California Health and Safety Regulatory
Workgroup Update
MCCL Initiative 2011-2012
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California Health and Safety
Regulatory Workgroup
• Introduced through the Military Child Care
Initiative, Child Care Aware of America, 2011
– Collaborative process
• 38 agencies and State departments participating
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Background
• Initial meetings with California Department of Social
Services Community Care Licensing Division, ACF
Regional Program Manager, and other stakeholders
identified regulatory gaps in Title 22 child care licensing
standards.
• California ranks 50th for regulations and oversight in
recent NACCRRA report.
• Stakeholder attempts to change regulations for annual
inspections in legislation failed.
• Broad stakeholder interest in working together to effect
change.
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Vision Statement
The Health and Safety Regulatory Workgroup
will work collaboratively to improve the child
care health and safety regulations, support
systems, and practices in California.
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Standards Reviewed by Group
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Department of Defense ERIS and DODI standards
Title 22 California health and safety regulations
California Child Care Health Project
Caring for Our Children, Third Edition
NACCRRA benchmarks in We Can Do Better, 2011 and
Leaving Children to Chance, 2011
• Family Strengthening levers for change and protective
factors
• NAEYC health and safety standards
• Head Start health and safety standards
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The Bucket List
Non-prioritized list of “regulatory desires” –need for
enhancement or new regulations
• Safe Sleep practices and SIDS and SUIDS
prevention, including new crib standards.
• Disability and Special Health Care Needs,
including social/emotional development,
support/restraint, behavioral supports, inclusion,
medication and the use of child health forms.
• Increasing oversight through annual inspections.
• Supporting early brain and child development,
including health/developmental screening, health
forms, family engagement.
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The Bucket List - continued
• Infectious Disease: handwashing, diapering,
bedding, sanitizing,
labeling, reptiles and
other animals
• Environmental health:
including disaster
preparedness
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• Injury Prevention:
helmets, impact surfaces,
equipment
• Nutrition and physical
activity: breastfeeding,
nutrition, screen time
• Supervision of children
and ratios, including ratios
for children with special
needs
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The Bucket List - continued
• Professional
• Incorporating Family
Development and
Strengthening
training on health and
Principles into
safety topics and
regulations
issues, including
Prelicensing training,
child abuse prevention
and risk factors, SBS
prevention, expulsions
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Leadership and Guiding Principles
• Participation in the group will not mean agency support
of any outcome or regulatory recommendation. Agencies
can choose to support recommendations.
• Collaborative process based on evidence based
research and expert input.
• Whenever possible, there will be consistency within the
recommendations between regulations for Centers and
FCC.
• Regulatory changes may also occur through legislation.
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Workgroup Rubric - Whitepaper
1. Background: Standardized statement of MCCL project
history, process for the group and outline for whitepaper
2. Statement of the Problem/Rationale-including current
regulations
3. Evidence-based Research and Reports to support
recommendations
4. Review of Regulations from Other States
5. Proposed State of California Regulatory Reform with
supporting Evidence-based studies
6. Discussion Section - potential issues and resolutions
7. Resources and Partners
8. References
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Prioritized Focus Areas
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Annual Inspections
Safe Sleep
Infectious Disease
Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs
Disaster Preparedness
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Outcomes
• Safe Sleep Practices and Sudden Unexpected
Infant Death Prevention Strategies in Child
Care- draft regulatory recommendations
presented to CCL June, 2012.
• Infectious Disease - recommendations for hand
washing- December, 2012.
• Annual Inspections- draft recommendations in
development.
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