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  • Information about the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has been moved to a new, separate area. Information provided by DCDEE related to COVID-19 and child care providers, settings and health precautions can now be found on the Coronavirus Information for Child Care page.

 

 

Apr

2025

Public Notice: Special Meeting of the Child Care Commission April 22

The North Carolina Child Care Commission (Commission) will hold a Special Meeting on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, beginning at 10:00 a.m., in person at 333 Six Forks Road, Room 165, Raleigh, NC and via WebEx by clicking on the link below.  The Commission may vote to adopt proposed rules following discussion of public comment received.

Webinar link: https://ncgov.webex.com/ncgov/j.php?MTID=ma2216d7d5e691d58ca0482c8acaeb43b
Webinar number (access code): 2423 335 1871
Webinar password: care (2273 when dialing from phones and video systems)
Please note that the meeting link will not be live until 9:45 a.m. 

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Apr

2025

Stabilization Grant Quarterly Update Now Open

Report on spending by April 30

The Stabilization Grant Quarterly Update is now available in the grant portal. If you received the January Stabilization Grant payment for Q13 January--March 2025, you are required to submit a Q13 quarterly update to report how you spent the money. The Q13 Update will open on Tuesday April 1 at 8:00 a.m. Please submit the quarterly report by 4:59 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

 

 

 

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Mar

2025

North Carolina Child Care Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday March 26, 2025 and a Special Meeting on Thursday March 27, 2025

The North Carolina Child Care Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday March 26, 2025, beginning at 1:15 p.m., and a Special Meeting on Thursday March 27, 2025 at the Division of Child Development and Early Education, 333 Six Forks Road, Conference Room 165, Raleigh, N.C. 27609.

There will also be an option to join the meeting via WebEx by clicking on the following links:

March 26, 2025 https://ncgov.webex.com/ncgov/j.php?MTID=m4f6ccc854b2d68ddd2329d12fc8a082f

Webinar number (access code): 2430 340 9661

Webinar password: care (2273 from phones and video systems)

 

March 27, 2025 https://ncgov.webex.com/ncgov/j.php?MTID=m825c384df5e0a9abea3a039e6137c7d4

Webinar number (access code): 2433 889 3657

Webinar password: care (2273 from phones and video systems)

Please note that the meeting link will not become live until 15 minutes prior to the meeting

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Feb

2025

Public Notice: Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) Modernization Proposed Rule Amendments and Adoptions

Public Comment Period Closes April 4, 2025

The Child Care Commission intends to adopt the rules cited as 10A NCAC 09 .3201-.3226 and amend the rules cited as 10A NCAC 09 .0102, .2902, .2905, .3002, .3009, and .3010.

Read the proposed rules: 10A NCAC 09 .0102, .2902, .2905, .3002, .3009, .3010, .3201-.3226 Proposed Amendments and Adoptions 

Read the Office of State Budget Management Approved Fiscal Impact Analysis 

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ENDS: APRIL 4, 2025

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Feb

2025

FREE 1-hour DCDEE credit training - Address the Stress for Child Care Professionals!

Infant/Toddler Trauma-Informed (ITTI) Care Project Training (Free)

Child care professionals often feel overwhelmed, unappreciated and isolated. The work is hard and can be both incredibly rewarding and exhausting at the same time. Being responsible for children all day requires energy, patience, and staying calm when children are not.  Teachers, family child care professionals and directors need to be ready to respond to children's developmental needs with compassion and creativity to provide the relationships and environments that children need to thrive. 

In this training, we will start with YOU and your stress and support you in developing an action plan to reduce stress and thrive! We will practice and emphasize the importance of self-reflection, self-awareness, self-care.  Staff of the ITTI Care Project, a multi-level trauma-informed approach to promoting child care workforce wellness and relationship-based child care environments, provide an interactive training designed to help you prioritize workday wellness and reduce stress.

The ITTI Care Project offers this 1-hour self-paced training designed to help everyone who works in child care settings address their stress!  Click on link to register for FREE so you can complete the training whenever you like!

Learn more about ITTI Care here:  https://sites.sanford.duke.edu/itticare/

 

 

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