2020 Child Care Regulation Changes

Changes to the Child Care Facility Regulations will take effect December 19, 2020, and the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) is offering training for child care providers.

This article was updated on December 14, 2020, to include training video links and the effective date.

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Over the past two years, OCDEL has released the changes as policy updates to align with the amended facility regulations. Programs who have been implementing these OCDEL policies will not experience any changes and should have limited updates to operations.

To support child care programs in their understanding of these new regulations, OCDEL held Live Training and Q&A Sessions on December 1. A recording of the training is now available online.

Regional Certification Staff will be offering additional, virtual Q&A sessions with providers over the next few weeks. Regional Certification Offices will also be offering Office Hours throughout December to connect and answer providers’ ongoing questions.