In response to our 2000 report, the Department of Children and Families' Child Care Program has implemented some but not all of our recommendations. The program has provided staff training on identifying and classifying violations and is developing a statewide child care licensing information system. In addition, the Florida Partnership for School Readiness followed our recommendation to use a single data reporting system to track subsidized child client information.
However, the department has not provided additional staff training on how and when provisional licenses should be issued, and it has not completed annual monitoring of its child care licensing units. Also, the department has not conducted the evaluation of the family child care home licensure and registration system as required by law.

School Readiness Coalitions' Progress Varies in Implementing the Program Over Two Years
Report 03-75 December 2003
School Readiness Program's Potential Not Realized With Critical Issues Unresolved
Report 02-07 January 2002
Child Care Program
Report 00-16 November 2000

Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.