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Elevate Your Program with Town Square
Level up your family child care home program with resources from Town Square.
Whether you need inspiration for activities, want to connect with other providers, or work on your professional development, Town Square can help. These resources are available in both English and Spanish.
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Wellness: Learn how to support the health and wellbeing of the children in your care through tip sheets, resources, and links.
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Home Business: Find resources, articles, templates, advice, and links about how to balance your home and small business.
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Learning: Explore child development topics, current research, resources, and links that support developmentally appropriate practice in your family child care home.
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Perspectives: Exchange stories about your family child care home and business, contribute to the provider blog, and find resources to support personal growth.
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Activities: Search a library of developmentally appropriate activities to support multi-age learning.
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Use Pay by Enrollment New Roster Clean-up Form
Use the Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning (OECOSL)'s submission form to make all child care voucher roster update requests.
Changes can be requested for up to ten (10) children on one form. Submissions are sent directly to your eligibility office. This will assist in processing those requests faster and more easily. Bookmark or favorite the form link in your web browser to save it for easy access.
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Request children be removed from your program (never started or disenrolled)
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Request funds from improper payments be recouped from a future payment
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Request a gap in care for a child not using vouchers temporarily
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Report a change in start date for a child
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Change absences that were recorded in error when a child was not attending
For more Pay by Enrollment provider support, call the SPARK Help Desk at 1-800-299-1627 or visit the SPARK website. Families can get support by calling Indiana 211 or their local eligibility office.
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Reminder: Keep Your Staff Roster Updated
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Please remember to remove all staff who are no longer working in your child care program from your in I-LEAD staff roster as soon as they are no longer employed. This will ensure that they are not included in annual reviews. |
Stay Updated with INAEYC
The Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children (INAEYC) has several upcoming opportunities for child care providers:
Register for the 2025 IN Early Childhood Conference: Registration is open for the 2025 Indiana Early Childhood Conference, which will be held March 28-29 at the Indiana Convention Center. Register today. Access the .
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Register for Opportunities with SPARK Group Coaching
Let our coaches meet you where you're at with SPARK Group Coaching. Register for an opportunity with Coach Claire, Coach Jennifer, or Coach Izzy. Practice professional development in areas including Paths to QUALITY™, Infant Toddler, Accreditation, and Active Supervision.
Mark your calendar for these upcoming opportunities:
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PTQ Level 2 Advancement for Homes: Mondays at 1:30 p.m. ET from April 7 to May 12
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NAEYC: Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m. ET from April 8 to June 10
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Infant Toddler for Homes: Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. ET from April 8 to May 6
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NAFCC: Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. ET from April 9 to June 11
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NECPA: Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. ET from April 9 to June 11
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Español bebés y niños pequeños: miércoles a las 6:00 p.m. ET 9 de Abril a 7 de Mayo
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Español PTQ Nivel 2: miércoles a las 1:30 p.m. ET 9 de Abril a 14 de Mayo
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Infant Toddler for Facilities: Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. ET from April 10 to May 8
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Active Supervision for Homes: Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. ET from April 10 to May 8
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Active Supervision for Facilities: Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. ET from April 10 to May 8
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PTQ Level 2 Advancement for Facilities: Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. ET from April 15 to May 20
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Level Up Your Program this Spring
Did you know? The new Emerging Provider Experience on Brighter Futures Indiana is an incredible hub for existing early learning providers to elevate their program this spring. Whether you desire to increase your enrollment, increase your program quality level, or learn new business skills, you can find it all in the "Grow" section of the Emerging Provider Experience by clicking on "Continue My Journey." If you know anyone who is interested in starting a new child care program, please share this tool with them, too. There are tons of resources, as well as a form to connect with an emerging provider specialist.
Additionally, be sure to check out the schedule for this spring's Child Care Provider Fair, hosted by the CCR&R Network, where you can connect with your local CCR&R agency and other partners to help you along the way.
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Attend Upcoming SPARK Learning Lab Trainings
Explore upcoming training opportunities through SPARK Learning Lab. See a full list of upcoming face-to-face training, live webinars, and live resources, plus read training descriptions and find registration instructions at IndianaSpark.com/training.
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