The COVID-19 Relief Pennsylvania Statewide Small Business Assistance program will provide grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 to small businesses that have been economically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

OCDEL is implementing COVID-19 health and safety systems support for child care providers.

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.