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Update: Stabilization Sub-Grants

Funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) supports the recovery and stabilization of child care providers across the nation. In Ohio, this money is now available to child care programs in the form of Stabilization Sub-grants. Since these funds are being distributed through grants that means the money does not need to be paid back if it is used according to the guidelines.

All ODJFS licensed programs in good standing and open as of 11/28/21 are eligible to receive Phase 1 funds. A child care program doesn’t need to be SUTQ-rated or provide care for families using publicly funded child care to apply for these Stabilization Sub-grants. Phase 2 funds are also available for eligible programs now, including new programs licensed after Feb 1, 2022. Read More about Update: Stabilization Sub-Grants »

COVID-19 OHIO UPDATE: ODJFS webinar today at noon

Upcoming Webinars

Monday, March 23 at noon
ODJFS Update for Child Care Providers
Groundwork Ohio will host a webinar for child care providers today to hear more from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) about details surrounding the Governor’s Sunday announcement regarding child care closures later this week, the new temporary pandemic child care licensure, and more. Click here to register.

COVID-19: OACCP Conference Call

Here are the notes from the Ohio Association of Child Care Providers (OACCP) March 13 conference call.  This is not a complete transcript but we were able to staff captured as much as possible. Please note especially the information about the increase in ratios.

Karen Lampe welcomed providers

LeeAnn, representative from Governor’s office, thanked providers for the service they provide. Right now, the advice is that we do not need to close our child care providers. They are listening to the advice of health professionals. Read More about COVID-19: OACCP Conference Call »

Kindergarten Readiness: It Starts at Birth

Father and son building with Legos

Although it’s hard to imagine thinking about the next school year when this academic year is barely half over, that’s exactly what families with children entering kindergarten next year are doing as the kindergarten registration process is kicking off in school districts throughout the region.

But getting children ready for kindergarten isn’t something that just begins at registration or even in preschool—it really begins at birth!

By the time a child is three years old, the areas that are foundational for later school success and learning are set. So when thinking about kindergarten readiness it’s important to look at the whole child because there’s much more involved than the child knowing letters, numbers and colors. While those things are important, so too are social-emotional, language, cognitive, literacy and physical development.

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Northern Kentucky Office to Close

More than 25 years ago, 4C for Children opened a regional office in Northern Kentucky and began actively helping find quality child care options for the region’s children and families as well as supporting child care providers by offering coaching and continuing education opportunities.

Some Background
4C for Children’s responsibility for the critical education of Northern Kentucky’s youngest minds for the majority of these years was supported by state funding. In recent years, the state chose to centralize these efforts, shifting the funding to the University of Kentucky (UK) to deliver early childhood education support services to the state’s families and child care providers. 4C for Children then became a subcontractor for this region through UK.

Over the past five years, UK has gradually discontinued the use of subcontractors like 4C for Children. This has ultimately resulted in a complete loss of state funding for our services.

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