Resources for Child Care Providers

The following links lead to helpful information for child care providers:

Click Here for the Child Care Licensing Rules Guidance Document

Training Opportunities - Initial and ongoing training opportunities are available to help child care professionals meet licensing requirements and become more successful in developing skills for working with children and families. 

• Before You Begin - Training Standards

Developmental Milestones and Learning Standards

• Milestone Moments Checklist (cdc.gov)
• Early Learning Developmental Standards (TN-ELDS) 
• School-Age Developmental Standards and Afterschool Standards for Tennessee - Tennessee Afterschool Network (tnafterschool.org)

The Benefits of Developmental Monitoring and Screening for Young Children:  English, Spanish, Somali, Arabic

Erin’s Law-Child Abuse Prevention Curricula

Keeping Kids Safe Curriculum

Personal Safety Curriculum Requirements

Childhood Obesity: The National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education released national standards for preventing childhood obesity. Information about these standards can be found at: http://nrckids.org

Resources for Directors and Educators

Welcome Packets for New Directors and Educators - To support you in your experience and professional development, we offer these packets as a reference for the tools, training, and resources that are available to you as an early childhood professional.

• Director Welcome Packet
• Educator Welcome Packet

Background Check Information - All individuals working in licensed child care in Tennessee must submit to a criminal history background check through the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI). 

• Out of State Registry Check
• Criminal Background Check Transfer (form) - Instructions

Emergency Preparedness Law and Recommendations

Serious Injury Incident Report Form - All serious incident and injury reports should now be submitted through the eLicensing provider portal.

Early Childhood Expulsion and Suspension Policy Resources

• Early Childhood Expulsion and Suspension Policy  
• Sample Early Childhood Expulsion and Suspension Policy

Additional Information

For a parent/guardian receiving child care payment assistance, should you have a question, please contact the One DHS Contact Center at 1-833-772-TDHS (8347) or via the One DHS General Inquiry webform, by clicking here.

For information and training related to Child Care EAV Electronic Reporting -Reporting Child Care Attendance Online click here: Provider EAV and Modernization Information.

Child care providers should utilize the Child Care Fiscal Hotline for issues related to an EAV that has already been submitted and you have a question about the payment processing or a question about a note added to the EAV by Fiscal. That number is 1-800-362-8004.

To make a request to transfer your child to a new provider, please submit information using this link: https://stateoftennessee.formstack.com/forms/provider_transfer_for