Specifications include, but are not limited to: • Revision of existing Oracle database to implement state’s new Rising Stars for ME standards • Accommodate required enrollment by all active licensed child care providers in Maine (~1500 active licensed providers plus ~200 currently unenrolled) • Transition existing quality certificate ratings (1-4 “steps”) to the new 1-5 “star” system, for quality certificates that have not yet expired as of go-live date • Update web interfaces to modern look-and-feel for child care providers, administrative users, and partners who query the system for data reports. • Ensure that existing reports/interfaces/web services maintain functionality with revised system, to include: daily use of web service to import licensing data, thrive-daily use of web service to important Maine Roads To Quality professional development network data, visual step report, administrative data login by internal University of Maine System staff, administrative login by State of Maine personnel who issue final quality certificates, automated emails to providers about expiring emails • Update system for storing and managing administrative credentials • Update graphics and code in https://search.childcarechoices.me tool to reflect the change from 1- 4 “steps” in old system to 1-5 “stars” in new system
