{"id":"RI-089","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Rhode Island Department of Human Services","authority":"DHS emergency child care licensing regulations (R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 42-12.5); EO 20-02","instrument":"DHS COVID-19 Child Care Plan (June 2020)","title":"Rhode Island Department of Human Services COVID-19 Child Care Plan","dateIssued":"2020-06-01","effective":"2020-06-01","end":"Companion CCAP addendum ran June 1 - Aug. 29, 2020; emergency licensing regulations continued into 2021","startDate":"2020-06-01","endDate":"2020-08-29","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["SCH","EMP","CAP"],"addressees":["all licensed child care centers and family child care providers"],"clause":"Rhode Island has authorized child care programs to reopen as of June 1, 2020 under new, emergency child care licensing regulations... All Child Care Center/Family Child Care providers must complete [a COVID-19 plan and receive Department approval before operating].","enforcement":"DHS licensing; plan approval required before operating (CCAP Provider Handbook Temporary Addendum, June 12, 2020: \u0027For providers who submit a COVID-19 plan to reopen, they must receive approval from the Department to begin operating\u0027)","functions":["EC child care reopened only under approved plans, reduced group sizes and screening","WF working parents\u0027 child care from March to June 2020","CB"],"notes":"The document records that licensed child care in Rhode Island was closed until June 1, 2020 and reopened only under emergency regulations (reduced group sizes, screening, plan approval).","sourceUrl":"http://www.dhs.ri.gov/CCAPProvDoc/COVID-19%20plan-finalized.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200627121746/http://www.dhs.ri.gov/CCAPProvDoc/COVID-19%20plan-finalized.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":175539,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"RI","url":"/library/RI-089","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/RI-089","citation":"Rhode Island Department of Human Services, DHS COVID-19 Child Care Plan (June 2020) (June 1, 2020) (Ex. RI-089)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":["DUT-RI-019"]}