25-20 · Meals and Snacks

26. The program coordinator will email to licensing the training certificates upon completion on or before the due date

Corrected Corrected by Apr 2, 2026

Category: nutrition. Marked corrected in the state record.

44-07 · Background Screening Documents

The background screening expired on 3/29/2024. The teacher is no longer in the Clearinghouse system. TA was provided that all childcare personnel must be cleared in the Clearinghouse system prior to having direct contact with children. This individual is not allowed to come back to work in the school readiness program until the Level 2 screening is completed and showing Eligible under DCF Child Care. 5.1 Initial Screening A screening must be conducted as a condition of employment. The employer/owner/operator must review each employment application to assess the relevancy of any issue uncovered by the complete background screening, including any arrest, pending criminal charge, or conviction, and must use this information in employment decisions in accordance with state laws. A. Level 2 screening as outlined in s. 435.04, F.S., is required for all childcare personnel and includes a criminal records check (both national and statewide), a sexual predator and sexual offender registry search, and child abuse and neglect history of any state in which an individual resided during the preceding 5 years. All fingerprints must be submitted and processed through the Background Screening Clearinghouse and therefore a Live Scan vendor that is Clearinghouse compatible must be used for submission of fingerprints. B. The fingerprint results from the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be returned to DCF via the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. DCF will review both the federal and state criminal history results, along with state criminal records, national sex offender registry, Florida sex offender registry, and the Florida child abuse and neglect registry. C. DCF will issue an eligible or non-eligible result through the Clearinghouse upon completion of searches and results from other states, if applicable. H. The employer/owner/operator must maintain on-site at the programcopies/documentation of completion of all applicable elements in the screeningprocess for an individual in the personnel file for review by the licensing authority. I. An individual may be hired under one of these circumstances: 1. If all components are complete with an eligible screening and documented in the employees file. 2. Provisional hire status upon notification email from the Department allowing the individual to be hired for a 45-day period while out of state records are being requested and awaiting clearance. During those 45 days the individual must be under the supervision of screened and trained childcare personnel when in contact with the children. 3. Screening requests have been initiated, but before results have been received, the individual may be hired for training and orientation purposes only in accordance with s. 435.06(2)(d), Florida Statutes. Until screening is complete showing good moral character, the employee may not be in contact with the children as specified in this statute