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Image: Young children play together at a table at an early learning program in Pittsburgh.

August 2, 2022

COVID-19 Best Practices for Child Care: Vaccinations

The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has developed best practices for early learning professionals navigating COVID-19 protocols in their child care programs. On July 25, OCDEL updated…

Image: Two early childhood professional work to get a group of children into a single line, ready to move to a next location.

August 1, 2022

Local Kindergarten Transition & Back to School Programming

Summer is almost coming to an end and children are getting ready to head back to school. To help with the transition, local community organizations and family centers are offering…

July 27, 2022

PAS and BAS Community of Practice Pilots

The Program Quality Assessment team is offering two cohorts of the Business Administration Scale (BAS) Community of Practice (CoP) and is planning to offer a Program Administration Scale (PAS) CoP…

Image: An early childhood professional sits at a table, looking downward at an UnConference informational handout.

July 26, 2022

Free Training Available: Strengthening Business Practices for Child Care Programs

The National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance, in partnership with the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) and the PA Key, is offering Strengthening Business Practices for…

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July 25, 2022

Resources for Impacts to Medicare and CHIP

Now that the public health emergency surrounding COVID-19 has expired, states will require eligibility renewals for most receiving Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for the first time since…