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Council hears final family‑childcare rule revisions; adoption set with July 1, 2025 effective date
Summary
DELC presented final revisions to registered and certified family childcare rules after extensive RAC engagement and public comments; key changes include removing a second‑toilet requirement in certified family homes, eliminating a 60‑hour substitute‑work barrier for assistants (adding orientation requirements), clarifying plan‑of‑care elements, and scheduling an effective date of July 1, 2025.
Child Care Licensing staff presented final revisions to registered and certified family childcare rules and described robust engagement with providers, regional partners and AFSCME during development.
Abby Strom, policy analyst with the Child Care Licensing Division, summarized RAC feedback and explained that CCLD removed the prior certified‑family second‑toilet requirement and relaxed residency/zoning verbiage to defer to local planning rules. A notable operational change removes a 60‑hour onsite work requirement for assistants and replaces it with orientation and training requirements, widening the substitute pool for rural and shared‑staff settings.
Staff also clarified sleep equipment rules to avoid unintended fiscal impacts and aligned infant feeding language across certified and registered family rules. The agency will translate rules, produce templates and guidance, host provider information sessions and an online video series in multiple languages; the effective date for the revisions was set for July 1, 2025 to allow time for implementation. CCLD director Alicia Gardner said the department is coordinating closely with the DLCD work group report on planning, zoning and building code issues and will share that report when available.
Some council members urged continued outreach to ensure broad provider engagement in rule changes and asked staff to incorporate all informal engagement into future public comment reporting so the record reflects listening sessions and online feedback in addition to formal public comments.
