Childcare centers must apply to be designated “emergency child care sites” or close by April 6, under the latest update to Gov. John Carney’s State of Emergency declaration.
The emergency childcare sites will provide care only for children of personnel working for businesses deemed essential under the Governor’s emergency order, who cannot work from home.
In a statement, Carney said the order “will make sure Delaware’s health care workers and other first responders can stay at work, and keep our communities healthy, by providing them access to emergency child care services.”
In order to be certified as an emergency child care site, childcare centers must apply to the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families by April 3 and abide by licensing requirements.
The order allows the Department to create a process by which families can enroll their children in designated emergency child care if their current child care facility temporarily closes.
