A new Early Learning Resource Center (ELRC) provider support line is now available to help child care providers with ELRC agreements.

Effective March 1, 2023, base rates paid to child care providers participating in CCW will increase. The new base rates are now available online.

Effective January 1, 2022, base rates paid to child care providers participating in CCW will increase. The new base rates are now available online.

The Early Learning Resource Center Region 5 is reopening its satellite offices by appointment only for families and professionals interested in accessing services and support.

Beginning July 6, 2021 the Early Learning Resource Center Region 5 will reopen its Wood Street office by appointment only for families and professionals interested in accessing services and support.

CCW reimbursements will be increased to the 40th percentile of the market rate for child care in the provider’s region, up from approximately the 25th percentile where most of Pennsylvania’s child care providers currently sit.

Out of an abundance of caution with the rising COVID-19 cases in Allegheny County, the ELRC Region 5 and it's satellite offices will remain closed to the public for in-person services.

The Early Learning Resource Center Region 5 is launching an online interactive map that provides caregivers of young children in Allegheny County the opportunity to locate available supports closest to them.