[Cacfp] Wage Supplement Update

Mon Dec 4 16:22:59 EST 2023

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Dec 4
·         TO:              Child Care Providers and Child Care Staff
·         FROM:        Office of Child and Family Services
·         DATE:         November 30, 2023

SUBJECT:   Early Childhood Educator Workforce Salary Supplement System; Dec. 4, 2023 Deadline

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The Early Childhood Educator Workforce Salary Supplement System is funded and administered by Maine's Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child and Family Services.  The purpose of the Early Childhood Educator Workforce Salary Supplement System is to develop and implement a system to provide salary supplements to child care providers and early childhood educators who provide direct services to children in licensed child care facilities and licensed family child care programs, incentivize continuing education of the early childhood workforce, and raise the overall quality of care for young children.

22 M.R.S. § 3737-A provides the department rulemaking authority to establish a tiered payment system. The tiered system must provide, at a minimum, 3 tiers based on the education and experience levels of child care providers and early childhood educators. The 2nd tier must provide a salary supplement that is at least 50% greater than the first tier and the 3rd tier must provide a salary supplement that is at least 50% greater than the 2nd tier.

With the passage of P.L. 2023 Ch. 412, the appropriation for the Early Childhood Educator Workforce Salary Supplement System was doubled, allowing for increased salary supplemental payments.  With the increased funding, which became available on October 25, 2023, the tiers will be the following through June 30, 2024:
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In the future, the Department will determine tier amounts based on current annual budget and total number of educators enrolled in the salary supplement program.  Salary supplement amounts and any changes to amounts will be posted on the Early Childhood Educator Workforce Salary Supplement Program website:  https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ocfs/provider-resources/early-childhood-educator-workforce-salary-supplement-program.<https://fccamaine.wordpress.com/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=857ae7617cbf33d2f025a64eaac8adc660bdfa9e895689e39740b1d9dfd8df2e&blog_id=120554109&post_id=10653&user_id=0&subs_id=465925239&signature=9de55dbd12e980d8bdfd95c1d0be18bb&email_name=new-post&user_email=alissa.m.mank@maine.gov&encoded_url=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>

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FCCAM understands that providers were hoping to see the Tier 1 changed with Level 4 falling under Tier 2. We know the majority of public comment asked for this change. At this time we are not aware of the reasons for it to remain as originally proposed. We are also looking into the suggested change of providers being able to opt out of the wage supplement.

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