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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">Last year’s legislation included a program that would allow educators and staff who need child care and work at a licensed child care program to receive a financial award to help cover their child
care costs. This is a memo from OCFS is in regards to that program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Starting July 1, 2024, OCFS will launch the Child Care Affordability Program (CCAP) Child Care Employment Award. This initiative is a 2-year pilot designed to provide a workplace benefit for
staff working in licensed child care programs in Maine. The CCAP Child Care Employment Award works in tandem with the Child Care Affordability Program to support access to affordable child care for the children of staff working in Maine child care programs.Please
review the CCAP Child Care Employment Award memo for steps to access the award, award eligibility and policies, and a link for an information session at 1pm on July 1st (which will be recorded and available).
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">Tara Williams<br>
Associate Director of Early Care & Education<br>
Office of Child and Family Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">Informational Call</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517"><br>
Monday, July 1st at 1:00pm information session about the CCAP Child Care<br>
Employment Award. To join the live call: <a href="https://fccamaine.wordpress.com/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=82cc9a1bfc0c39771e2836e0cc2b4d901eeffcf010439261b9785483b2e4c87d&blog_id=120554109&post_id=11030&user_id=0&subs_id=465925239&signature=7372568949aa2b7baa199efdcbe738ff&email_name=new-post&user_email=alissa.m.mank@maine.gov&encoded_url=aHR0cHM6Ly9tYWluZXN0YXRlLnpvb20udXMvai84OTIxNTc3NzAxNw=">
<span style="color:#3858E9">https://mainestate.zoom.us/j/89215777017</span></a><br>
Meeting ID: 892 1577 7017<br>
One tap mobile: +16468769923,,89215777017#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">This call will be recorded and available to future viewing. FCCAM will provide that link here when it is available.</span></em><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">For questions and inquiries about the CCAP Child Care Employment Award, contact the<br>
Department at <a href="https://fccamaine.wordpress.com/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=04c2dee65031cb58e96e1fc28e00876285c45872911dadd52174df5bd3e93751&blog_id=120554109&post_id=11030&user_id=0&subs_id=465925239&signature=a704d80ececce982e8227b904a9fbd2b&email_name=new-post&user_email=alissa.m.mank@maine.gov&encoded_url=bWFpbHRvOmNjZW1wbG95bWVudGF3YXJkQG1haW5lLmdvdg=">
<span style="color:#3858E9">ccemploymentaward@maine.gov</span></a> or (207) 624-7938.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Child Care Employment Award Memo June 2024.pdf</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">Read the complete memo linked above for all the information, but here are some key points:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">The CCAP Child Care Employment Award pilot program has funding capped at $2.5 million per year and implementation of a waiting list may become necessary. Applications will be accepted on a rolling
basis beginning on July 1, 2024. Payments are tentatively scheduled to begin in August 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">Eligibility</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517"><br>
All staff employed by licensed child care programs are eligible to apply for the CCAP Child Care<br>
Employment Award to help cover the cost of child care for their child(ren). This includes all staff roles and all types of licensed programs, including family child care, small facilities, and child care facilities. An applicant’s child(ren) can be enrolled
at the child care program where the staff member works or at another licensed child care program in Maine. Applicants may apply for the award to cover all their children enrolled in licensed child care, except for:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the owner’s children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">Both the parent and their child(ren) need to be working at/enrolled in licensed child care programs in Maine that:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">Have all staff in Maine’s ECE Workforce Registry;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">Are participating in the Salary Supplement Program; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">Application</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517"><br>
A parent who is employed at a licensed child care program can apply for the CCAP Child Care<br>
Employment Award by:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the full application and check the box that says, “I work in a licensed child care program.”
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">An application is not needed for those currently working in child care who are already enrolled<br>
in the Child Care Affordability Program. A parent who is already enrolled in CCAP may notify their Financial Resource Specialist that they work in a child care program and would like to receive the Employment Award. Office of Child and Family Services staff
will begin processing the Child Care Employment Award if all other criteria are met<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517">Award Amount:</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#101517"><br>
For child care staff who are already enrolled in CCAP or are determined eligible for CCAP, the CCAP<br>
Child Care Employment Award covers the parent fee, as determined by the Child Care Affordability<br>
Program.<br>
For child care owners and staff that apply, but are not eligible for CCAP, this award will still help in covering the cost of child care for their child(ren). Families will be eligible for the following award amounts per child, with biweekly payments sent to
the child care provider based on the county location of the program, the age of the child and the type of program they are enrolled in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Child Care Employment Award payments will be processed manually on a biweekly basis and sent to the licensed child care program where the child is enrolled. For children enrolled in the Child Care<br>
Affordability Program, regular CCAP payments will be dispersed separately from the Child Care<br>
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