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Fact Sheet: Helping families find formula during the infant formula shortage
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Enrollment Study Form
The Department of Human Services/Division of Family Development has a website to help providers with the new Enrollment Study Form. You can view FAQS, user guides, tutorial videos, and attend upcoming TA sessions. 
Click here to visit the website. 
COVID-19 Updates and Announcements

​Our offices are open Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:00pm.
Face masks and social distancing is required.
​Please call ahead to complete our COVID-19 screening before entering the office. 
DHS/DFD COVID-19 Updates
Revised Mask Mandate: executive order 264
Letter to providers: Revised Mask Mandate: Executive Order 264
NJ Youth Camp Information Sessions
Youth Camp Safety Project 2022 Summer Youth Camp Operator Kickoff Meeting
2022 NJ Summer Youth Camp Info Sessions
Round Two of the ARP Stabilization Grant
Hiring and Retention Bonus Grant
NJ ARP Stabilization grant
Grant Instructions (English)
Grant Instructions (Spanish)
Grants

​As part of the plan to invest more that $700 million in child care, the Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development has announced two grants to strengthening our economy and our workforce. These grants are open to Licensed Centers and Registered Family Child Care Providers. 

The NJ ARP Stabilization Grant
Helps pay for operating expenses.
The deadline to apply for this grant is April 30th, 2022.

The $1000 Hiring and Retention Bonus Grant, Round 2

The application will be available from Monday, April 11 through Friday, May 6.
This grant is available to:

Staff who were hired after you applied for the Hiring and Retention Bonus Grant that was available from November 2021 – January 31, 2022, or staff who did not receive, but were eligible to receive, the November 2021 – January 2022 Hiring and Retention Bonus Grant.

Staff who have already received $1,000 are NOT eligible for a second $1,000 at this time. We will be launching a second phase of these grants in the fall/winter 2022.


Family child care providers may be eligible, if you are:

·     a registered Family Child Care Provider;
·     in compliance with federal Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) health and safety requirements (criminal background check and health and safety trainings);
·     in good standing with New Jersey’s Registration, Manual of Requirements;
·     make $50,000 or less a year;
·     open and operating at time of application;
·     have children enrolled; and
·     did not receive the initial $1,000 bonus.
 


Webinars were recorded and posted on childcarenj.gov. You may also visit njccis.com to access the webinars by using the Event ID number. As a reminder, you can check our Quicklinks to access new grant information. 

 Use the links below to access information and instructions for these grants.
Virtual Quarterly Provider Information Sessions
Please register by emailing Marianna Finamore at marianna.finamore@rutgers.edu.
You may also use this link to register.
(Once you register, you will receive an email confirmation with a Zoom link.)

These are informational sessions and do not count toward annual training hours in NJCCIS.
The following sessions begin at 6:30pm

Monday, June 6, 2022 
Thursday, ​September 1, 2022.


Join us to receive updated information on new subsidy policies affecting providers and parents, new quality initiatives, Summer Camp updates, Family Child Care program, Grow New Jersey Kids and Professional Development trainings.
Our office will be offering IVR Technical Assistance for
Parents receiving Child Care Subsidy and Child Care Providers.


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The Rutgers Southern Regional CCR&R serves as a resource for families to find quality early care and education services within their community, early care and education practitioners to pursue professional advancement at a range of educational levels, early care and education providers to enhance the quality of instruction and learning in their child care centers, policy makers and key community stakeholders to promote and support best educational practices for children ages birth to 8, and ​foundations and funders to partner for quality investment in early care and education to ensure long-term economic stability.
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  • Families
    • Getting Started
    • Financial Assistance
    • Types of Child Care
    • Policy Updates for Families
    • Child Care Referrals
    • Family Engagement Specialist >
      • BBB/ASQ-3 information
      • Family Resources >
        • SPAN for families
    • Información en Español
  • Early Care Providers
    • Forms
    • Policy Updates for Early Care Providers
    • CCDBG Trainings
    • Professional Development >
      • 2022 training schedules
      • GrowNJKids/QIS >
        • GNJK Training Calendars
      • I/T Training Schedule
      • CPR/FA info
      • Central NJ Health Consultants
      • NJ SACC-Afterschool
      • SPAN
  • FCC/FFN
    • Getting Started
    • Professional Development
  • Helpful Links
  • Policy Updates for Providers
  • Important Updates
  • Employment Opportunities
  • Contact Us
    • About Us
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    • Cape May County
    • Cumberland County
    • Gloucester County
    • Salem County
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