Connect Child Care Resource & Referral

Congratulations to Allison McKinney from Imagination Station! She is the first in the Connect Region to receive the prek specialization provider credential. Thank you for your continued dedication to early childhood education. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

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Professional Development | Connect CCR&R We offer a variety of educational opportunities for child care providers, through training programs and workshops on various topics of interest. We offer free resources through our Traveling Resource and Information Library Services (TRAILS).

It's not too late to send your letter to Santa. While your at our office don't forget to drop off your Santa mail in the North Pole Express box.

Gov. Jim Justice has issued a proclamation, declaring Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, as a half-day state holiday. Therefore Connect will close to the public at 12pm tomorrow and will reopen after the holiday on Monday Nov 27th at 8am.

Good Morning! Our phone system is currently down in our offices. Please email us at [email protected] .

Connect will be closed to the public this Friday Nov 10, 2023. You can still email us at [email protected] or drop off forms in the drop boxes located at the front of our building.

If your household is below 200% FPL or someone in your household participates in SNAP, Medicaid or WIC, you could qualify for $30/month towards internet services and $100 for a purchase of a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet.

Learn more: www.fcc.gov/acp or 877-384-2575

📍 Applications for the Christmas Bureau are due two weeks from today, on November 5.
📍 To be eligible, you must reside in Kanawha, Putnam, or Boone.
📍 Apply here: www.uwcbwv.org

We will be with Birth to Three for this event. Stop by and get some goodies for the kiddos.

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We are Hiring! We currently have three positions: case manager, Administrative Assistant and Quality Improvement Specialist. Check out this opportunities!

JOB OPPORTUNITIES | RVCDS As of July 1, 2012, all individuals who have been selected for a job will be given a pre-hire drug test (which they must pass) before they will be officially hired.

We Are Hiring!

Quality Improvement Specialist Position Summary: Works with childcare centers, family childcare facilities and family childcare homes to promote continuous...

This is your weekly reminder to join us for the 6th Annual Directors' Retreat with the top 6 reasons why you should attend! We just reached 100 registered!
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Heather Little from Connect is creating an inspiring element for the block area.

Holly Irwin from Connect places books about families in the quiet area.

**Attention Providers**
The Division of Early Care and Education Announces One Final Round of American Rescue Plan Stabilization Payments

Please help us in Congratulating two of our child centers who received NAEYC National Accreditation and the Tier III designation as of 9-1-23. Kanawha Valley Enrichment Center in South Charleston and Creative Learning Center in Charleston. We are are so excited to see all of your continued hard work pay off. Congratulations!!!

Let your voice be heard! The West Virginia Statewide Child Care Provider Survey is live! If you work in a child care center, Head Start program, family child care program, or out-of-school-time program, we want to hear from you! Share your thoughts on the supports you feel are most needed in West Virginia! Responses from all the surveys will be grouped and shared as a whole; no individual data will be shared. The results will be shared with River Valley Child Development Services, WVDHHR, and R&R's statewide to help support their efforts to meet the needs of child care providers and improve services to children and families. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HBKBWMR A printable version can be requested by emailing [email protected]. The survey will be closed on Sept 24.