What you need to know this week

Monday, July 20

Attention: Hamilton County Child Care Programs That Held Temporary Pandemic Child Care (TPCC) Licenses

If you are a child care provider located in Hamilton County that served as a TPCC site, you may be eligible to receive assistance from Hamilton County.

Hamilton County will use a portion of its CARES Act funding to assist child care providers that operated under the emergency pandemic child care license and served Hamilton County Publicly Funded Child Care children. The full application will be released soon. In the meantime, the first step in the application process is to complete a Hamilton County Vendor Registration. Read more on our website.

Encourage Your Families to Complete the Census!

It’s estimated 5% of kids under age 5 were not counted in the 2010 Census. That equals about 1 million young children who were not counted—the highest undercount of any age group.

You can help ensure everyone is counted. Download this flyer and share with your families so they can learn how participating in the 2020 Census is easy, safe, and important.

Mid-Week Meetup July 22

Join us for free virtual coaching sessions for administrators (center-based and family child care). Sessions are hosted via Zoom.

Here is information about our next session:

Wednesday, July 22 | 1-3 p.m.

Topic: School-Age Care: Planning for Fall. Click here to register.

Learn more about coaching opportunities.

Join us for these upcoming free virtual training opportunities.

July 23: Using Interests, Project Approach and Everyday Events to Discover Science

July 24: ELDS Module Level 2: Language and Literacy, Birth to 36 months

Virtual CDA Orientation

July 23: All About CDA: Orientation to the CDA Process -Southwest Ohio

July 28: All About CDA: Orientation to the CDA Process - Miami Valley

Visit 4cforchildren.org/training for more!

Updates From the Field

Recording: Child Care Round Table With Groundwork Ohio

Community leaders from Dayton and Akron discussed the critical role child care plays in supporting families, businesses and the local economy. Panelists included:

Mayor Daniel Horrigan, City of Akron
Mayor Nan Whaley, City of Dayton
Laura DiCola, Summit Education Initiative
Palmer Jason, Good Shepherd Academy Child Care
Ronette Moss, Akron Area YMCA
Charmaine Webster, Dayton/Montgomery County Preschool Promise

Watch the discussion.

Resource for Families: Ohio Governor's Imagination Library

Encourage your families to enroll children in the Ohio Governor's Imagination Library to receive a free children's book every month. All Ohio children from ages 0 to 5 are eligible. Current Imagination Library counties from our service area include: Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke, Fayette, Greene, Hamilton, Logan, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby, and Warren. Clermont County is coming soon!

4C for Children is a local nonprofit organization that supports everyone who cares for young children by educating child care professionals, helping families find child care and offering parent resources.