The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services has issued guidance for child care providers related to regulatory compliance with Tuberculin Skin Testing requirements after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination.

The Office of Child Development and Early Learning has developed a flyer emphasizing face mask requirements in early learning settings.

The ELRC Region 5 and it's satellite offices will remain closed to the public for in-person services until further notice.

OCDEL released the Announcement C-21-02 Act 62 of 2020 Fire Safety Requirements for Certified Child Care Facilities, which describes the requirements in Act 62, signed into law July 14, 2020 and effective on November 11, 2020.

A competitive application process for the Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program to disperse available state expansion funding to eligible grantees beginning in FY 2021-22.

OCDEL has extended the public comment period for Pennsylvania’s FFY 2022-24 Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) Draft State Plan to May 24, 2021.

The VOICE for Children Award is the only statewide award in Pennsylvania that recognizes early care and education professionals, who are not paid advocates, that go above and beyond their daily work in the field by being grassroots leaders through advocacy and public policy efforts.

A competitive Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts Request for Applications process will be used to award expansion funds beginning in fiscal year 2021-22.