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.

Grants

• Child Care Closure Assistance Grant provides assistance to a program if a program has closed due to a confirmed COVID-19 case that requires closure of a classroom or facility.

  • Grants will be awarded to programs for the purpose of continuing to regularly pay child care staff and maintain operations for the time period of the required COVID-19 closure.

  • This grant should cover the cost of lost revenue during closure from children who are funded through private pay/cash pay.

  • Providers must have been temporarily closed during the time period of this grant because of a confirmed COVID-19 case of a person affiliated with the facility.

  • Providers must be eligible to receive CCDF and be a licensed center, family child care home, unlicensed registered ministry, or legally licensed-exempt providers that are not schools (public or private) or Head Start/Early Head Start grantees in the state of Indiana.

  • Documentation Required for Temporary Closure Assistance Grant Approval:
    • If closure is due to positive staff, documentation must be provided of confirmed positive test with name, date, and results on the form
    • All staff must have approved consent form/background check to work on a file with the OECOSL
    • If closure is due to a positive child, the name of the child must be provided and attendance sheets must be submitted showing the last date of attendance

  • For the purposes of this grant, total grant awards will be capped at $40,000 per closure period.

• The Child Care Closure Assistance Grant application for the weeks of January 10, 2022 – January 23, 2022 is now CLOSED! The new Child Care Closure Assistance Grant for the weeks of January 24, 2022 – February 6, 2022 will open on Monday, January 31, 2022.  Please revisit our webpage to apply!
• Child Care Closure Assistance Grant application guidance
• Guidance for child cares - What to do when you have a COVID positive (September 7, 2021)
• Note: If a Child Care Closure Assistance Grant period has closed please contact Rene Withers at rene.withers@fssa.in.gov to request a review for an exception to apply.
  • Reminders:
    • All applicants can check the 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
    • Child Care Closure 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 Child Care Closure Assistance Grant	Grant closes at 6 p.m. EDT	Payment
      March  22, 2021 -  April 4, 2021	April 7, 2021	April 14, 2021
      April 5, 2021 - April 18, 2021	April 21, 2021	April 28, 2021
      April 19, 2021 - May 2, 2021	May  5, 2021	May 12, 2021
      May 3, 2021 - May 16, 2021	May 19, 2021	May 26, 2021
      May 17, 2021 - May 30, 2021	June 2, 2021	June 9, 2021
      May 31, 2021 - June 13, 2021	June 16, 2021	June 23, 2021
      June 14, 2021 - June 27, 2021	June 30, 2021	July 7, 2021
      June 28, 2021 -  July 11, 2021	July 14, 2021	July 21, 2021
      July 12, 2021 - July  25, 2021	July 28, 2021	August 4, 2021
      July 26, 2021 -  August 8, 2021	August 11, 2021	August 18, 2021
      August 9, 2021 - August 22, 2021	August 25, 2021	September 1, 2021
      August 23, 2021 - September 5, 2021	September 8, 2021	September 15, 2021
      September 6, 2021 - September 19, 2021	September 22, 2021	September 29, 2021
      September 20, 2021 - October 3, 2021	October 6, 2021	October 13, 2021
      October 4, 2021 - October 17, 2021	October 20, 2021	October 27, 2021
      October 18, 2021 - October 31, 2021	November 3, 2021	November 10, 2021
      November 1, 2021 - November 14, 2021	November 17, 2021	November 24, 2021
      November 15, 2021 - November 28, 2021	December 1, 2021	December 8, 2021
      November 29, 2021 - December 12, 2021	December 15, 2021	December 22, 2021
      December 13, 2021 - December 26, 2021	December 29, 2021	January 5, 2022
      December 27, 2021 - January 9, 2022	January 12, 2022	January 19, 2022
      January 10, 2022 - January 23, 2022	January 26, 2022	February 2, 2022
      January 24, 2022 - February 6, 2022	February 9, 2022	February 16, 2022
      February 7, 2022 - February 20, 2022	February 23, 2022	March 2, 2022
      February 21, 2022 - March 6, 2022	March 9, 2022	March 16, 2022
      March 7, 2022 - March 20, 2022	March 23, 2022	March 30, 2022

Guidance

• Updated guidance on quarantine and isolation in child care (January 18, 2022)
  • Updated guidance on quarantine and isolation in child care (Spanish) (January 24, 2022)
• Updated child care guidance (In English) (November 24, 2021)
  • Updated child care guidance (Spanish) (December 7, 2021)
  • Printable/downloadable delta variant graphics
    • Should I be concerned about the delta variant?
    • Do I need to wear a mask?
    • Are vaccines effective?
    • What should communities do?
• Background check guidance (March 18, 2021)
• Background check guidance - Spanish (March 18, 2021)
• Guidance for child cares - What to do when you have a COVID positive (in English) (September 7, 2021)
• Guidance for child cares - What to do when you have a COVID positive (in Spanish)
  • COVID-19 revised update - Recorded PowerPoint presentation (December 11, 2020)
    • PowerPoint
• Updated guidance regarding Paths to QUALITY™ ratings (June 4, 2021)
• School Age Exemption Guidance (August 21, 2020)
  • School Corporation and Entity Agreement Guidance
  • MOU Template
• COVID-19 nebulizer guidance (August 4, 2020)
  • COVID-19 nebulizer guidance - Spanish
• Extra clothing policy notification template (April 23, 2020)

Resources/Supplies

• Other local resources for providers (June 8, 2020) - Local resources including funding or other local supports offered at the county level.
• Indy Chamber Rapid Response Hub (April 30, 2020 )- The Indy Chamber has created the Rapid Response Hub in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Rapid Response Hub houses a plethora of resources, information, and supports for small businesses and is applicable to small businesses across the state.
• COVID-19 multi-language resource available from Luna (April 1, 2020)
• Talking to children about coronavirus (March 20, 2020)

Webinars

• CRRSA update for early childhood and out-of-school programs Recorded webinar (May 25, 2021)
  • Presentation
• Indiana’s CRRSA plan - Recorded webinar (March 25, 2021)
  • Presentation
• COVID-19 revised update - Recorded PowerPoint presentation (December 11, 2020)
  • PowerPoint