1. 1 Day Cares in ND

2. 2 Applicants for an in-home registration document shall be directly responsible for the care, supervision, and guidance of the child or children in the child or children's home and shall comply with the following standards, certifying in the application that the applicants shall:

3. 3 Be at least fourteen years of age. Be mentally, physically, and emotionally able to provide adequate care for the children in the applicant's charge.

4. 4 Be able to devote adequate time and attention to the children in the applicant's charge. Participate in specialized training related to child care as provided by or approved by the department.

5. 5 Provide food of sufficient quantity and nutritious quality which satisfies the dietary needs of the children while in the applicant's charge. Provide proper health care and protection for children in the applicant's charge.

6. 6 Not use any drugs or alcoholic beverages except for medical purposes while children are in care. Never leave children without supervision.

7. 7 Discuss methods of discipline and child management with the parent or parents and shall not engage in any method of punishment which humiliates or frightens a child or causes more than minor transient physical or emotional discomfort, or both

8. 8 Provide care on a continuing basis for less than a twenty-four-hour period. If the physical or mental health capabilities of an in-home provider appear to be questionable, the department may request that the provider present evidence of capability based on a formal evaluation. In-home providers shall ensure safe care for the children in their care. If there exists a probable cause determination under North Dakota Century Code chapter 50-25.1 indicating that any child has been abused or neglected by the in-home provider, the person shall furnish information, satisfactory to the department, from which the department can determine the provider's current ability to provide care free of abuse or neglect. The determination of current ability will be furnished to the operator and to the regional director of the human service center or his designee for consideration and action on the in-home registration document.

9. 9 A license for a family child care home is required early childhood are provided for four or more children ages twenty-four months and under or six or more children at any time. Those persons not required by this subsection to hold a family child care license may voluntarily apply for and receive such a license.

10. 10 No person, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or nongovernmental organization may establish or operate a group child care facility, preschool educational facility, or child care center unless licensed to do so by the department.

11. 11 An applicant for a license must submit the following nonrefundable fees with the application: The operator of a family child care home applying for a license shall pay an annual license fee of twenty dollars or if the license is issued for a two-year period, a fee of thirty- five dollars.

12. 12 The operator of a group child care home applying for a license shall pay an annual license fee of twenty-five dollars or if the license issued for a two-year period, a fee of forty-five dollars.

13. 13 The operator of a preschool educational facility applying for a license shall pay an annual license fee of thirty dollars or if the license is issued for a two-year period, a fee of fifty-five dollars.

14. 14 The operator of a child care center applying for a license shall pay an annual license fee of forty dollars or if the license is issued for a two-year period, a fee of seventy-five dollars.

15. 15 The operator of a multiple licensed facility applying for a license shall pay an annual license fee of fifty dollars or if the license is issued for a two-year period, a fee of ninety- five dollars.

16. 16 In addition to any criminal sanctions or other civil penalties which may be imposed pursuant to law, the operator of an early childhood facility who, after being given written notice by a representative of the department, continues to provide early childhood services without a license as required by this section is subject to a civil penalty of fifty dollars per day for each day of operation without such license.

17. 17 Applications for early childhood facility licenses must be made on forms provided, in the manner prescribed, by the department. The county agency shall investigate the applicant's activities and proposed standards of care and shall make an inspection of all facilities applying for a license.

18. 18 The premises to be used are in fit sanitary condition and properly equipped to provide for the health and safety for all children who may be received;

19. 19 The persons in charge of the facility and their assistants are qualified to fulfill the duties required of them according to the provisions of this chapter and standards prescribed for their qualification by the rules and regulations of the department;

20. 20 The facility will be maintained according to the standards prescribed for its conduct by the rules and regulations of the department. The facility has not had a previous license revoked within the one hundred eighty days prior to the date of the current application.

21. 21 The facility has paid its license fees and any penalties assessed against the facility as required by section 50-11.1-03; and

22. 22 The group child care or child care center facility maintains at all times during which supplemental parental care is provided at least one person who has received training and is currently certified in rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation by the American Heart Association American Red Cross or other similar cardiopulmonary resuscitation training programs that are approved by the department.

23. 23 The license issued to the operator of an early childhood facility shall be in force and effect for a period of not more than two years.

24. 24 Worker Qualifications Child Care supervisor: Must have training and demonstrated ability to work with young children and have at least one of the following: AA in early childhood development, or CDA or similar local, state or federal certification: or Montessori teacher certification; or HS diploma with 1 year experience in child care or a similar setting: or HS equivalency and 1 year experience in child care of in a similar setting

25. 25 Provider/Child Ratio Age Range Ratio for Center-based Care 0 – 24 months (1:4) 2 years(1:5) 3 years(1:7) 4 years(1:10) 5 years(1:12) 6 – 12 years(1:18)

26. 26 Age Range Ratio for Family Child Care All ages(1:7) Plus 2 additional school age children before and after school

27. 27 Staffing Requirements 1. A provider may provide care to no more than a total of four children if all are under age twenty-four months. 2. A provider providing care to five or more children may provide care to no more than three children under age twenty-four months. 3. If a child in care has a disabling condition which requires more than usual care, the child's developmental age level must be used in determining the number of children for which care may be provided. 4. Children using the licensed facility for a McGruff safe house, a block house, or a certified safe house program during an emergency are not counted under this section.

28. 28 Nature of the Work Child care workers nurture and care for children who have not yet entered formal schooling and also work with older children in before- and after-school situations.

29. 29 Child care workers generally are classified in three different groups, depending on the setting in which they work: Workers who care for children at the children’s home, called private household workers; those who care for children in their own home, called family child care providers; and those that work at separate child care centers and centers that provide preschool services to 3- and 4-year-old children.

30. 30 Child care workers help to improve children’s communication, learning, and other personal skills. The work is sometimes routine; however, new activities and challenges mark each day. Child care can be physically and emotionally taxing, as workers constantly stand, walk, bend, stoop, and lift to attend to each child’s interests and problems.

31. 31 Child care workers held about 1.3 million jobs in 2004. Many worked part time. About 1 out of 3 child care workers were self- employed; most of these were family child care providers.

32. 32 Seventeen percent of all child care workers are found in child day care services about 21 percent work for private households. The remainder worked primarily in local government educational services; nursing and residential care facilities; religious organizations; amusement and recreation industries; private educational services; civic and social organizations; individual and family services; and local government

33. 33 High replacement needs should create good job opportunities for child care workers. Qualified persons who are interested in this work should have little trouble finding and keeping a job.

34. 34 Employment of child care workers is projected to increase about as fast as the average for all occupations through the year 2014. The number of women in the labor force of childbearing age (widely considered to be ages 15 to 44) and the number of children under 5 years of age are both expected to rise over the next 10 years.

35. 35 The growth in demand for child care workers will be moderated, however, by an increasing emphasis on early childhood education programs.

36. 36 Pay Pay depends on the educational attainment of the worker and the type of establishment. Although the pay generally is very low, more education usually means higher earnings.

37. 37 Median hourly earnings of wage and salary child care workers were $8.06 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $6.75 and $10.01. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $5.90 The highest 10 percent earned more than $12.34.

38. 38 Other residential care facilities----$9.66 Elementary and secondary schools---9.22 Civic and social organizations----7.62 Other amusement and recreation industries-- 7.58 Child day care services----7.34