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The Resource Center has a full time Regional Child Care Health Consultant Coach and Child Care Nurse Consultant position currently open. The position closes on August 28, 2020. Click here to view the position information.

The Summer 2020 newsletter is now available in Spanish. Please share with Spanish speaking early educators.

Governor Cooper signed an executive order on June 24 that included requirements for wearing of face covering. Two resources made available recently by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) are a Door Sign for Wearing Cloth Face Coverings (English, Spanish) and a How to Properly Use a Cloth Face Covering YouTube video.

The door signs have been updated as of June 16 and are available in English and Spanish. Please ensure that the most updated sign is posted at the entrance of the child care facility.

Guidance and poster updated 5/11/2020 to align with current NC Interim Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Guidance for Child Care Settings – updated 5/6/2020, which expands on the situations in which adults and children should wear cloth face coverings.

This post was updated 5/11/2020. Please contact your Child Care Health Consultant for the latest flowchart, as guidance may vary from county to county. Visit the NC DHHS website for details about COVID-19 symptoms, and information about minimum self-isolation and quarantine recommendations. 

Now available are recorded COVID-19 webinars held by DCDEE for child care providers during the week of March 29, 2020. The webinars included discussions on Emergency Child Care Provider Application, available financial assistance information and health, safety and screening guidelines.

Learn more.

The information below includes other information topics and recent updates.

Child Care Access & Financial Assistance Available for Essential Workers

We have two resources for essential workers (as defined in Executive Order 121) who are in need of emergency child care.

1. We partnered with the NC Child Care Resource & Referral network to launch a hotline, 1-888-600-1685, to connect families with child care programs that have agreed to meet updated health, safety and operational guidelines.
2. For those essential workers who need it, financial assistance for emergency child care is available.

Learn more.

Child Care Payment Policies Released

On Friday, April 3, DCDEE released COVID-19 Child Care Payment Policies, which provides detailed information about policy changes that apply to licensed or regulated child care facilities.

Learn more.

COVID-19 Dashboard Updated

Data on  COVID-19 can be found on the Dashboard. In addition to information on number of laboratory-confirmed cases, hospitalizations and deaths, there is  demographic information and data about outbreaks in congregate settings.

COVID-19 Dashboard

New Video on Reducing Anxiety and Stress

Dr. Carrie Brown, NC DHHS Chief Medical Officer of Behavioral Health and IDD, has a new video on ways to manage stress and anxiety during COVID-19 social distancing, quarantine and isolation.

Video with Dr. Brown

Our latest newsletter is full of health, safety and screening information about Coronavirus, COVID-19 and how it affects childcare in North Carolina.

To assist child care facilities in keeping track of Daily Health Checks, we have created a Daily Health Check record that is now available for download.

For more information about limiting the spread of COVID-19, read about:

• Screening criteria to post at the entrance to the child care facility
• Thermometers and Temperature taking during COVID-19
• Symptoms of COVID-10 and exposure from NC DHHS