Division of Early Child Care and Education plans informational meetings

Local meeting: September 14, 2015, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Link Child Care Resource and Referral, 611 7th Avenue, Suite 200, Huntington, WV 25701

The Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Children and Families, is conducting a public hearing on the proposed child care and development block grant state plan for federal fiscal years 2016 and 2018.

The United States Department of Health and Human Services requires public input as a condition of funding.  Public insight gathered from the meetings will help guide expenditures for the approximately $31 million received. The funds received help provide support to improve the affordability, availability and quality of child care services in West Virginia.  Funding assists low-income families to cover the cost of child care, supports consumer education for selecting appropriate child care services and provides other key services, such as referral, available resources, necessary training and technical assistance for child care providers.

The draft plan requirements are currently available for review online here.

Attend a meeting and share your thoughts! There’s one near you:

September 11, 2015

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Raleigh County Public Library

221 N. Kanawha Street Beckley, WV 25801
September 14, 2015

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Link Child Care Resource and Referral

611 7th Avenue, Suite 200, Huntington, WV 25701
September 23, 2015

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Connect Child Care Resource and Referral

1701 Fifth Avenue, Charleston, WV 25387
September 24, 2015

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Randolph County DHHR

1027 N. Randolph Avenue, Elkins, WV 26241
September 29, 2015

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Choices Child Care Resource and Referral

4421 Emerson Avenue, Suite 102, Parkersburg, WV 26301
October 1, 2015

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Child Care Resource Center – Wheeling Office Ballroom

2000 Main Street, Wheeling, WV 26003
October 7, 2015

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
James Rumsey Technical Institute

3274 Hedgesville Road, Martinsburg, WV 25403
Can’t travel to a meeting, or fit one of these into your busy schedule? We will also offer online meeting options. Keep an eye out for future notices!

 

Division of Early Child Care & Education plans- Sept 14 meeting