ARPA Stabilization Grants for Child Care – Closing Jan. 31, 2022 

Directors, owners, administrators and/or designated fiscal staff members that access the Professional Development (PD) Registry (papdregistry.org) for their eligible program should log into their account, go to the Keystone STARS/Grants tab in their organization’s profile and begin the application process.

To learn more about this opportunity, including eligibility requirements, allowable expenses, the grant calculation estimator, and tutorials on how to complete the application, visit the ARPA Stabilization Grant (pakeys.org/arpastabilizationgrants) page.

·   Please note “CA” on the attendance grid on the specific date(s) a child is absent due to the Corona Virus.

·   Note non-COVID absences as “A”.

·   Please continue to note absences as “A”, use the comment section below each child’s name to note the specific dates a child was absent due to the Corona Virus.

·   Por favor escriba las letras "CA" en la hoja de asistencia (Attendance), en el cuadrado de la(s) fecha(s) específica(s) en que un niño(a) ha está ausente debido al Coronavirus.

·   Pero continúe anotando las ausencias que no se relacionan con el COVID como "A".

·   Continúe anotando las ausencias como "A", y no olvide seguir usando la sección de comentarios debajo del nombre de cada niño(a) para anotar las fechas específicas en que un niño(a) estuvo ausente debido al Coronavirus.

“What is the most important thing you would wish for all children?” the late Dr. Sally Provence, Professor Emeritus at Yale University’s Child Study Unit, was once asked. Her answer: “Continuity of care from birth to three years old.”

When the new Keystone STARS Program Performance Standards came out offering ‘points’ for an early childhood program that practices continuity of care, FC 3.4.3, many in the childcare field were scratching their heads and asking, “what is that?” and “I think we do that?”

Let’s look at the quality indicator, FC 3.4.3, create a clear definition of continuity of care, and state how it benefits children and programs. Let’s discover what it may look like in various programs.

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