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Thursday 7th May 2020 The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone, today announced new, emergency measures to support essential health workers who are having difficulty meeting their childcare needs.  This forms part of Phase 1 of the...

  AIM Level 7 - 2nd year extensions process during Covid-19 For children who are currently receiving AIM supports and are eligible to avail of a 2nd year of the ECCE programme from September 2020/21: If the child is eligible and is expected to return to the same...

 Dear Early Years Provider,   Please see a press release from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) in relation to Covid-19 Emergency Childcare service for Essential Healthcare Workers from 18 May, the DCYA will be in contact in the coming days with...

Dear Service Provider, As you are aware, the DCYA’s Temporary Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (TWSCS) is now operational and payments started to flow last Friday, 24 April. The first three payments in the TWSCS are preliminary payments which will be reconciled as part...

Please see attached updated ‘Information and Frequently Asked Questions on COVID-19 Measures for providers and staff of Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare Services’. Please note this is version 4 and replaces previous versions. It contains information on...

The DCYA has launched a new webpage where you will find free, online CPD resources, developed and made available through the cooperation of a number of agencies. The resources are designed to support service planning and practitioners’ professional development....

In light of updates made to the DCYA’s FAQs on COVID-19 Measures yesterday, please see attached an updated version of the Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (TWSCS) Factsheet. Please note that this is version 2 and replaces the previous version. Early...

Preliminary Payments Payments under the Department of Children and Youth Affairs Temporary Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (DCYA TWSC) will be issued this week on 24th April 2020 to any service provider who has accepted the terms of the funding agreement and submitted...

Dear Service Provider, As you know, the PAU for your organisation received an email yesterday, 16th April, with a link to the Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (WSCS) Funding Agreement.    Payments will be issued on Friday, 24th April to any service provider who has...