{"id":"ME-010","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maine","state":"ME","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Janet T. Mills","authority":"37-B M.R.S. § 742(1)(C)(1), (13)(c)","instrument":"Executive Order 20 FY 19/20","title":"An Order Modifying Requirements Applicable to Family Child Care Providers in Order to Facilitate Employment of Persons Needed for the Treatment and Containment of COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-24","end":"Aug. 30, 2021 (EO 40 § II(C)(4))","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2021-08-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["SCH"],"addressees":["family child care providers","DHHS Office of Child and Family Services"],"clause":"WHEREAS, approximately 30% of licensed child care providers statewide have closed temporarily as of March 23, 2020, leaving as many as 19,000 children and their families without a child care provider... The relevant provisions of Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, Section 8301-A... are hereby suspended to the extent necessary to allow: A. A family child care provider to care for three (3) children in addition to any children living in the provider\u0027s home without being required to be certified","enforcement":"DHHS licensing","functions":["WF workforce (child care capacity)","EC child care ratios"],"notes":"Official finding that 30 percent of Maine\u0027s licensed child care had closed by March 23, 2020; in force through August 30, 2021, i.e., in Q3 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/sites/maine.gov.governor.mills/files/inline-files/EO%2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":191989,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ME","url":"/library/ME-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ME-010","citation":"Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 20 FY 19/20 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. ME-010)","stateName":"Maine","related":["ME-006","ME-007","ME-005","ME-004","ME-001","ME-011","ME-013","ME-002","ME-014","ME-015","ME-016","ME-017"]}