In your work as an FCC coordinator, or in your conversations with colleagues and mentors, you have likely heard about certain rules and regulations that are consistently challenging for providers to meet. In addition, each provider is unique, so as you work with them, you may become aware of a regulation they are struggling with. Use the spaces below to reflect on how you can support them. Print additional sheets for each provider and situation.

1. Situation or evidence the provider(s) finds a rule challenging:

    

2. The specific regulation from your DoDI or Service criteria:

    

3. How the regulation relates to state or territory licensing laws or QRIS standards? 

   (See https://childcare.gov/state-resources-home)

    

4. Questions you could ask to help the provider(s) reflect on the importance of this regulation:

    

5. Ways you could explain the importance of the regulation:

    

6. Questions you could ask to support the brainstorming of solutions to meet the requirement (this helps providers have more choice and responsibility):

    

7. Ideas and supports you have for helping the provider(s) meet the requirement:

    

8. For consistently challenging regulations, reflect on additional supports or resources you could offer to help provider(s) meet the regulation.