The Ohio Department of Job and Family and Family Services (“ODJFS”) is now issuing Temporary Pandemic Child Care Centers (“TPCCC”) licenses to address childcare needs for essential workers. Following the recent closure of the traditional licensed childcare centers, ODJFS began accepting TPCCC applications and has issued a number of licenses for both centers and family childcare settings.
Through March 24th the children of the following professionals without alternate care must be prioritized for enrollment: hospital and clinic staff; dentists; pharmacy staff; nursing home, elder care, and home health care workers; psychologists; psychiatrists; mental health counselors; developmental disability aides; first responders (police, fire & EMT); direct service workers (child care, children services, public assistance and adult protective services) After Tuesday, March 24, 2020 the centers may accept enrollment of children of all other essential staff. For more information on who is essential please go to https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/home/public-health-orders/directors-order-to-stay-at-home.
ODJFS published lists of licensed and approved TPCCC locations and family care homes can be accessed at here. These lists likely to be updated by ODJFS as more licenses are issued. The current Centers Approved for Pandemic Child Care and the Family Child Care Homes are linked for your convenience.
Additional guidance has been provided including the electronically available applications for enrollment of children of essential workers.
Additional Resources
The ODJFS Child Enrollment and Health Information for Child Care form is linked here. The Pandemic Child Care Program Child Enrollment Addendum is linked here.
Please note that this information is current as of the date of this Client Alert, based on the available data. However, because COVID-19’s status and updates related to the same are ongoing, we recommend real-time review of guidance distributed by the CDC and local officials.
