Impacting Future Child Care Related Programming

59 percent of Pennsylvania's certified child care and after school programs have demonstrated a willingness to impact future child care related programming and policy decisions, ​including Child Care Works rate setting by responding to OCDEL's 2022 Market Rate Survey (MRS). Have you submitted your programs information?

Send your survey by the Oct. 11, 2022, deadline.

Do you have questions about the 2022 Child Care Market Rate Survey, didn't receive one, or need help submitting the survey? Contact the Institute of State and Regional Affairs at ChildCareResearch@psu.edu or leave a toll-free voicemail at (866) 982-6433. Learn more.

SUNSETTING Announcement C-21-09 Updated September 30, 2022, Reinstating and Extensions of Child Care Certification Regulation Suspensions Due to Act 73, Act 14 and Act 30

The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) Bureaus of Early Learning Policy and Professional Development, and Bureau of Certification have released the SUNSET of Announcement C-21-09 Updated September 30, 2022, Reinstating and Extensions of Child Care Certification Regulation Suspensions Due to Act 73, Act 14 and Act 30. Effective October 31, 2022, OCDEL has reinstated a number of suspended regulations.  

SUNSETTING Announcement ELRC 21 #09, Child Care Works (CCW) Payment During the Ongoing Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning, Bureau of Early Learning Policy and Professional Development has released the SUNSET of the Announcement ELRC 21 #09, Child Care Works (CCW) Payment During the Ongoing Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) effective October 31, 2022. 

PPE for Child Care

The Department of Health (DOH), Department of General Services (DGS), and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) are collaborating to right-size the current PPE stockpile for future COVID-19 and public health emergency purposes, and to ensure partners have sufficient quantities of PPE to protect against a likely fall/winter resurgence of COVID-19.

To that end, partners are encouraged to request PPE through this form. These resources are intended to support organizations for current or future COVID-19 protection, or other associated purposes (including training purposes) and are available at no cost to the recipient. Read more.

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