Ohio Providers: News for the Week of August 31

Read our weekly newsletter for Southwest Ohio and Miami Valley Child Care Providers for the week of August 31, 2020.

Webinar Recording: Understanding Pandemic Support Payment Grant Reconciliation

Last week 4C for Children held a webinar with the Ohio Child Care Resource & Referral Association (OCCRRA) to support all Ohio child care programs—center-based and family child care—with the reconciliation of the June Pandemic Support Payment Grants. Watch the webinar recording here. For more resources from OCCRRA on the Pandemic Support Payment Grant process, visit https://occrra.org/.

From ODJFS: School-Age Care Documents

Please review the following updated documents from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS):

Ohio Administrative Code updates for child care centers, including temporary pandemic school-age child care centers, family child care, day camps and in-home aide providers
Recording School-Age Attendance for Publicly Funded Child Care in the Time Attendance and Payment System During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Frequently Asked Questions for Temporary Pandemic School-Age Child Care Centers

Make sure you have https://jfs.ohio.gov/cdc/CoronavirusAndChildcare/ bookmarked to keep up with all the latest information.

Meet the Conference Keynote Speakers

Thursday: Leading in the Dark: Happiness is Running Through the Streets to Find You, Even In a Pandemic!
Holly Elissa Bruno, MA, JD, is a best-selling, award-winning author and international keynoter. Her sixth book, Happiness Is Running Through the Streets to Find You, sold out almost immediately after publication.

Friday: Courageous Conversations about Racial Equity for Twenty-First Century Educators
Dr. Kimberly Diamond-Berry is director of early childhood applied practice at the HighScope Educational Research Foundation. She works to help develop and implement processes that ensure the translation of the science of early childhood into current practice and policies.

Saturday: The Leadership Test
Drew Dudley is the founder and chief catalyst of Day One Leadership, Inc., which helps organizations around the world increase leadership capacity. Drew has spoken to over 250,000 people on five continents, and his “TED talk” has been voted “one of the 15 most inspirational TED talks of all time.”

Conference registration opens soon! Stay tuned to 4cforchildren.org/conference for updates.

Coaching Corner: Mid-Week Meetup

Free virtual coaching sessions for family child care providers and center-based administrators are held each week via Zoom.

Wednesday, Sept. 2 | 1-3 p.m.
Join us to discuss this week’s theme: Professional Development. 4C for Children Quality Program Team Leader Angie Lance will share information about the 4C for Children October conference, including how to register. There will also be time for participants to discuss issues related to professional development and successes in managing it. Click here to register.

Learn more about coaching opportunities.

Tune Into Training

Join us for these upcoming free virtual training opportunities.

Sept. 3:The Psychology Behind Challenging Behaviors
Sept. 8:Communicable Disease Recognition and Prevention Review
Sept. 8:Communicable Disease Recognition and Prevention
Sept. 9:ASQ-3 The Ages and Stages Questionnaires
Sept. 9: All About CDA: Orientation to the CDA Process – Southwest Ohio

Visit 4cforchildren.org/training for more!

Webinar Recording: Helping Children and Families Manage Stress and Build Resilience

This webinar, from The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), offers strategies for how educators, parents and families can structure their day, work towards more meaningful interactions, be conscious of and work towards better self-regulation, and other ways to positively impact a child’s experience and relationship with them. Watch the webinar.

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