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Developmentally Appropriate Parenting Series
To help guide families in understanding, identifying, and implementing Developmentally Appropriate Practices, ELRC Region 5’s quality partner Trying Together developed the Developmentally Appropriate Parenting (DAP) Series.
COVID-19 Best Practices: Reporting and Timelines
The Early Learning Resource Center (ELRC) Region 5 and the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) have released specific actions that child care providers and staff must take if there is a confirmed or probable positive case of COVID-19 in a child or adult who has been present in their early learning program.
Survey: Child Care Programs Losing Money Each Day
Current NAEYC survey results show that child care providers are sacrificing to stay open and waiting to relief.
Hotspot Lending Program in Allegheny County
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is offering a hotspot lending program for remote learners in Allegheny County.
Instructors Wanted: Cultural Responsiveness Training Series
The Cultural Responsiveness Series aims to ensure equitable practices and eliminate racism throughout early childhood education (ECE) facilities across Pennsylvania.
Job Opening at ELRC Region 5
ELRC Region 5 is currently seeking to fill an opening for an ELRC Region 5 Quality Coach.
New COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts
Child care operations will not be impacted under new limited-time COVID-19 mitigation efforts in Pennsylvania.
CARES Act Funding Tracking Tool
The PA Department of Human Services (DHS) is launching an online portal, the DHS CARES Act Funding Tracking Tool, for child care providers to submit final costs of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act 2020 funding.
Early Childhood Grant Opportunity: No Kid Hungry Program
Early child care centers working to ensure vulnerable young children have access to healthy food are encouraged to apply for a No Kid Hungry grant to increase food security among young children (0-5 years old).