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Early Childhood Professionals
News:
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Emergency Capital Grant Program
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The Children's Investment Fund has announced
an Emergency Capital Grant Program for Early Care and Education &
Out-of-School Time Programs beginning July 1, 2009. Click
here for more information.
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Providers Do you currently provide care for a military family? The family may be eligible for a scholarship to help them pay for child care through the Department of Defense. For more information, contact your local CCR&R or click here. |
EEC
Launches New American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Webpage |
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| The Department of Early Education and Care has launched a new web page with information regarding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and how it relates to EEC activities. Click here for more information. | |
EEC's Professional Qualifications On-line Registry Goes Live
EEC has implemented an on-line version of its Professional Qualifications Registry for practitioners seeking teacher, lead teacher, or director certificates from EEC. Over 100 applicants for EEC certification have applied on-line since the system went live in mid-October. This free service enables practitioners to:
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Apply for an EEC certificate
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Check the status of their application
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Update their profile information
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Print a summary of their qualifications
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Print a certificate
The Professional Qualifications Registry is an important first step as EEC's workforce initiative moves toward more comprehensive electronic services for the practitioners in the early education and care community. Applicants can initiate their online application by going to: http://www.eec.state.ma.us/oo_tq.aspx.
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Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies strengthen the child care delivery system while making it more responsive to the needs of local families. Your local CCR&R works with child care providers to increase the availability and affordability of quality child care by:
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