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The New York State Office of Children and Family Services provides a range of resources to help parents with their child care needs, people who want to start or are currently running child care programs, and anyone with a concern about the health or safety of a child in a day care program.

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Child Care News

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023 GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES EXPANDED CHILD CARE FEE ASSISTANCE FOR MILITARY FAMILIES Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that more than 48,000 New York State military families will now be able to receive child care fee assistance that covers 15,000 state-licensed child care providers.
Thursday, April 13, 2023 New York State Celebrates Early Childhood Educator and Child Care Provider Appreciation Week May 8-12, 2023 Early Childhood Educator and Child Care Provider Appreciation Week recognizes the remarkable work of all New York State's early childhood educators and child care professionals.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR $343 MILLION IN CHILD CARE PROVIDER GRANTS TARGETING WORKFORCE Application portal now open for stabilizing child care. Eligible providers must be OCFS-licensed or OCFS-registered child care programs, New York City-permitted group day cares or enrolled legally exempt group child care programs.
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Resources to help with the infant formula shortage Resources if you or someone you know can't find infant formula for your baby.
Friday, August 16, 2019 Department of Health and Office of Children and Family Services Issue Emergency Regulations to Strengthen Medical Exemption Process for School Vaccinations Emergency Regulations will Prevent Medical Exemptions from Being Used for Non-Medical Purposes.
Monday, July 8, 2019 New York State Office of Children and Family Services to Donate 22,000 Pack ‘n Play Cribs to Child Care Providers to Promote Safe Sleep for Babies Legally-exempt, family child care, and group family child care programs across New York State are each eligible for one crib. The safe sleep Pack ‘n Plays are being given free of charge.

QUALITYstarsNY

Quality Stars

QUALITYstarsNY is New York State's quality rating and improvement system. It is a voluntary program to rate, improve and communicate levels of quality in all regulated early care and learning programs. Read more about the important QUALITYstarsNY initiative.

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