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September/2013
The Affordable Care Act -for Child Care Employers 
A Basic Question and Answer Overview

 

Child care workers often do not have health insurance. Many child care centers cannot afford to offer health insurance for their employees. And many child care teachers cannot afford to buy health insurance on their own. 
Below are some questions often asked by child care employers about the new national health insurance initiative.  The answers to these questions provide a basic overview to help child care employers. There is also a companion factsheet for individuals that can provide basic information for your employees.

 

By popular demand!  Additional Early Learning and Development Standards Overview training added in Norwalk

The CCRC has scheduled another ELDS Overview training to meet the community's need for this new session.  Registration now open!

  

Saturday, October 26, 2013

9:00 am to 4:00 pm (one hour lunch break)

Christian Day School (423 Benedict Ave Norwalk 44857 in St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church)

 

2nd Annual Empowering Families Conference
 

State Support Team- Region 2 and our community partners are excited to invite you to our 2nd Annual Empowering Families Conference scheduled for December 9, 2013.   

Sessions being held include:

  Tools & Tips for Families 

Dyslexia

IEP Updates

Transitioning beyond High School

Behavior Supports

Bullying

Mental Health

Section 504

 and

Transitioning from Preschool to School-Age

 

This event is free, but prior registration is required to give us an accurate count.  Please see the attached flyer for additional details and registration information.

Lorain County Children and Families Council will provide $25 Apples gift cards to the first 50 registered families attending the full day.  (One gift card per family, professionals attending are not eligible to receive a gift card.)

 

 
UPDATES!!

1.  The quarterly CCRC 411 (hard copy)Newsletter will be arriving in your  mailboxes in October.  Stay Tuned!!

 

2.  October 1, 2013 is the official date that Ohio's 5 star quality rating system will begin.  NOTE:  Family Child Care providers (Type B) will not join the system until 2014! 

 

3. The CCRC is collaborating with Lorain County Community College to celebrate the Global Cardboard Challenge at this years Annual Family Fest held at LCCC on October 12th.   Flyer Here 

 

4. The Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System (EC-CAS) - A partnership to promote school readiness by the Maryland and Ohio Departments of Education.  More Here  

 

5. Seasonal Art Invitation!  More Here 

 

6. Erie County Second Harvest Farmers Market.  Don't Miss out!  More Here      

FREE preschool vision screening training and equipment offered!
Prevent Blindness Ohio is pleased to let you know about our Fall 2013 schedule of preschool vision screening trainings.  These trainings are
free of charge, thanks to a grant from the Save Our Sight Fund (www.saveoursight.ohio.gov), and are appropriate for health care and allied healthcare professionals, child care/day care providers, school nurses, public health professionals and community volunteers to attend.  Upon succevision screeningssful completion of the training, each individual/organization is eligible to receive a free set of vision screening equipment (over a $300 value).

 

This fall, we are holding trainings in Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Toledo.  Individuals can register by mail, fax or on the internet at: www.WiseAboutEyes.org.

 

Registrations can also be mailed or faxed to our office by downloading the attached brochure.

 

About the Child Care Resource Center

The Child Care Resource Center is the child care resource and referral agency for Lorain, Erie, Huron, Sandusky and Seneca counties. The Child Care Resource Center is a private non-profit agency that is part of the statewide system of child care resource and referral funded by the Ohio Department of Jobs & Family Services. 

 

The Child Care Resource Center is dedicated to the well being of children through a quality child care delivery system. 

To accomplish this mission, the CCRC actively:

  • Helps families in finding child care
  • Recruits, trains and supports caregivers
  • Provides startup information for child care programs
  • Collects data for community planning
  • Advocates and supports laws and programs that make quality child care affordable and accessible.