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1. Transitional Pandemic Child Care

   Pandemic Child Care Rules – Effective August 25, 2020

   • Manual Transmittal Letter
   • Child Care Centers
     • Transitional Pandemic Requirements
     • Temporary Pandemic School-Age Child Care Center Requirements
       • Child Care Center Manual Procedure Letter 29 "Update for Temporary Pandemic School-Age Child Care Center Requirements"
        
      
   • Family Child Care Provider Transitional Pandemic Requirements
   • Approved Day Camp Transitional Pandemic Requirements
   • Certified In-Home Aide Transitional Pandemic Requirements
   • Publicly Funded Child Care
     • Provider Responsibilities
     • Payment Rates and Procedures
      
   • Step Up To Quality
     • Transitional Pandemic Step Up To Quality Assessment of Instructional Time - August 11, 2020
      

   Grant Opportunities

   • Pandemic Support Payments: Child Care Centers 
   • Visit www.occrra.org for the latest information on the Pandemic Support Payments Grant

   Transitional Pandemic Child Care Toolkit

   • Responsible Restart Ohio Child Care revised July 30, 2020
   • Technical Assistance Documents
     • Child Care, an Essential Link - October 9, 2020
     • Child Care Inspection COVID-19 Safety Measures - Updated August 14, 2020
     • Facial Coverings for Transitional Pandemic Child Care - August 28, 2020
       • Ohio Department of Health Director's Order Requiring the Use of Facial Covering in Child Education Settings
        
     • FAQS for Transitional Pandemic Child Care - Updated October 6, 2020
     • Portable Sinks in Child Care - May 29, 2020
     • Positive COVID-19 Test and Pandemic Days - November 19, 2020
     • Recording SA Attendance for PFCC in TAP – August 25, 2020
     • Sample COVID-19 Symptom and Temperature Daily Chart - October 2, 2020
     • Sample Parent Communication for Positive COVID-19 Test – Updated August 14, 2020
     • Sample Parent Communication for Returning to Child Care - Updated August 14, 2020
     • Temporary Pandemic School-Age Child Care Center Licensing Steps – September 11, 2020
     • Temporary Pandemic School-Age FAQs – Updated August 26, 2020
     • Transitional Pandemic Child Care Step Up To Quality Standards Assessment – August 9, 2020
     • Transitional Pandemic Requirements and Best Practices
       • Child Care Centers - Updated August 19, 2020
       • Licensed Family Child Care Providers - Updated August 19, 2020
       • Certified In-Home Aides - Updated August 19, 2020
       • Approved Day Camps - Updated August 19, 2020
        
     • Transportation Best Practices - Updated September 14, 2020
     • Using Dividers to Create Separate Spaces in Child Care Centers and Day Camps – Updated August 24, 2020
      
   • Training
     • Child Care and COVID-19 Best Practices Training May 23, 2020
       These best practices trainings were created to assist child care programs in developing COVID-19 best practices in their programs. They do not include rule requirements. These best practices trainings are being updated to remove any new rules required as of August 9, 2020.
       • Child Care Centers and Day Camps recorded training
         • Child Care Centers and Day Camps training slide deck
          
       • Family Child Care Providers recorded training
         • Family Child Care Providers training slide deck
          
        
     • Child Care, Mental Health and COVID -19 recorded training – May 21, 2020 (Updated May 22, 2020)
       This training focuses on strategies for child care professionals to deal with the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic including the COVID-19 Mental Health Toolkit, self-care strategies and support from Early Childhood Mental Health Providers.
       • Training slide deck
       • Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope with COVID-19 document
       • COVID-19 Mental Health Toolkit document
        
     • Supporting Child and Family Mental Health During the Coronavirus Pandemic recorded training – May 7, 2020
       This training is targeted toward parents, caregivers, and providers who are seeking guidance and tools to support young children during times of community stress such as the coronavirus pandemic. Participants will hear from experts on communicating with young children, reducing stress and anxiety for both children and caregivers, creating structure and routines, and staying connected from home.
      
   • Other Resources
     • Webinar on Adapting, Evolving, and Thriving: Tools To Evolve Your COVID-19 Child Care Strategy
     • Stop the Spread of Germs CDC poster
     • Wash Your Hands CDC poster
     • CDC Decision Tree for Reopening Child Care document
     • CDC Decision Tree for Reopening Day Camps document
     • ACF Mental Health and Wellness Resources
      

2. Ohio COVID-19 Child Care Study

   In partnership with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is supporting the Ohio COVID-19 Child Care Study. The study is designed to better understand how to lower the spread of COVID-19 and lessen the impact of COVID-19 among families and staff affiliated with child care programs in the state.

   The multidisciplinary study team is being led by researchers from Case Western Reserve University with expertise in child health and wellbeing, environmental health, epidemiology, and infectious disease management and control. The 10 counties in Ohio that were selected to participate account for two-thirds of all licensed Type A, B, and child care programs in Ohio. The participating counties include: Ashtabula, Butler, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Licking, Lucas, Montgomery, Stark, and Summit. The participating child care programs have been identified and study activities have begun with these programs.

   Please visit the Ohio COVID-19 Child Care Study website to learn more about the study team and the key activities. If you are interested in learning about additional studies related to COVID-19, please email the study team at covidchildcarestudy@case.edu.

   Study findings will be available in November 2020. If you are interested in receiving a report with the study findings, please visit the study website to sign up to receive the report via email.

3. Communications

   • Child Care Pandemic Support Grants and SUTQ Updates emailed August 7, 2020
   • Child Care Updates emailed July 29, 2020
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