Anchorage health department, told the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Feb. 5 that the department will pursue an overhaul of the municipal child-care licensing code to align it with state regulations and remove barriers to licensure.
The effort is intended to produce an ordinance for the Assembly by third or fourth quarter 2025, Rash said. She said the Municipal program currently operates under delegated authority from the State of Alaska Division of Public Assistance Child Care Program Office (citing the municipal reference in the transcript as “section 47.32 0.03 b”), and that the municipality adopted many state licensing statutes and regulations by AO 2016-82 in August 2016.
Rash told committee…
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