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Starting June 1, 2021, funds from federal grants administered by the Office of Child Care are available to cover required Child Care Licensing Fees.
Only the following fees will be subsidized and won't require payment:

• New License and Residential Certificate Fees
• Renewal License and Residential Certificate Fees
• New Center Fees
• Center Per Child Fees
• Background Check Fees
• Fingerprint Fees

The APPLETREE Program aims to reduce children's exposure to harmful pollutants in their environment. For more information, visit the Utah APPLETREE Program - Utah Choose Safe Places for Early Care and Education. They are looking for feedback on how they can better serve you. To provide feedback, go to Utah Choose Safe Places Activities Survey. Two survey participants will be randomly selected to win a Utah Department of Health swag box for filling out the survey.

We are interested in your feedback concerning our training. To give feedback, please complete the Training Survey.

In an effort to help with staffing, we are allowing the following until the necessary rule changes are made:

• The director designee must be at least 18 years old.
• Caregivers who are 16 or 17 years old can have unsupervised access to children if:
  -- They are not volunteers,
  -- They are not left unsupervised for more than 2 consecutive hours per group of children, and
  -- The director or director designee is at the facility or on the off-site activity.

In conjunction with the Governor's plan, we lifted the temporary conditions listed in Phase 4. Providers are to continue to be in compliance with the rules or requirements for their facility type and with all local ordinances. Because the risks associated with Covid-19 are still a threat, we encourage providers to follow the CDC's Guidance for Operating Child Care Programs during COVID-19.

Beginning on May 1, 2021, all new covered individuals will need to fully clear the CCL background check prior to becoming involved with child care in your program. The Utah Department of Health Office of Background Processing and Security will no longer temporarily clear covered individuals who have not submitted fingerprints.

During inspections, licensors will ask to see a government-issued photo ID (or a copy of that ID) for each covered individual. This is to verify the identity of the covered individual and to ensure all covered individuals passed the background check.

In coordination with Child Care Licensing, the Office of Child Care created the following Child Care and COVID-19 FAQ documents: Frequently Asked Questions for Parents; Frequently Asked Questions for Providers; Frequently Asked Questions for Businesses; and Frequently Asked Questions for Schools. The information in these documents will be updated frequently and you can check back regularly for the latest information.

The Covid-19 Child Care Manual contains information to help child care providers make the best decisions to ensure the health and safety of children in their care.

To see the number of child care facilities closed due to COVID-19 and those that closed for reasons not related to Covid-19, go to the COVID-19 Closure Report. This report is updated daily.

For the latest information about the Coronavirus in Utah, go to coronavirus.utah.gov.