Upcoming Policy Changes     

The following draft rules will be effective in the near future. They have been through the entire rule making process and are no longer open for public comment or revisions. The rules are posted here for you to access prior to the rules being published and effective. When the rules are published to the eManuals website, they will no longer appear in this section.  

Rules  

The emanuals website contains all rules, forms, procedure and manual letters.
 
Click on the chapter name to go directly to the following rules.
  

For an overview of topics in the Child Care Center rules manual, please refer to this table of contents.

For an overview of topics in the Family Child Care Center rules manual, please refer to this table of contents.   

Before a rule becomes effective it must go through a clearance process and a public hearing.  
The following links are updated often:
      Child Care Clearance Items
      Proposed Rules and Public Hearing Notices 
      Click here to register to receive Clearance notifications for ODJFS 
      Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR)  

Rule-Making Process Overview  

Guide to Public Participation in the Rule-Making Process  

Child Care Forms  

The most recent version of all ODJFS Forms referenced in Chapters 12 through 18, can be accessed through Forms Central.