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Licensing Best Practices Toolkit

Compliance Support

These tools and resources will help make licensing compliance a little easier. Safety compliance is just 1 of the 17 best practices pages included in the Licensing Best Practices Toolkit. Licensing compliance is the foundation for high-quality operating program. This toolkit will help you identify areas of opportunity to strengthen your practices, policies, and procedures to support compliance. Understanding licensing is the responsibility of all staff. Start your team on a journey that supports compliance. Involve them in regular updates and use these resources to help them understand how their work directly impacts compliance. To unlock the complete toolkit, sign up today.

Keeping Children Safe

The resources below are provided to help you understand best practice as you strive to comply with the Minimum Licensing Requirements. Please be aware that not every licensing rule will be covered in this toolkit. Resources are useful to both licensed child care family homes and child care centers except when noted.

For a complete copy of Minimum Licensing Requirements and the detailed rules, download the appropriate document shown in the box on the right.

The Office of Early Childhood Child Care Licensing Division provides a wealth of information to professionalize and support your work. Take time to explore all the resources available to you.

  • OEC Child Care Licensing Resources

Safety Requirements

Supporting Tools You Will Have Access To:

  • Emergency Preparedness Plans & Procedures
  • Emergency Preparedness- Additional Resources
  • Emergency Readiness Family Homes
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Pool & Water Safety
  • Recalled Children's Products
  • Risk Management 
  • Safety- Fire, Poison Prevention, and Checklists

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