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Registrar Services

Registrar Department:

  • New York State Child Abuse Hotline

    Mandated Reporter
    Phone: 1-800-635-1522

    Mandated reporters are those people who have a job or are in a profession that makes them legally obligated to notify law enforcement or adult/child protective services about a known or suspected risk to children.

  • Orange County NY DD Connection

    A Central Point of Information
    The community’s resource for news, information, activities, and events, pertaining to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, educators, providers, and the Orange County Community.

    ​www.orangecountynyddconnection.com

  • Family Child Care Association of New York State

    The mission of the Family Child Care Association of NYS is to act as a united voice to promote and strengthen the professionalism of providers thereby promoting the quality of family child care.

    www.fccanys.org
    518-452-1818

  • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

    NAEYC is the nation’s largest and most influential organization of early childhood educators and others dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third grade.

    www.naeyc.org

OCFS Links/Information

NYS OCFS (Office of Children and Family Services) is the regulating body.
www.ocfs.state.ny.us

Each modality has its own set of regulations:

Get your own copy of the  regulations.
Go to: https://ocfs.ny.gov/programs/childcare/regulations/ 

Child Day Care Definitions, Enforcement and Hearings- 413
Day Care Centers (DCC)—418-1.14
School Age Child Care (SACC) —414.14
Group Family Child Care (GFCC)—416.14
Family Child Care (FCC)—417.14

(Also, there is a form of child care – Legally Exempt child care – 415.)

Mandated Training Requirements – ALL MODALITIES
Each provider, assistant and alternate provider must complete a minimum of fifteen hours of training during their first six (6) months of licensing or registration. A total of thirty (30) hours must be completed every two years.  Training must also address all of the following nine (9) topic areas (SACC exempt from SBS #9):

Required Hours and Topics
Each provider, assistant and alternate   provider must complete a minimum of fifteen hours of training during their first six (6) months of licensing or registration. A total of thirty (30) hours must be completed every two years.  Training must also address all of the following nine (9) topic areas (SACC exempt from SBS #9):

  1. Principles of childhood development
  2. Nutrition & health needs of infants & children
  3. Child care program development
  4. Safety and security procedures
  5. Business record maintenance & management
  6. Child abuse & maltreatment identification & prevention
  7. Statutes & regulations pertaining to child care
  8. Statutes & regulations pertaining to child abuse and maltreatment
  9. Education & information on the identification, diagnosis, and prevention of shaken baby syndrome
  10. Adverse Childhood Experiences; focused on understanding trauma and on nurturing resiliency

NEW DCC and SACC DIRECTORS
All new Directors of Day Care Centers or School-Age Child Care programs hired on or after October 1, 2017, will be required to complete an OCFS 15-hour health and safety classroom training either pre-service or within 3 months of their start date as Director. In addition, current Directors who have not completed the Foundations in Health and Safety eLearning by September 30, 2017, will also be required to complete the OCFS 15-hour health and safety classroom training. There is a cost associated with this training. This training aims to provide DCC and SACC Directors with information on best practices that lead to high-quality child care. Call us for our newest schedule.

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