Important resources for families during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) released a Penn State University study of COVID-19’s impact on Pennsylvania’s child care industry.

The CCW blended rate payment policy has been modified for the 2020-21 school year.

The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has outlined an emergency relocation process for child care providers who are displaced from their facilities due to COVID-19.

The Early Learning Resource Center (ELRC) Region 5 is asking providers to complete a survey to gauge their interest in serving school-age children during the 2020-21 academic school year.

As Pennsylvania public schools and private schools are finalizing and announcing full remote instruction or hybrid instruction model plans for the 2020-21 academic school year, OCDEL is offering brief guidance for parents who need expanded child care.

Allegheny Department of Human Services (DHS), Trying Together, and United Way’s Allegheny County Partners for Out-of-School-Time (APOST) have joined forces to support the critical work of Out-of-School-Time programs.

This new community resource will connect parents and caregivers across Southwestern Pennsylvania and provide a space to ask questions, network, and support one another.