 |
|
 |
|
 | ||
 |
|  | |
 | |||
|
|
Children's Services Announces next phase of enrollment initiative: Project Full Enrollment For Child Care and Head Start Provider Agencies Effective September 2008 (FY 2009), Children's Services will begin a citywide, phased implementation of the next stage of Project Full Enrollment (PFE). Children's Services will modify the contract and payment system to compensate each program for the actual number of children enrolled in and attending the program rather than the program's budgeted capacity. This initiative will serve as an incentive to achieve and maintain full enrollment. | | |
| |||
|
|
Universal Pre-Kindergarten 2008-2009 Intra-City Application For Child Care and Head Start Provider Agencies The 2008-2009 academic year marks the second year of the Children’s Services/Department of Education Intra-city UPK agreement. The goals of the agreement are three-fold: (1) offer UPK services to as many eligible children as possible; (2) offer the possible enhancement of existing Child Care and Head Start programs with the addition of UPK supplement and (3) reduce the administrative burden of UPK contracts with both DOE and ACS. Children’s Services and the Department of Education continue to encourage all Child Care and Head Start programs that serve four-year-olds, to offer Universal Pre-Kindergarten services. Programs are encouraged to submit the completed Qualification Tool, including budget templates, electronically by submitting to the UPKatACS@dfa.state.ny.us mailbox. Click on the link below for additional information Introductory letter (PDF) 2008-2009 Qualification Tool (Word) 2008-2009 Budget Templates (Excel) For approved 2008-2009 UPK providers If you have been approved to provide UPK for the 2008-09 school year through the ACS/DOE Intra-City agreement, below are links to the forms you will need to complete student registration (in PDF format)
| | |
| |||
|
|
Legally Exempt Child Care Provider Enrollment Beginning in July, 2008, the Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDCo) will launch as New York City’s first Legally Exempt Enrollment Agency to increase monitoring of informal child care providers in the Bronx. All informal providers (usually a friend, relative or neighbor caring for one or two children) will now undergo background checks. Some informal providers will also receive home visits within 90 days of beginning care to determine if the information that they have entered on the Health and Safety Checklist is true and accurate. Here are some questions that parents and providers may have. | | |
| |||
|
Child Care Strategic Plan | |||
|
|
Community Needs Analysis Children’s Services conducted a community needs analysis to examine the availability of public and private early care and education (ECE) services for all young children (ages 0-5 years) and families in New York City, but especially for children eligible for ACS’ subsidized services. This Summary Report, “Charting the Course for Child Care and Head Start: Community Needs Analysis of Early Care and Education in New York City,” highlights the main findings related to the provision of ECE services across the City, the boroughs, and individual neighborhoods. Additionally, the report explains the Division of Child Care and Head Start’s next steps in achieving the direction envisioned in the Strategic Plan, Rethinking Child Care. With information about community need, Children’s Services can better strengthen and align services to meet the developmental needs of young children and community stakeholders can use the findings in their own planning for ECE services. The Full Report will be available in July.
Rethinking Child Care Archives:
| | |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|