Early Childhood Education Grant for Administrators

The Early Childhood Education Grant is an important investment in Ohio’s youngest learners. The grant provides early learning programs with an opportunity to provide high quality, comprehensive learning environments and address outcomes and goals essential for healthy development and academic, social and emotional success. 

Programs awarded the Early Childhood Education Grant must demonstrate they meet high-quality standards by achieving a 3-, 4-, or 5- star rating in Step Up To Quality, Ohio’s tiered quality rating and improvement system. 

Fiscal Year 2018 Information

The following resources are available to assist Early Childhood Education grantees.
 

Provider Resources	Fiscal Resources	Enterprise Application System (EAS) Resources*
FY 18 Grantee Manual Child Eligibility Approval Policy Data Systems Access Guide 2018 Federal Poverty Guidelines FY 18 Teacher Credential Policy Ohio Preschool Expulsion Prevention Partnership	Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan (CCIP) Funding Application Budget Revision Guidance Project Cash Request (PCR) Guidance Final Expenditure Report (FER) Instructions FY 18 Fiscal Guidance Video	EAS Provider Application  EAS Student Application Entering ELA Scores into EAS Entering Student Attendance in EAS *For Department of Job and Family Services and Chartered Nonpublic Programs

Early Childhood Education Resources

• FY 18 Awarded Programs

  ECE Forms

  • ECE Site Location Reporting Form
  • Alternative Operating Schedule Waiver FY 18
  • ECE Eligibility Screening Tool Directions
  • JFS 01121Early Childhood Education Eligibility Screening Tool
  • JFS 01122 Publicly Funded Child Care Supplemental Application
• FY 18 Funding Distribution Method
• Spring 2017 Technical Assistance
  • Licensing
  • OCLQS
  • SUTQ
  • Grants Compliance and Monitoring
  • Early Learning Assessment for Administrators 
  • Assessment It's Not a Bad Word

Early Childhood Education Webinars

• Using the Enterprise Application System for Early Childhood Education (Nov 18, 2016)
• Child Age Eligibility and Preschool Special Education Question and Answer and Slides (Jan 15, 2016)
   

Early Childhood Education Community School Information

• Community School Information Webinar, Slides, and Guidance Document

​Early Childhood Education Annual Reports

• Annual Report 2017
• Annual Report 2016
• Annual Report 2015
• Annual Report 2014
• Annual Report 2013

Last Modified: 4/12/2018 8:13:33 AM

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