FCCAM will do our best to keep this page updated with current opportunities for fcc providers/programs to access outside income resources.
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*Note: To update staff, register for the OCFS Grants, or update your numbers for the Enrollment Data Collection Project, please log on to the OCFS Early Childhood Educator Salary Supplement System portal. Note the registration portal closes for updates end of the month. While the portal is closed programs cannot go in and make updates.
Maine Early Childhood Workforce Salary Supplement System
Amount: 3 Tiers
Department: OCFS
Contact: ECEWageProgram.DHHS@maine.gov / Diane Nicholson,
Early Care & Education Workforce Development Program Manager,
Tel: (207) 624-7996 / e-mail: Diane.Nicholson@maine.gov
Vendor Codes contact: ECEVendorCodes@maine.gov Vicky Bussey is no longer with the Department
The system provides salary supplements to eligible child care providers and early childhood educators who provide direct child care services to children in licensed child care facilities or are licensed family child care providers. Supplement level is based on the workers’ level of education and experience. The Department will determine Tier amounts based on current annual budget for the Salary Supplement System and total number of Educators enrolled in the Salary Supplement Program.
Register here for Early Childhood Educator Workforce Salary Supplement System
New providers must first create a profile before registering for the Salary Supplement System.
- Child care staff presently in the Maine Roads to Quality (MRTQ) registry as Level 0 are not eligible for the salary supplement payments. To move from a Level 0 to a Level 1, staff are required to complete the free, on-demand health and safety training, be properly registered in the MRTQ registry, and have 30 days of experience to be eligible.
Early Care & Education (ECE) Program Enrollment Collection Project
Department: DHHS
The ECE Enrollment Data Collection project – is no longer paying the $50 per month to participate. Although the grant funds are done providers are encouraged to please continue to participate in this important data collection project as the information they directly provide is of value.
By continuing to supply your enrollment data, you will continue to inform OCFS on the numbers of children and families served monthly. The data that OCFS collects through this project assists the Department in decision making for resources, programs, and assistance to the Early Child Education field across the state.
Data collected monthly:
- County
- Current Infant (6 weeks thru 12 months) Enrollment Number
- Current Toddler (13 months thru 36 months) Enrollment Number
- Current Preschool (3 years thru 5 years) Enrollment Number
- Current School Age Enrollment Number
Child Care Affordability Program CCAP
Amount:
- Infant Stipend – $100 per week stipend for twenty (20) or more hours in that week
- QRIS Bumps for Rising Star levels
- 35% increase for a CCAP child with a special need
- 35% for off hour care 6pm-6am and/ or weekends
Department: OCFS
Contact: Toll Free Number: 1-877-680-5866 or Augusta: 624-7999 or Fax 287-6308 / CCAP.DHHS@Maine.gov
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® MAINE
T.E.A.C.H. offers scholarships and supports that improve the knowledge and compensation of early childhood educators looking to earn Associate and/or Bachelor degrees.
Amount: varies – currently offering scholarship that provide support towards:
- tuition and book expenses;
- travel/access stipend
- Paid release time from the classroom for studying & homework
Department: MaineAEYC
Contact: https://www.maineaeyc.org/teach
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