The purpose of Palm Beach County’s
child care licensing program is to
protect the health, safety, and
welfare of the children of Palm
Beach County and promote their
emotional and intellectual
development and care.
Administration: The Board of County
Commissioners of Palm Beach County,
Florida, acting as the Child Care
Facilities Board, is the local
licensing agency for child care
facilities in Palm Beach County. The
Board has appointed a 7-member Child
Care Advisory Council (CCAC) to act
on the Board's behalf for approving,
denying, or revoking licenses, and
for recommending revisions to local
child care rules and regulations.
The CCAC meets monthly, and the
meeting is open to the public.
Child Care Advisory Council
(CCAC) meeting schedule
Child Care Rules and Regulations
showing changes
adopted on
August 16, 2011
Overview of New Regulations for
Child Care Facilities
Child
Safety Alarm Systems:
Partial List
The Palm Beach County Health Department
serves as staff to the CCAC, and is
responsible for administering the child care
licensing program. This includes conducting
inspections of child care centers and family
day care facilities to ensure that minimum
standards are met and maintained for issuing
and renewing licenses. The Department’s
child care inspectors also provide
information, consultations, and technical
assistance to licensed facilities and
prospective facility owners and operators.
Local Regulations: Licensing rules
constitute the most basic level of
protection for children. Chapter 59-1698,
Special
Act,
Laws of Florida, as amended by
Chapter 2010-249, Special Acts,
Laws of Florida, Palm Beach
County’s Rules and Regulations
Governing Child Care Facilities,
and Palm Beach County’s Rules
and Regulations Governing Family
Day Care Facilities provide the
legal framework for child care
licensing. The Special Act
allows Palm Beach County to
create its own local rules and
regulations for child care
facilities and family day care
homes. By law, local child care
standards must be at least as
stringent as the State
requirements."
The Department’s program of regulations,
inspections, consultations, education, and
enforcement fulfill the following broad
objectives:
Licensure Required: In
Palm Beach County, child care
facilities, large family child care
homes, and family day care homes are
required to be licensed or approved
before providing child care
services.
Child Care Facility: means
any building or shelter in which
custodial care is rendered to six
(6) or more children,
and for which
compensation is received in the form
of a payment, fee, grant, goods or
services in kind for any of the
children receiving care, whether or
not operating for profit or which is
held out to the public to be an
establishment which regularly
provides child custodial care.
Palm Beach County Health Department Child Care Provider search.
Child Care Provider Search
To
locate
a Child care Facility
within Palm Beach County.
(Palm
Beach County)
Note: Palm Beach County Childcare Locator
Child Care Forms
Child Care Brochures/Flyer
Letters
Rules Governing Child Care
Facilities
Family Day Care Facilities:
means any building or shelter in
which custodial care is rendered to
one to five
children, inclusive, and
for which compensation is received
in the form of a payment, fee,
grant, goods or services in kind for
any of the children receiving care,
whether or not operating for profit,
or which is held out to the public
to be an establishment which
regularly provides child custodial
care.
New Law Affecting Child Care Facilities,
Family Day
Care Homes and Large Family Child Care
Homes
During
the 2009 legislative session,
a new law was passed that requires
child care facilities, family day
care homes and large family child
care homes provide parents with
information detailing the causes,
symptoms, and transmission of the
influenza virus (the flu) every year
during August and September.
The Department of Children and
Family Services in consultation with
the Department of Health created a
brochure for providers to give to
parents/legal guardians to meet this
new requirement. The
brochure explains to parents/legal
guardians the causes and symptoms of
the flu, how the influenza virus may
be transferred, and how it should be
treated.
Childcare -
Flu Flyer
&
Flu Brochure
