OCDEL has issued temporary changes to the policy regarding parents and caregivers caring for their own children in a child care setting during the COVID-19 pandemic-related Proclamation of Disaster Emergency.

OCDEL and the Pennsylvania Key are seeking applications for partnership in the provision of Early Head Start and/or Early Head Start Child Care Partnership services.

The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has released the Keystone STARS designation processes and protocols for fiscal year 20/21 (FY 20/21).

OCDEL is encouraging child care providers to complete a monthly survey to better understand the success and challenges child care providers are experiencing as they operate during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ELRC Region 5 is regularly providing updates for early educators and families, including resources, operations updates, FAQs, and news.

The third round of CARES Act funds will be distributed to eligible, certified child care providers through regional ELRCs and will be available in September 2020.

The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has provided operation guidance to non-licensed school-age child care programs and learning pods during the 2020-2021 school year.

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services has launched an online tool for licensed and approved child care providers to report COVID-19 cases.

A crosswalk document that can be used to compare the most recent version of the Keystone STARS Performance Standards to the new standards is available for child care providers.