1. Child Care Personnel - ANSWER ✔ - includes all owners, operators, employees, and volunteers working
in a child care facility.
2. Child care professionals must understand the rules and regulations - ANSWER ✔ - to protect the health
and safety of children in care.
3. Florida State Statutes - ANSWER ✔ - The ______________ are made up by the individual laws, which
were passed by the legislature. These are written and proposed by the Florida Senate and House of
Representatives and signed into law by the Governor.
4. Florida Administrative Code - ANSWER ✔ - The ____________ is made up of the rules that are created
by the Department of Children and Families and enforced by the DCF and many other state and local
agencies.
5. Florida Department of Children and Families - ANSWER ✔ - This agency determines state rules
pertaining to child care and enforces these rules by licensing and inspecting child care facilities.
6. Child care - ANSWER ✔ - ______________ supplements parental care for a period of less than 24 hours
a day on a regular basis.
7. School-age care - ANSWER ✔ - ______________ is a specific program providing care before and after
school or during school closures to school-age children exclusively.
8. Drop-in care - ANSWER ✔ - ______________ is a licensed program providing care for children while
families are on the premises.
9. Florida Office of Early Learning - ANSWER ✔ - This agency administers the School Readiness and
Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) programs.
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