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Griswold School Readiness Quality Enhancement Grant

OPEN BID PROCESS:

 

Quality Enhancement Grant-The purpose of the QE grant is to provide funding for early care and

education programs to address quality standards and/or expand comprehensive services for children

and families. C.G.S. Section 17b-749c identifies the following as appropriate use of grant funds:

 

1.   Help providers who are not accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young

      Children to obtain such accreditation;

2.   Help directors and administrators to obtain training;

3.   Provide comprehensive services, such as enhanced access to health care, a health consultant, a

      mental health consultant, nutrition, family support services, parent education, literacy and parental

      involvement, and community and home outreach programs; and provide information concerning

      access when needed to a speech and language therapist;

4.   Purchase educational equipment;

5.   Provide scholarships for training to obtain a credential in early childhood education or child

      development;

6.   Provide training for persons who are mentor teachers, as defined in federal regulations for the Head

      Start program, and provide a family service coordinator or a family service worker as such positions

      are defined in such federal regulations;

7.   Repair fire, health and safety problems in existing facilities and conduct minor remodeling to comply

      with the Americans with Disabilities Act; train child care providers on injury and illness prevention;

      and achieve compliance with national safety standards;

8.   Create a supportive network with family day care homes and other providers of care for children;

9.   Provide for educational consultation and staff development;

10. Provide for program quality assurance personnel;

11. Provide technical assistance services to enable providers to develop child care facilities pursuant to

      C.G.S. Sections 17b-749g, 17b-749h and 17b-749i;

12. Establish a single point of entry system; and

13. Provide services that enhance the quality of programs to maximize the health, safety and learning of

      children from birth to three years of age, inclusive, including, but not limited to, those children

      served by informal child care arrangements. Such grants may be used for the improvement of staff

      to child ratios and interaction, initiatives to promote staff retention, pre-literacy development,

      parent involvement, curriculum content and lesson plans.

 

The Quality Enhancement Application – Programs interested in participating in the open-bid process for

the Quality Enhancement Program Local Request for Proposal (RFP), please contact Sandy Frizzell,

Griswold School Readiness Coordinator, at sfrizzell@griswoldpublicschools.org by Tuesday March 12th to

state your intent to apply and to receive a copy of the School Readiness Quality Enhancement RFP.

 

Submission/ Due Date-Local Request for Proposals must be submitted electronically and are due to

Sandy Frizzell on April 1, 2019 by 4:00 pm.

 

Grant award letters will be issued annually based on the annual appropriation of the Connecticut

Legislature and the grant recipient’s compliance with the program requirements.

 

 

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