FOR PROVIDERS
Industry Guidance for Child Care from California Public Health, CalOSHA and California Department of Social Services (in collaboration with California Department of Education)
On the Industry Guidance webpage, scroll down to find the list of industries. From there, click on both Child Care and Cohorts for Children and Youth in Supervised Settings for information relevant to child care settings, including all the following documents.
- Industry Guidance for Child Care:
- What to do if someone has been exposed:
- English
- For any other language, choose language at the top of the page.
- Licensing information about waivers available to child care providers
- English
- Not yet available in other languages
- Child Care Checklist to help providers open/remain open safely
- English
- Not yet available in other languages
Public Health Order
According to the above guidance, generally ratios for child care follow Title 22 (see guidance from CDSS/CDE above), unless more strict on a local level, then facilities are ordered to follow their local public health order. In the case of Sonoma County currently, the local health order is stricter with regard to ratios. The following is an excerpt from the health order from June 18, 2020, which is the most current as of this webpage update:
“Childcare, summer camp programs, and other educational or recreational institutions or programs providing care or supervision for children, in stable groups of 12 children or less, may participate in activities, recreation, or sports permitted in this Section, but groups shall not commingle with other groups. For clarity, this subsection does not allow recreation or sports activities within groups that require person-to-person physical contact between members of different households or living units.”
For the most current health order, visit Sonoma County’s Emergency Coronavirus Health Orders & Guidance page.
COVID-19 Updates from the State of California Public Health
COVID-19 Child Care Resources from the Department of Social Services (oversees Community Care Licensing).
For providers receiving subsidy for a child currently in care:
About Us
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