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Work group reviews PACE pathway; providers urge employer role in hiring and flag equity for family childcare
Summary
The ELAC staff‑qualifications work group reported progress on improving the PACE community pathway and on calculating experience and out‑of‑state education verification; providers urged that employers retain primary hiring authority and raised equity concerns about family childcare rules on CDA versus diploma equivalency.
Tiffany Lee, senior administrator of workforce and professional development at DCYF, and collaborators from the staff qualifications work group presented initial recommendations and the group’s phased approach to implementing PACE (the community‑based pathway) under House Bill 1648.
Why it matters: HB 1648 charges DCYF with establishing criteria and verification methods for staff qualifications; how the agency recognizes experience, out‑of‑state education and credential equivalencies will affect hiring and retention across centers and family childcare.
What the work group said: The group identified four main barrier categories to PACE access—awareness…
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