Allegheny County Executive-Elect Sara Innamorato has named nearly 200 esteemed and diverse leaders from the county to nine policy committees that will inform her administration’s governing agenda. 

Trying Together Executive Director Cara Ciminillo will co-chair the Robust Education, Workforce Development, and Youth Investments Committee.

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All in Allegheny invites people from every part of the County to share their ideas, priorities, and needs with the Innamorato Administration. Members are divided into policy committees that draw on a range of expertise from across the county. 

All In Allegheny – a large and inclusive community engagement process that will understand what people from every part of Allegheny want from County government and build an action plan for County government to deliver on community needs during the Innamorato Administration. 

The nine policy committees are each focused on activating the powers of County government to deliver on the following community priorities:

• Healthy Families and High-Quality Human Services 
• Housing for All
• Open and Accessible Government
• Reliable, Modern Transportation and Infrastructure
• Robust Education, Workforce Development, and Youth Investments
• Safe Communities and Justice for All
• Strong and Equitable Economic and Community Development
• Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and a Green Economy
• Vibrant Democracy

To learn more, visit Innamorato’s transition website, AlleghenyForAll.com.

Start Strong PA partners and the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) Deputy Secretary Shante’ Brown are hosting 13 virtual child care provider listening sessions.

The sessions are designed to:

• Share the results from Start Strong PA’s September 2023 child care provider survey (focused on successes and challenges with the Pennsylvania child care system);
• Gather additional feedback on the Pennsylvania child care system from those working in the field;
• Offer opportunities for questions to be answered by Deputy Secretary Brown; and
• Present current and future opportunities to engage with Start Strong PA and OCDEL.

Event Details

Choose the Child Care Listening Session based on a child care program’s Early Learning Resource Center (ELRC) and register today! Home-based providers have an additional evening option available! To see all the available listening sessions, visit the event post.

The Pennsylvania Key partnered with the Council for Professional Recognition to enhance the Child Development Associate (CDA) process in Pennsylvania.

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This new process allows providers to pull a CDA Summary Report within their Professional Development (PD) Registry profile. This report will show if any PD hours can be applied to the CDA credential. The PD training hours are then divided into ten CDA content areas and will be accepted by the CDA Council as evidence that works towards the credential.

This new process will replace the previously used Professional Development Learning Record (PDLR) when submitting PD hours to the CDA Council. The CDA Council will no longer accept the PDLR. CDA candidates who complete their training hours for credit at an Institute of Higher Education (IHE) will still be required to provide their college transcripts as evidence of training completion.

To see step-by-step instructions on where to find and how to pull the new CDA Summary Report, view the tip sheet.

Source

Information for this post was taken directly from The Pennsylvania Key’s PA Early Ed News email. Some text may have been added, paraphrased, or adapted for readability and comprehension.

Resources and Related Content

To learn more about the CDA program at Trying Together, please visit our CDA Credentials page.