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PCADV & OCDEL Team Up for Domestic Violence Awareness Toolkit
A new toolkit aims to provide domestic violence programs with a deeper understanding of the OCDEL network and the services their programs provide within all communities across Pennsylvania.
Remote Learning Resources Available
The Early Learning Resource Center (ELRC) Region 5’s quality partner Trying Together has compiled a list of remote learning resources to support teachers, parents, and students as they transition to and navigate remote learning.
PA Keys Offers Recorded Webinar for School-Age Care Tips
The Pennsylvania Keys is offering SAC Tips for Current Events, a pre-recorded professional development webinar with school-age care tips.
Benefits of Having a PD Registry Profile
Pennsylvania PD Registry Profiles offers early learning professionals and child care providers plenty of benefits including the ability to schedule professional development, request financial assistance, and more.
2020 Family Support Needs Assessment
On October 22, the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) released a new Family Support Needs Assessment that covers the needs and challenges experienced by families with young children and opportunities to address these needs and better serve families.
Deadline Reminder for FBI Background Checks
People needing Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) criminal history background checks as a condition of employment must obtain them by December 31, 2020.
New Allegheny County Family Resource Map
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.
OCDEL Releases New Keystone STARS Internal Assessment Process (IAP) Guide
The Office of Child Development and Early Learning has released the newly developed Internal Assessment Process (IAP) Guide for Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs in Keystone STARS working toward STAR 3 and 4 designation.
Early Childhood Education Grant Opportunity
The GIANT Company, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Key, is offering a grant opportunity for early childhood education providers licensed by and in good standing with the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS).