Updated Health and Safety Checklist: Safe Sleep Practices

Virginia Department of Education sent this bulletin at 09/16/2024 03:07 PM EDT

Office of Early Childhood Health and Safety

DATE:	September 16, 2024
TO:	Voluntarily Registered Family Day Homes
FROM:	Jeffrey Williams, Assistant Superintendent - Child Care Health and Safety, Virginia Department of Education
SUBJECT:	Updated Health and Safety Checklist: Safe Sleep Practices

This memo is a reminder of updates to the Health and Safety checklist referenced in a memo that was distributed to Voluntarily Registered Family Day Homes on June 17, 2024.

House Bill 358, passed during the 2024 General Assembly session, required the Department of Education to update the Health and Safety Checklist for any voluntarily registered family day home to include safe sleep practices. The updated version of the checklist is available on the Department’s website and is now included as a form in 8VAC20-850. Each Voluntarily Registered Family Day Home provider shall ensure compliance with the updated checklist and complete the updated checklist at the time of initial or renewal certification effective September 1, 2024.

Please contact your Licensing Inspector with any questions.

Updated Health and Safety Checklist Safe Sleep Practices (PDF)

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