Kindergarten registration for the 2026-27 school year will open Sunday, February 1 for students who turn 5 years of age prior to August 1 and reside in Ross Township or the borough of West View.

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) has announced the availability of $11.5 million in state Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) funding. 

Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services (DHS) has launched a new online screening tool to help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients and applicants navigate new requirements to access benefits.

Providers must submit an application for the Child Care Staff Recruitment and Retention Award to ELRC Region 5 by Thursday, January 29.

PA Promise for Children has released its list of January books for preschoolers in its Kindergarten Here I Come newsletter. The list includes eight books across four categories.

This spring, ELRC Region 5's quality partner, Trying Together, will host Celebrating Together, a special evening for early childhood educators and all who support them.

The Allegheny County Department of Children Initiatives (DCI) has created a new Out-of-School Time (OST) Programs Dashboard to explore the locations of OST programs in the county.

Pennsylvania’s Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has announced that the Rapid Response Team Grants funded through the Preschool Development Birth to Five initiative have been extended.

The Afterschool Alliance is asking those who operate afterschool or summer learning programs to take a survey to provide information on the needs that their programs face.