Health & Safety Requirements and Accepting CCAP
License-exempt Non-relative Family Child Care Homes Accepting CCAP
This includes friend and neighbor care
The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS, through the Division of Early Childhood (DEC)) partners with child care providers to serve families through the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP). To ensure the health and safety of children, federal regulations require many providers who receive CCAP payments to complete orientation and annual training based on specific health and safety topics.
- The primary caregiver is required to complete all trainings. The primary caregiver is the person who signs the CCAP application asking to be an approved provider. This applies to non-relative providers only.
- If the primary caregiver has substitutes or assistants, they are also required to complete all trainings.
License-exempt Non-relative home providers must complete all orientation trainings and enter them into their Gateways to Opportunity Registry within 90 days of approval for a CCAP family to continue to receive payment for any CCAP cases.
Providers who fail to complete Health & Safety Orientation Requirements within 90 days of CCAP approval will be removed from all CCAP cases. No further CCAP payments will be made until all Health & Safety Orientation Training requirements are met.
Our Health & Safety Coach will schedule a visit to the child care environment to help ensure that the environment is safe and that health and safety items are in place and/or available.
Click on the guide to the right to learn more about health and safety training standards.
Sign up for a one-on-one consultation or training for becoming a licensed child care provider.
Contact Dawn Wiles, Recruitment & Retention Coordinator, at dwiles@salccc.org
Click below for a step-by-step guide
