The Child Care Licensing Bureau (CCLB) performs state licensing regulatory duties as required by state laws and federal requirements.
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The Office of Family Partnerships coordinates and aligns a statewide system of family-school-community partnerships in support of positive developmental, health and academic outcomes, ensuring every learner in Michigan thrives.
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The Universal FAFSA Challenge supports districts in adopting a local universal FAFSA policy and implementing FAFSA completion support in their high schools and local communities.
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Licensing Rules for Child Care Centers
The center shall maintain accurate records detailing daily arrival and departure times for each staff member, volunteers, therapeutic professionals, and independent service providers.
Ensures that centers have contact and medical information for each child.
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Centers can keep attendance records electronically. The centers must demonstrate all of the following:
Staff members’ first and last names need to be used when keeping track of staff arrival and departure times. |
The center shall designate and keep current, in the manner prescribed by the department, the title designations of teacher, lead teacher, site administrator, program administrator, substitute teacher, unsupervised volunteer, supervised volunteer, or other staff member for each individual working at the center.
To ensure roles and responsibilities of each program staff are clear and documented.
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| The department staffing plan form meets the requirements of R 8112a(2). Staffing Plans must include all supervised and unsupervised volunteers. |
The records required by the act and these rules must be retained on file at the center or at the central office, as specified in the rules, for a minimum of 2 calendar years or longer as specified in these rules and made available to the department on request. Verification of records must be conducted by reviewing the 2 previous calendar years from the current license renewal year.
The following records must be retained and be made available to the department:
- The name, address, and telephone number for each child enrolled and each staff member and unsupervised volunteer for not less than 2 years after the individual leaves the center.
- Staff and unsupervised volunteer documentation of qualifications must be retained for not less than 2 years after the individual leaves the center.
- The licensing notebook must be maintained and retained until the license is closed.
The department may need past records when conducting complaint investigations. Past records will assist the center in resolving licensing issues.
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| Training records must be kept for the past two full calendar years. For example, at a renewal inspection on July 1, 2025, the licensing consultant will review training records for calendar year 2023 and 2024. Consent and disclosure forms must be kept for four years after the person has left employment. |
It is best practice to record the exact arrival and departure times of program staff in each well-defined space during the day.
Centers are encouraged to store files for children and staff who are no longer at the center separately from active files.
