EIU Child Care Resource and Referral

License Exempt Providers

License Exempt Child Care Grant

Health & Safety Improvement grants are available to Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) License Exempt Child Care providers to fund materials and equipment needed to address health and safety needs. 

FY27 License Exempt Child Care Grant Application

W-9 Form must be included with the application

CCAP Provider Required Trainings

The Illinois Department of Early Childhood strives to support providers in caring for children by offering tools and resources to help you be successful. Training is one of those tools that is available for you to stay current on best practices in health and safety. With this in mind, effective July 1, 2022 CCAP policy was revised in accordance with new federal regulations.  This policy states that license-exempt non-relative child care providers must complete health and safety training to receive CCAP payments.

To receive CCAP payments, the following providers MUST complete REQUIRED trainings

License-Exempt Centers

• Directors(s)– individual(s) who has the primary responsibility for the daily operations management of the center
• Teacher(s)– includes lead teachers, teachers, teacher assistants or teach aides who are employed for compensation on a regular basis
• Support Staff– individual(s) who has responsibility in a classroom, working directly with children, on a regular basis
• Student workers, part-time employees, substitutes, and migrant/seasonal/summer camp providers

License-Exempt Non-Relative Family Child Care Homes

• The primary caregiver is required to complete all trainings. The primary caregiver is the person who signs the CCAP application asking to be an approved provider. If the primary caregiver has substitutes or assistants, they are also required to complete all trainings.
  

In the first 90 days of becoming a CCAP provider:

• Become a Gateways to Opportunity Registry Member 
• Complete Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse: Training for Mandated Reporters
  
• Complete Infant Child CPR/First Aid
• Complete Child Development, Health, and Safety Basics 
  

Within 12 months of becoming a CCAP provider:

• Complete 6 hours annually of Health and Safety/Child Development Training OR attend EIU CCR&R In-Person Trainings
  

Contact Daphne Boley, Health and Safety Coach