The SCOOP
Step Up to Quality Rated Providers.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS)
would like to provide you with updated information regarding the implementation of Step Up To Quality (SUTQ).  We appreciate all of your patience as we have worked collaboratively with the Ohio Department of Education to implement all of the policies and procedures for Ohio's new five-star system.  Below you will find information regarding quality achievement awards, renewal registrations, marketing materials and
promotional kits that affect your program.

   
Calling all SUTQ Star Rated Programs!

Have you received your SUTQ marketing materials (banner, yard sign, or posters) from the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services for the new 5-Star System?

  SUTQ 5 star logo

If you completed the ODJFS SUTQ on-line survey and picked out your complimentary item, it was shipped directly to your program. If you did not complete the survey and have not received your marketing materials, please contact Jennifer Bartlebaugh, CCRC's Step Up to Quality Coordinator, at 440-960-7187 Ext. 225 or jenniferb@ccrcinc.com  so arrangements can be made for you to pick up your materials.

Afterschool Program Grant Opportunity


The Ohio Department of Education has posted the FY2015 21st Century Community Learning Center request for applications at http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Other-Resources/21st-Century; applications are due April 25, 2014.  The 21st Century Community Learning  Center (21st CCLC) grant is the only federal funding source dedicated exclusively to afterschool programs.  The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) administers $43M in 21stCCLC funding and awards grant awards to school districts, ESCs, charter schools, non-profit and for-profit organizations through a competitive application process.
 

ELDS Overview Sessions Just Added! 


Do You Still Need for the Early Learning & Development Standards (ELDS) Overview?  Two More Sessions Just Added in Lorain County for February!

 

In collaboration with the Lorain County Joint Vocational School (JVS), the CCRC is happy to offer two additional ELDS Overview sessions in February.  You can attend on either Thursday, February 6 and 13 from 8:00-11:00 am or Friday, February 14 and 21 from 11:00-2:00 pm.  Both sessions are held at the Lorain County JVS on Route 58 in Oberlin.

 

To register for Thursday, February 6 & 13  

 

To register for Friday, February 14 & 21
       

Simplified Calculation Option for Home Office Deduction  


Do you work from home? If so, you may be familiar with the home office deduction, available for taxpayers who use their home for business. Beginning this year, there is a new, simpler option to figure the business use of your home. 

This simplified option does not change the rules for who may claim a home office deduction. It merely simplifies the calculation and recordkeeping requirements. The new option can save you a lot of time and will require less paperwork and recordkeeping. 

       
5350 Oberlin Ave., Lorain, Ohio  44053 - 440-960-7187