Publications 

1. Child Care Licensing Report - SFY 2006 (PDF)
2. Comparison of Eligibility Requirements for Early Childhood Programs in Ohio (PDF)
3. Child Care Licensing Report - SFY 2007 (PDF)

Child Care Rules/Policies

The Revised Rules for Centers and Type A Homes, Effective January 1 2007 - below - are the complete chapters, including all the rules of the chapter, not only the revised rules.

• *NEW*  Revised Rules for Centers (Effective September 1, 2007)

  *NEW* Revised Rules for Type A Homes (Effective September 1, 2007)
  

• Child Care Clearance Items
• Child Care Manual Policy Letters
• Child Care Manual Transmittal Letters
• Proposed Rules and Public Hearing Notices
• Child Care Manual (Rules)
• Ohio's Child Care and Development Fund State Plan for Federal Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009
• Public Hearing Notice for State Plan Federal Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009

• PBS
• Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association
• Early Learning Initiative
• Partnership Research

• NEW - Ohio's Infant & Toddler Guidelines
• NEW - Infant & Toddler Guidelines Posters
• NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) Adopts New Acceditation Performance Criteria
• Ohio Department of Education, Early Learning Content Standards
• Ohio's Pre-K/K State Institutes for Reading Instruction(SIRI)
• Regulation for the 21st Century
• School Readiness Solutions Group
• SFY 2008/2009 Early Learning Initiative Contracted Agencies
• Step Up To Quality: Ohio's Voluntary Quality Rating System

• Ohio Policy Matters Report &Recommendations
• 2006 Ohio Child Care Market Rate Survey Analysis
• FULL REPORT of Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in Ohio
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY of the Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in Ohio
• Head Start/Child Care Partnerships

• Child Care Listing

• Ohio's Electronic Sex Offender Registration and Notification
• Nationwide Sex Offender Search
• 21st Century Community Learning Center Grants - Ohio Dept.of Education
• Academy of Pediatrics Health and Safety E-news for caregivers
• Sign up to receive the Health and Safety E-news for caregivers
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• US Consumer Product Safety Commission - latest recall notices
  • CPS Safety Alert, Mobile Folding Tables