August 10, 2022 Trying Together OCDEL Certification Regulation Rewrite Project Feedback Virtual Meeting OCDEL has invited early childhood professionals to use the OCDEL Certification Regulation Rewrite Project Feedback Tool by August 19, 2022 to submit feedback on proposed changes to drafted proposed child care certification regulations. In preparation of the public input submission deadline, Trying Together is hosting its OCDEL Certification Regulation Rewrite Project Feedback Meeting on Tuesday, August 16 at Noon. This brainstorming session will serve to discuss proposed changes, as well as give an opportunity for child care professionals to discuss their suggested changes in a peer-to-peer environment. This meeting will be presented virtually on Zoom. WHEN: Tuesday, 8/16 | 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. ET Please register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYudeGgqj8sHt1nXheWUPyaGz7Vpx8d_8e1 MORE INFORMATION Visit our recent post on the Certification Rewrite Project to learn more about the process, timeline, and how to participate.
Trying Together Hosts Virtual Meeting to Discuss Proposed Child Care Certification Regulation Changes OCDEL has invited early childhood professionals to use the OCDEL Certification Regulation Rewrite Project Feedback Tool by August 19, 2022 to submit feedback on proposed changes to drafted proposed child care certification regulations. In preparation of the public input submission deadline, Trying Together is hosting its OCDEL Certification Regulation Rewrite Project Feedback Meeting on Tuesday, August 16 at Noon. This brainstorming session will serve to discuss proposed changes, as well as give an opportunity for child care professionals to discuss their suggested changes in a peer-to-peer environment. This meeting will be presented virtually on Zoom. WHEN: Tuesday, 8/16 | 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. ET Please register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYudeGgqj8sHt1nXheWUPyaGz7Vpx8d_8e1 MORE INFORMATION Visit our recent post on the Certification Rewrite Project to learn more about the process, timeline, and how to participate.
OCDEL Encourages Participation for Next Phase of Child Care Regulations Rewrite Pennsylvania’s Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL), with technical assistance from the State Capacity Building Center within the Office of Child Care Projects at the federal level, continues its work with an Ad-Hoc Subcommittee to rewrite Pennsylvania’s child care regulations with a lens toward equity, quality, and decreasing provider burden. OCDEL is now inviting early childhood professionals to submit feedback using the OCDEL Certification Regulation Rewrite Project Feedback Tool by August 19, 2022. TIMELINE OCDEL anticipates beginning the work of the ELC subcommittee in the winter of 2022. The earliest that regulations could be finalized for publication is fall of 2024. MORE INFORMATION Visit the Certification Rewrite page on the Pennsylvania Key’s website to view a video from Deputy Secretary Tracey Campanini, and learn more about the process, timeline, and how to participate. If you have issues accessing OCDEL Certification Regulation Rewrite Project Feedback Tool, email info@pakeys.org or call 1-800-284-6031.
December 9, 2021 Child Care Certification Regulation Requirements to be Reinstated To maintain compliance with the Office of Child Care (OCC) federal requirements, certain child care regulations extended under Act 73 of 2021 will be reinstated effective January 6, 2022. There will be some child care regulations that will continue to be suspended until further notice. About To assist child care providers with the transition of the reinstatement of certain regulatory requirements (relating to § 98.41 health and safety requirements and § 98.42 Enforcement of licensing and health and safety requirements), and continued suspension of other regulatory requirements, the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has provided a Regulation Reinstatement or Suspension End Dates: OCDEL Guidance Chart. The chart outlines the regulation sections that were reinstated or suspended, and when child care certification staff will begin measuring compliance for the regulations that were reinstated. Some of the compliance dates will vary. More Information Details about the regulations that have been reinstated and those that remain suspended are outlined in the full announcement online. Questions should be directed to the OCDEL Western Region Office at 800-222-2149.