Trailblazer for PBC Providers | Webinar Recordings for CARES Act Funding 📣💰💻

Dearest Early Learning Providers, Teachers & Educators,

We were pleased to see so many of our teachers and child care providers join our CARES Act Funding Application webinars!

If you'd like to re-watch or if you missed these, we have included links to the YouTube videos below.

Please send any questions or comments to Provider.Services@elcpalmbeach.org or call us via our Provider Warmline at 1.877. 767.4659.

This week, we also remind you to please share our Emergency Personnel Child Care Scholarship Program. The final date to apply for this program is next Friday, July 31. For more information including application, please click the link here .

With all that is going on, we are more thankful now than ever before - for our amazing child care provider community. If there is anything that we can do to support you during this time, please don't hesitate to reach out to us...

Thank you,

The Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County

CARES Act Funding Application Webinars

Contracted & OPEN

as of April 30

Contracted & CLOSED

as of April 30

2020 CARES Act Funding Webinars for Child Care Providers - Catch-All Discussion

Question & Answer

for ALL Providers

PLEASE SHARE WITH PARENTS & FAMILIES

Join Us Wednesday @ 6pm | Parent Cafe ( Spanish )

Getting Off to a Good Start:

Resources & Considerations for

Preschool to Kindergarten Transition

(Presented in Spanish)

Wednesday, July 22

From 6 - 7 PM

Via GoToWebinar

Click Here to Register Now

Click Here for Facebook Event

Extended (At-Home) Learning Opportunities

Facebook Live! Parent Chat

The First Day Of School: A List of Do's and Don'ts

Thursday, July 23 @ 6 PM

Click Here to "Get Reminder" for the Live Parent Chat on Thursday 7|23

All-New This Week, July 20-24 | Letter 'N' - Number Sense

All Events For Parents & Families

All Events For Child Care Providers

Click Here to see all Extended Learning Opportunities on our Website

COVID-19 | The Latest Resources & Information

My Teacher Wears A Mask | A Story to Help Children

Teachers can use an intentional connecting ritual with infants, toddlers and young preschoolers too.

This book of pictures and suggested activities let children know ‘I am still me’ even with a mask on.

Story book here

Virtual Study Buddies Sessions

Study Buddies Session are available to all early childhood educators who have completed the targeted online course and are interested in a review of the course prior to taking the end of the course assessment. Please share with your teachers.

Session Calendar

Key Times to Clean and Sanitize Toys in Child Care Programs

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Latest Information for Child Care

Guidance for child care programs that remain open

Guidance for summer camps

Quarantine if you might be sick

List of COVID-19 Testing Sites

Legal Considerations: Child Care & Early Learning | Children's Forum

The Children's Forum held a webinar on Thursday, July 9 for child care providers to discuss the legal considerations for child care and early learning in the COVID-19 era. A recording of the webinar is available on their YouTube channel , in addition to some other useful resources for employers/child care facilities .

Benefits & Emergency Food Services Currently Available

Feeding South Florida provides direct-service programs to individuals in need of assistance. This includes benefits application assistance, access to their choice pantry, referrals for longer-term food assistance at a partner agency, and home delivery for qualified individuals. To fill out a client services application, please click this link .

For this week's distribution updates in Palm Beach County, please see below: