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Build, Learn, Grow Summer Scholarship
The Indiana Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning — in partnership the Indiana Afterschool Network — is offering a new Build, Learn, Grow Summer Scholarship program.
Many students lost valuable instructional education time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to ensure that students are ready to learn during the 2022-2023 academic year, we have created a new Build, Learn, Grow Scholarship program for children of essential workers.
BLG Summer Scholarships will cover up to 80% of a school-age child’s summer program tuition. We encourage summer programs to utilize the Build, Learn, Grow Summer Scholarship program to increase recruitment and retention of students.
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Ending Onboarding Stipends and Background Check Fees
As Indiana’s Build, Learn, Grow program transitions into its next phase of support, onboarding stipends and waived background check fee initiatives will end April 30.
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Support CCDF Families as They Resume Copays
With CCDF copays resuming next week, we urge all providers to use this toolkit to help families transition back to making payments. If your program charges overages, we encourage you to use your program’s Stabilization Grant dollars to help temporarily waive the overages.
You can find copay amounts for applicable CCDF families in the provider portal at www.hoosierchildcare.com. If families have experienced a change in their financial situation that would impact their copayment amounts, please encourage them to contact their CCDF eligibility specialist.
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Fast-Track CDA Locations
Ivy Tech Community College is inviting early childhood educators in the Muncie, Anderson, and Bloomington areas to earn their 12-credit Child Development Associate (CDA) credential in just eight weeks through its fast-track CDA course this summer.
Muncie and Anderson classes run June 6 through July 29 and meet weeknight evenings virtually on Zoom. Participants must be currently employed and have at least 480 hours of prior experience. Contact Erin Donovan, Early Childhood Education Department Chair, for more information at edonovan2@ivytech.edu.
Bloomington classes run June 6 through July 31 and meet weeknight evenings. To sign up for classes, students must demonstrate college readiness in English through assessment or previous coursework. Students can choose whether to attend part of the required course instruction live on Zoom or live in person. This program serves students from Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Orange, and Owen counties. Contact Marjie Risen, Bloomington Early Childhood Education Department Chair, at mrisen@ivytech.edu to set up an appointment and begin the registration process.
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Help Families Apply for On My Way Pre-K
On My Way Pre-K is still accepting applications for the 2022-2023 school year. On My Way Pre-K awards grants to 4-year-olds from low-income families so they may have access to a high-quality pre-K the year before they begin kindergarten. Families who receive a grant may use the grant at any approved On My Way Pre-K program. Children who will be 4 years old by August 1, 2022 are eligible.
If a family in your program may be interested or qualify, please have them visit www.onmywayprek.org and apply today.
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Loan Forgiveness Webinar
On March 31, the Administration for Children and Families Office of Early Childhood Development and the U.S. Department of Education jointly hosted a webinar on loan forgiveness for the early care and education (ECE) workforce. The discussion highlighted flexibilities offered through the Limited Public Service Loan Forgiveness Waiver and how the ECE workforce can take advantage of this time-limited opportunity. Nearly 17,000 people registered for this event, demonstrating strong interest in this topic. If you did not tune in live, you can access the recording of the webinar below.
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