Section 14-4-205 – Technical Assistance and Business Management Assistance; Quality Support; Family Strengthening Program.
14-4-205. Technical assistance and business management assistance; quality support; family strengthening program. (a) Quality support payments may be made available to facilities through a competitive process to provide quality care for infants or other children whose care may otherwise be difficult to obtain in the community. Grants shall be awarded as follows: (i) Repayment shall […]
Section 14-4-206 – Parental Education and Public Awareness.
14-4-206. Parental education and public awareness. (a) The department shall develop and distribute materials to: (i) Promote knowledge of the quality child care system; (ii) Promote an understanding of the benefits that accrue to children, families and communities from quality child care programs, as based upon the latest findings in research reports and studies; (iii) […]
Section 14-4-207 – Reporting Requirements.
14-4-207. Reporting requirements. (a) The department of workforce services shall report annually to the joint education interim committee and the joint labor, health and social services interim committee by October 1. The report shall include: (i) The department’s progress in establishing the system under this article; (ii) The participating child caring facilities; (iii) Information that […]
Section 14-4-115 – Authority of Counties and Municipalities to Have Detention Homes.
14-4-115. Authority of counties and municipalities to have detention homes. The board of county commissioners of any county or the governing body of any municipal corporation may acquire and maintain a detention home for care of delinquent minors, provided the detention home is not used for any other purpose.
Section 14-4-116 – Mandatory Immunizations for Children Attending Child Caring Facilities.
14-4-116. Mandatory immunizations for children attending child caring facilities. (a) As used in this section “child caring facility” means a facility required to be certified under W.S. 14-4-102. (b) All persons over eighteen (18) months old attending or transferring into a child caring facility are required to be completely immunized in a similar manner to […]
Section 14-4-117 – Juvenile Detention Facilities Standards; Definitions; Report.
14-4-117. Juvenile detention facilities standards; definitions; report. (a) Sheriffs, in consultation with other operators of juvenile detention facilities, shall develop and implement uniform standards after consideration of nationally recognized criteria for the operation of all hardware secure and staff secure juvenile detention facilities. (b) No minor shall be detained in a hardware secure or staff […]
Section 14-4-201 – Quality Child Care System Established.
14-4-201. Quality child care system established. (a) A quality child care system is created for the purpose of assisting the working families of the state by encouraging the availability of high quality care for children in licensed child caring facilities. The system may consist of: (i) A quality rating system; (ii) Incentive payments for higher […]
Section 14-4-204 – Educational Development Scholarships and Continuing Education Grants.
14-4-204. Educational development scholarships and continuing education grants. (a) The department by rule and regulation shall provide educational development scholarships to assist the owners or staff of child caring facilities to attain certificates or degrees in early childhood development or a related field. Payments under this subsection shall be conditioned upon the recipient of the […]
Section 14-4-109 – Denial of Certification; Notice and Hearing; Appeal.
14-4-109. Denial of certification; notice and hearing; appeal. (a) Upon receiving a notice of denial of certification, any applicant may request a hearing with the board of review by serving proper notice to the certifying authority. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. (b) Any applicant may appeal to […]
Section 14-4-110 – Enjoining Operations in Violation.
14-4-110. Enjoining operations in violation. Any person may be enjoined from operating a child caring facility for violating any provision within W.S. 14-4-101 through 14-4-111.