Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Office of Child Development and Early Learning Because every child is Pennsylvania’s future

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | OCDEL Programs Certification Services: Licensing and Inspection of child care Information source on DPW regulations for child care Subsidy Services: Child Care Works Child Care Information Services (CCIS) with Parent Counseling and Referral Services Early Intervention Services: Infant/Toddler Early Intervention Preschool Early Intervention Early Intervention Technical Assistance Early Learning Services: Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts Keystone STARS Keystone Babies PA Early Learning Keys to Quality Head Start State Supplemental Early Head Start Family Support Programs

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Certification Services

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Why Certification Services?  More than 300,000 children in Pennsylvania are served in certified or registered child care programs each year.  3,368 registered family child care homes  883 certified group child care homes  4,482 certified child care centers (Figures as of June 2010)  Meeting health & safety requirements are a necessary foundation to build quality early learning opportunities.

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Certification Services at a Glance  Helping children and families reach their promise by certifying the health and safety of certified child care centers, group child care homes and registered family child care homes.  Three regional offices provide certification services and conduct inspections.  Provides information source for starting up child care programs and for families wanting information on certified child care programs.  Contact to file complaints relating to child care facilities, both certified programs and facilities that are operating without the required certificate in violation of the law.  Regional offices provide orientation training for persons who want to operate child care facilities. Orientation training is required in order to receive a certificate of compliance or registration and open a facility.

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Types of facilities regulated by OCDEL  Child Care Center  Group Child Care Home  Family Child Care Home

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Child Care Center A child care facility in which 7 or more children who are not related to the operator receive child care.  Requires certificate of compliance to legally operate.  Inspected on an annual basis.  55 Pa. Code, Chapter 3270, Child Care Centers

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Group Child Care Home A child care facility in which 7 to 12 children of various ages or in which 7 to 15 children from 4th grade through 15 years of age who are not related to the operator receive child care.  Requires certificate of compliance to legally operate.  Inspected on an annual basis.  55 Pa. Code, Chapter 3280, Group Child Care Homes

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Family Child Care Home A child care facility located in a home in which 4 to 6 children who are not related to the caregiver receive child care.  Requires certificate of registration to legally operate.  Inspected on a random sample basis.  55 Pa. Code, Chapter 3290, Family Child Care Homes

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Regional Offices of Child Development and Early Learning  Three regional field offices  Conducts:  Inspections of child care programs  Complaint investigations relating to alleged violation of regulations and statutes regarding operation of a child care facility (for both regulated and illegal operations).  Provides:  Technical assistance to programs  Orientation training for prospective operators of new child care facilities  Information to persons interested in opening a child care facility  Information to families and the public regarding the Department of Public Welfare's certification regulations and the certification history of child care facilities (i.e., compliance with regulations, certificates of compliance or registration, verified complaints, etc.)

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Certified Child Care Facilities To find out about certified child care facilities in your area:  View a listing of facilities online or contact the local Child Care Information Services (CCIS) agency.  To find a provider, visit:  For information on a child care program’s certification history (regulatory violations, verified complaints, etc.) contact the Regional Office of Child Development and Early Learning.  Compliance history is also available online at:

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Starting a child care facility  Contact your Regional Office of Child Development and Early Learning.  Attend Orientation Session with regional office.  Receive information on statutes and regulations pertaining to child care facilities.

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Regional Offices of Child Development and Early Learning North Central Region Harrisburg Office Scranton Office Southeast Region Western Region

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare |

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Division of Regulatory Administration The Division of Regulatory Administration (DRA), located in Harrisburg, is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, analyzing, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating regulation, policy procedures and operations relating to the certification and registration of child care facilities.

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Certification: Achievements  Partnered with Better Kid Care to develop a distance training curriculum for new child care center directors to provide a firm foundation of basic regulatory knowledge needed by a facility director.  Provided orientation training to 2,929 persons seeking to open new child care facilities.  Improved the usability of PELICAN Provider Certification, the electronic database used by certification staff for processing applications, certificates and inspections of child care facilities, to enable gathering of data relating to inspections, violations, complaints and incidents.

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Certification: What’s ahead  Update certification protocols to ensure a consistent philosophy, consistent practices and a consistent decision making framework across the Bureau. The target to complete this update is December The protocols will be field tested for a period of six month to one year prior to finalization.  Participate in expansion of the PELICAN electronic certification management system into an enterprise system that includes other DPW Offices that certify facilities and agencies, beginning with the Office of Developmental Programs. The expansion includes further usability improvements that will benefit OCDEL.

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Children served by program

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Highlights: State and Federal Investment (in thousands) FY FY Change Keystone STARS/Keys to Quality Child Care Services - State Funds$28,762 $0 Child Care Services - Federal Funds$38,967 $0 Total Funds$67,729 $0 Child Care Works Child Care Services - State Funds$142,959 $0 Child Care Services - Federal Funds$203,225$201,286($1,939) Child Care Assistance - State Funds$189,582$190,335$753 Child Care Assistance - Federal Funds$197,197 $0 Total State$361,303$362,056$753 Total Federal$439,389$437,450($1,939) Total ALL funds$800,692$799,506($1,186) Early Intervention Early Intervention Birth - 3 State Funds$103,700$117,800$14,100 Federal Funds$84,376$73,838($10,538) Total Funds$188,076$191,638$3,562 Early Intervention 3-5 State Funds$182,142$198,116$15,974 Federal Funds$70,072$60,611($9,461) Total Funds$252,214$258,727$6,513 Total Birth -5 EI Funds$440,290$450,365$10,075 State only Funded Programs Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts$83,620 $0 Head Start Supplemental$37,655 $0 Parent Child Home Program$2,084$0($2,084) Nurse Family Partnership (Includes Health Care Reform Home Visiting) State Funds$11,978 $0 Federal Funds$4,644$7,740$3,096 Total Funds$16,622$19,718$3,096 Funding amounts for FY reflect post budgetary freeze amounts and/or actual available amounts. References in Governor’s proposed budget Listed below are the appropriations by Department and the page number on which you can find these appropriations in the Governor’s budget proposal. The full document is available online at DPW programs Early Intervention – E35.9 Child Care Works/ Keystone STARS - Child Care Services – E Child Care Assistance - E35.9 Nurse Family Partnership – E35.9 PDE programs PA Pre-K Counts - E14.6 Head Start Supplemental - E14.6 Early Intervention - E14.6

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Useful links  Pennsylvania Department of Education –  Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare –  Pennsylvania Key –  Pennsylvania’s Promise for Children –

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare | Resources  OCDEL Annual Report:  Program Reach & Risk Assessment:  BUILD ECE News:

Office of Child Development & Early Learning Tom Corbett, Governor | Ronald Tomalis, Secretary of Education | Gary D. Alexander, Secretary of Public Welfare |