Riley County Health Officer Julie Gibbs has extended the county's health care provisions already in place until May 2.
"We know that child care is vital for working parents at this time," said Gibbs. "According to KDHE , child care facilities should remain open unless they choose to close on their own. With this in mind, we need to make sure safeguards stay in place to protect the child care providers, children and families.
Child care providers in Riley County are required to continue to operate only under the following conditions:
This order extends the Riley County child care provisions already in place and will be in effect from April 20 to May 2, 2020.
“We know that child care is vital for working parents at this time,” said Gibbs. “According to KDHE, child care facilities should remain open unless they choose to close on their own. With this in mind, we need to make sure safeguards stay in place to protect the child care providers, children, and families."
Child care providers in Riley County are required to continue to operate only under the following conditions:
a. Childcare shall be carried out in stable groups of 10 or fewer (“stable” means the same 10 or fewer children are in the same group each day);
b. Children shall not move from one stable group to another;
c. If more than one stable group of children is cared for at one facility, each stable group shall be in a separate room. Different stable groups shall not mix with one another; and
d. Childcare providers shall remain solely with one stable group of children.
c. Every child shall be screened for their temperature upon arrival and again just before leaving the facility. The temperature check cannot be taken within four (4) hours after a fever reducing medication was given.
f. The child care facility shall present, upon request of the Local Health Officer, the completed screening form for each child in the facility. Failure to comply shall result in immediate closure of the facility by the Local Health Officer.
The Riley County Police Department is authorized to enforce this order.
Riley County Statistics for Wednesday, April 15, 2020:• Total positive cases in Riley County Residents: 25o *Total Recovered: 8o Total Hospitalized: 0• Pending test results: 12• Negative test results: 159