COVID-19 (coronavirus) guidance for OECOSL stakeholders

The Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning continues to issue news and update guidance to partners and stakeholders in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Listed below is the guidance released to date by OECOSL All FSSA COVID-19 announcements can be found here. Below are links to current guidance:

• Instructions/tutorial for Temporary Assistance Grant application (April 27, 2020)– Please read these instructions before applying for the Temporary Assistance Grant!
  • Temporary Assistance Grant for the weeks of April 20, 2020 – May 2, 2020. 
  • Reminders:
    • All applicants can check status of applications by logging back into submittable and following the instructions/tutorial posted!
    • Please check your junk/spam emails for communications and approvals from submittable 
    • Temporary assistance grant applications cover a two week time period.
      Applications will be posted one grant period at a time, new grants will post once the prior grant closes. The grant period that is currently posted and subsequent grant periods will close on the dates listed on the chart below:

      Grant period	Grant closes at 6 p.m. EDT	Payment
      March 23, 2020 - April 4, 2020	April 8, 2020	April 15, 2020
      April 6, 2020 - April 18, 2020	April 22, 2020	April 29, 2020
      April 20, 2020 - May 2, 2020	May 6, 2020	May 13, 2020

• COVID-19 and Temporary Assistance Grant updates Recorded webinar (April 17, 2020)
  • Webinar presentation/PowerPoint (April 17,2020)
• Indy Chamber resources (April 23, 2020)
• Extra clothing policy notification template (April 23, 2020)
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with the federal Offices of Child Care and Head Start, has released new guidance for Child Care settings during COVID-19. Check the link for specific guidance for child care on issues such as: This guidance can be found on the CDC website or at this link. This information is intended for child care programs that remain open, and should be used in conjunction with CDC’s guidance for administrators of child care programs and K-12 schools. This guidance does not supersede federal, state and local laws and policies for child care programs. (April 14, 2020)
  • Social distancing;
  • Child pick up and drop off procedures;
  • Cleaning and disinfecting of toys and bedding;
  • Safely caring for infants and toddlers; and
  • Food preparation and meal service
• COVID-19 multi-language resource available from Luna (April 1, 2020)
• FSSA launches Hoosiers Serving Hoosiers service to connect job seekers with ways to support Hoosiers needing direct support services and child care (March 30, 2020)
• COVID-19 updates  Recorded webinar (March 24, 2020)
  • Webinar FAQs (April 1, 2020)
• Updated guidance for child care providers (March 20,2020)
• FAQ from child care provider webinar (March 19, 2020)
• COVID-19 guidance and support Recorded webinar (March 17, 2020)
• COVID- 19 presentation for child care programs (March 17, 2020)
• Liability insurance for childcare facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic (March 15, 2020)