TrustLine (TL) Health & Safety Requirement

To help ensure the health, safety and welfare of a child(ren) for whom child care is being provided, certain license-exempt child care providers must meet the Health & Safety requirements as per AB 1542.

The Health & Safety Self-Certification process is intended for parents and license-exempt providers to review the home where care is to be provided and certify:

• That the premises are safe and free of communicable disease.
• That the provider has provided two character references and the parent(s) have contacted them.

Exempt Child Care Providers

Aunts, uncles and grandparents of the child(ren) by blood, marriage or court decree are exempt from TrustLine registration and Health & Safety Self-Certification requirements.

Step-aunts, step-uncles, and step-grandparents are also exempt from TL and Health & Safety Self-Certification requirements. For example, in the case of a step-aunt, she is the aunt by marriage.

The individuals mentioned above are required to sign a “Declaration of Exemption from TrustLine Registration and Health & Safety Self-Certification” (CCP 1). This declaration must be signed and scanned to Integrated Document Management (IDM) system prior to approving child care arrangements.

Note: Great Aunts, Great Uncles, and Great Grandparents, Nephews, Nieces, Cousins, and older siblings are NOT exempt from TL and need to go through the TL and Health & Safety Self-Certification process in order to be eligible for payment as an in-home or license-exempt child care provider.

Exempt School or Recreation Program

Public or private schools and public recreation programs are exempt from TL registration and do not have to complete a CCP 1.

Exempt Provider Convicted of a Crime

If an otherwise exempt provider has been convicted of a crime, they lose their exempt status and are required to submit a TL application following the same procedures as any other Nonexempt provider.

Convicted Criminal Living With Exempt Provider

The child care provider and the convicted individual(s) will both be required to submit a TL application and all must pass in order to be approved and paid for child care. If it is disclosed that there is a person with a conviction living in the home of an exempt provider, the provider will lose their exempt status. When reviewing the “TrustLine Informing Notice” (SCD 209) with the client, the Employment Counselor (EC) must inform the client of the TL requirements for convicted criminals living with the provider.

Exempt Provider Provides Care at Another Home

If it is disclosed that the provider is providing care at another location (other than the child’s house) where there is a person with a conviction living in the home, the provider will lose his/her exempt status. The provider and the convicted individual will both be required to submit a TL application and all must pass in order to be approved and paid for child care. The EC must inform the client of the TL requirements for:

• Convicted criminals living with the provider.
• Convicted criminals living in the home where care is provided (other than the child’s home).

Determining Exempt Status

The “Checklist for TrustLine and Health & Safety Self-Certification” (SCD 533) is used by CWES staff to determine if a license-exempt child care provider must comply with TrustLine and Health & Safety Self-Certification. The SCD 533 is also used to track the sending and returning of the necessary forms.