{"id":"PA-083","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL)","authority":"DHS licensing authority over child care centers (55 Pa. Code ch. 3270); the Governor\u0027s Mar. 16, 2020 statewide closure of licensed child care centers (PA-081) and the Mar. 19 closure orders (Child Day Care Services \u0027No\u0027, PA-004); waivers for providers serving life-sustaining workers","instrument":"DHS Coronavirus - Child Care page: list of child care providers approved by waiver to operate during the closure (archived Mar. 29, 2020)","title":"Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Child Care (Child Care Centers approved to operate)","dateIssued":"2020-03-29","effective":"Closure of licensed child care centers from Mar. 17, 2020; waived providers only, until counties entered the yellow phase (May 8 - June 5, 2020)","end":"Child care reopened with the county phases (yellow), subject to OCDEL guidance","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SCH","CLOSE"],"addressees":["licensed child care centers","families in life-sustaining positions"],"clause":"Child Care Centers. Child care providers listed are approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency. If you work in a life-sustaining position, these providers may be able to help you and your family if you need child care. Please note [that providers may decide] to close at any time. We encourage all personnel in life-sustaining positions to make a back-up plan for child care should their provider decide to close.","enforcement":"DHS licensure; the closure orders","functions":["EC child care closed except waived providers","WF workforce availability for every industry"],"notes":"With PA-081 and PA-004, the primary record of the statewide child-care closure of Mar. 17 - May/June 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dhs.pa.gov/providers/Providers/Pages/Coronavirus-Child-Care.aspx","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200329030651/https://www.dhs.pa.gov/providers/Providers/Pages/Coronavirus-Child-Care.aspx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":478312,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-083","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-083","citation":"Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL), DHS Coronavirus - Child Care page: list of child care providers approved by waiver to operate during the closure (archived Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. PA-083)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-081","PA-004"]}