Child Care & Head Start

The EarlyLearn NYC Admissions Campaign Corner

GIVE A HOOT, LET’S RECRUIT!

The 2013 EarlyLearn NYC Admissions Campaign will be a citywide effort to increase enrollment and promote the EarlyLearn brand in New York City. Check back often for new campaign efforts and materials, recruitment and enrollment resources, Week of the Young Child event notices, and much more.

Recruitment Resources
from the Division of Early
Care and Education

Click here for the Campaign Overview and Timeline
Click here for Recruitment and Marketing Tips

Great Resources to Enhance
your Marketing Strategies

The Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC) via the Administration for Children and Families: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc
The New York City Early Childhood Professional Development Institute (PDI) website which includes opportunities for professional development and program resources: http://www.earlychildhoodnyc.org/
Free websites to send E-vites and mass invitations to your contact list: http://new.evite.com/#home or www.punchbowl.com
Post your events for free on sites to get exposure and bring in new families: www.mommypoppins.com or www.fun4kidsnyc.com
Subscribe to e-newsletters that share information, free events and seminars, etc. for nonprofit organizations: http://www.nynp.biz/index.php/subscribe or http://www.nycon.org/index.asp

The Program Information Report (PIR) is an annual federal survey that collects program level data from all Head Start grantees and delegate agencies. The report includes information describing the children and families enrolled in Head Start and the services provided to them. It contains information on program, child, family, and staff characteristics; health services (medical, dental, mental health), services to children with disabilities and family services. Information on the 2013 data collection will be forthcoming at a later date.

Resource Areas

Please click the on the following links for contact person at the Resource Areas

The following documents and forms are used when determining a family’s eligibility for EarlyLearn. For specific questions on any form, please contact your Resource Area (RA). Their contact information can be found in the RA Directory.

Click here for Application Checklist

Click here for Notice of Eligibility and Day Care Service and Fee Agreement (ACD 1513)

Click here for Referral to Employer for Employee Income Information (CS 1069)

Click here for Vocational Training Verification (CS 1082)

Click here for ACS History Sheet (W-25)

Instructions for Completing Your Application for Child Care Subsidy (CS 925A) Click here

Below is the link to the Web-based Enrollment System (WES). Simply clink on this link to bring you to the sign-in page: https://a069-ra1.nyc.gov/WES

Below are links to WES training materials and User Guides. Please click on the links provided to download the information.

EarlyLearnNYC seeks to elevate the quality of early care and education throughout the City of New York by evidencing the concept of research in daily practice. In partnership with the NYC Department of Education, ACS has crafted the NYC School Readiness Goals for the 2012-2013 School Year. The NYC School Readiness Goals were developed against the backdrop of the Parent and Family Engagement Framework; The Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework; Framework for Programs Serving Infants and Toddlers and Their Families; NYS PreKindergarten Foundation for the Common Core; NYC DOE Quality Review Rubric and results of our analysis of this year’s child outcomes data.

Please begin to conduct the parent orientations and other parent activities with the new families and your current parent body and policy committee. Please send all forms to the HSDAPC Election Mailbox. The email address is HSDAPC@ACS.NYC.GOV

Parent Election Training will be provided for new programs and selected programs that may need a refresher on the election process. The trainings will begin in October. You will be notified of the election training dates via the weekly Bulletin. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Eleanor Quallo via email at Equallo@acs.nyc.gov or Miranda Harrison at Miranda.harrison@dfa.state.ny.us.

ACS encourages programs to provide opportunities to enrich and expand children's experiences through developmentally appropriate neighborhood walks and field trips. All trips require written parental consent and should be planned to ensure the health, safety and adequate supervision of all children at all times. The following guidelines are intended to help center-based Child Care and Head Start programs in developing and implementing their trip policies and Lost Child Protocol.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services established the maximum rates for New York City Child Care. Rate increases may be requested once a year and must be justified with documentation. The request and documentation process requires the submission of a completed application. Please use the appropriate instructions and application, based on the type of program/provider, by clicking on the link below:

New York State regulations require all legally-exempt child care providers (also known as informal providers) who provide child care services for a child residing in New York City to be approved, enrolled, and monitored by the Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco), New York City’s Legally-Exempt Enrollment Agency. Learn more and get the required forms