Announcement C-2-09, Emergency Temporary Relocation of Facility due to the Governor Issuing a Declaration of Disaster

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Announcement C-2-09

Emergency Temporary Relocation of Facility due to the

Governor Issuing a Declaration of Disaster –

Specific to Novel Coronavirus

The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has released the Announcement C-2-09, Emergency Temporary Relocation of Facility due to the Governor Issuing a Declaration of Disaster – Specific to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

This Announcement establishes a statewide protocol to manage situations in which a child care facility must relocate operation due to local education agency (LEA) decisions to limit access to their facilities to mitigate the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). This document is specific to child care impacted by displacement through Aug. 30, 2021.

This announcement supplements announcement C-17-05, which addressed the process to relocate due to all other emergency or disaster circumstances.

If a child care operator is informed they will be displaced from a LEA building, OCDEL will work with the provider to complete an emergency relocation if they plan to continue operations. This process is outlined in the Announcement C-20-09.

See the Announcement for full details, as well as next steps.

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and their children, from prenatal through school age, by using data, research and

stakeholder guidance to assure high quality services.