Athletic Leagues, and Boys and Girls Scouts. Orlando Public Hearing (December 7, 2016) Comments Speaker Name/Affiliation Department Response Speaker’s Concern Lin Lindsay -School age programs require a credentialed A child care facility that also has – director, however this director cannot be the children that attend before and after Ocoee Oaks Kid’s Place director of a child care facility and a school-age school does not require a separate program that overlap in the hours of operation. director for the school-age program. One -When will this rule be final? Is there a grace individual cannot be the director for a period for being in compliance? child care facility and also the director for a separate school-age program. This is existing rule and has not changed. The Department will work with providers to help them be successful. Keith Card -Background screening fingerprint process for The Clearinghouse is an Agency for Orange County Public Schools the after school programs in the school system Health Care Administration (AHCA) is a level II screening and should be acceptable. database and, currently through statutory Is it possible for our system to share information language, there are 7 state agencies with your system? named specifically in statute that can participate in the Clearinghouse and share information. The Department of Education is not an agency that participates; therefore the information is not shared. -Redundancy in Handbook: item 6 duplication of HHS is requiring the Department to go to the with the criminal history check. other states to get their state check FBI’s efforts -Dual distribution of criminal history result. because HHS believes some records do
Athletic Leagues, and Boys and Girls Scouts. Orlando Public Hearing (December 7, 2016) Comments Speaker Name/Affiliation Speaker’s Concern Department Response Lin Lindsay Ocoee Oaks Kid’s Place -School – age programs require a credentialed director, however this director cannot be the director of a child care facility and a school-age program that overlap in the hours of operation. -When will this rule be final? Is there a grace period for being in compliance? A child care facility that also has children that attend before and after school does not require a separate director for the school-age program. One individual cannot be the director for a child care facility and also the director for a separate school-age program. This is existing rule and has not changed. The Department will work with providers to help them be successful. Keith Card Orange County Public Schools -Background screening fingerprint process for the after school programs in the school system is a level II screening and should be acceptable. Is it possible for our system to share information with your system? -Redundancy in Handbook: item 6 duplication of the FBI’s efforts with the criminal history check. -Dual distribution of criminal history result. The Clearinghouse is an Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) database and, currently through statutory language, there are 7 state agencies named specifically in statute that can participate in the Clearinghouse and share information. The Department of Education is not an agency that participates; therefore the information is not shared. HHS is requiring the Department to go to other states to get their state check because HHS believes some records do
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