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Groundwork Ohio is excited to announce its fourth annual Early Childhood Leadership Fellowship cohort. The Fellowship will provide emerging early childhood professionals with essential training and support needed to enhance their leadership skills and talents.

Groundwork Ohio is looking for passionate early childhood professionals that include home-based and center-based childcare providers, home visitors, child development specialists, child welfare professionals, early childhood mental health providers, preschool educators, maternal, infant and early childhood health professionals, higher education professionals, and more!

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Upcoming Staff Support Fund

Application Window : Monday, October 24, 2022 - Friday, November 18, 2022, 5:00 p.m.

Applications received after this deadline will be considered during the next application window.

 The Staff Support Fund Pilot is intended to help preschool program owners and directors retain quality staff as they pursue a high quality rating. Preschool programs will have access to $3,000 per lead teaching position in their center or family child care program.

Eligibility Requirements: 

•  Be Eligible CPP Quality Improvement Provider
• Be in good standing with CPP Quality Improvement Provider
• Be Unrated, 1 - 2 Star 

Staff Support Funds Can be used for:

• Offering retention, recruitment, or advancement bonuses 
• Offsetting costs for health insurance 
• Supplementing teachers’ wages 
• Paying for formal education in a degree-granting program in early childhood education (or directly related field) that is not already supported financially through other sources