COVID POLICIES
NEW YOK STATE
OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
COVID-19 Health Screening Attestation
The New York State Department of Health Interim Guidance for Child Care Programs requires all individuals to complete a daily health screening questionnaire before arriving to a child care program or upon arrival to a child care program.
If an individual answers “Yes” to any of the screening questions, they cannot enter the child care program, except as otherwise indicated.
Screening Questions:
- Is your temperature higher than or equal to 101 degrees Fahrenheit?
- Have you had any known close or proximate contact with a person confirmed (by diagnostic test) or suspected (based on symptoms) to have COVID-19 in the past 10 days? Note: Close contact is defined by DOH as being within 6 feet of an individual for 10 minutes or more within a 24-hour period, starting from 2 days before symptom onset or, if asymptomatic, 2 days before the date the positive sample was collected through when they are isolated. Close contact does not include individuals who work in a health care setting wearing appropriate, required personal protective equipment.
Exception: Asymptomatic staff and children may attend if the staff/child is fully vaccinated or has recovered from laboratory confirmed COVID-19 in the previous 3 months and has not been placed on quarantine. Note: Fully vaccinated is defined as being 2 weeks or more after either receipt of the second dose in a 2 dose vaccine series, or 2 weeks or more after receipt of one dose of a single-dose vaccine.
- Are you currently experiencing or have you recently, (within the past 10 days) experienced ANY COVID-19 symptoms?
Note: Symptoms may occur with pre-existing medical conditions, such as allergies or migraines. You should only answer "Yes" if your symptoms are new or worsening.
- Cough
- Shortness of breath
- Trouble breathing
- Fever (equal to or above 101 degrees Fahrenheit)
- Chills
- Muscle pain or body aches
- Headache
- Sore throat
- Loss of taste or smell
- Fatigue
- Congestion or runny nose
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Have you tested positive for COVID-19 through a diagnostic test within the past 10 days?
- Have you traveled within the past 10 days and not complied with requirements of the New York State Travel Advisory?