Action required for providers. The PA Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has announced it is increasing payment rates to child care providers serving children in subsidized care. Effective August 1, 2018, the Child Care Works (CCW) program will lift the base rate freeze for STAR 1 and STAR 2 providers, as well as apply a general Maximum Child Care Allowance (MCCA) base rate increase of 2.5% across all counties, provider types, STAR levels and care levels. STAR 1 and STAR 2 providers being paid below the MCCA will be paid the lower of their private-pay rates or the MCCA.
Please note:
Child care providers will receive a packet in the mail containing a new Provider Agreement and instructions on updating your rates. Providers will have the opportunity to increase/update their rates through the new agreement for certified providers. Please return the Provider Agreement completed page one (1) and signed page six (6) along with your “Appendix C-1 ELRC Subsidized Child Care Provider Reported Rates” and your published private-pay rates.
In order to be paid for the month of August, all providers in ELRC Regions 9 and 10 must submit to Community Connections for Children, Inc. the following:
- Provider Agreement completed page one (1) and signed page six (6)
- “Appendix C-1 ELRC Subsidized Child Care Provider Reported Rates”
- Published private-pay rates
Community Connections for Children, Inc. must receive this information by 8/5/18.
Please return to:
Community Connections for Children, Inc.
ELRC Regions 9 & 10
29 N. Duke Street
York, PA 17401
Providers can contact Rebecca Anciso at 717-771-8541 or ranciso@childcareconsultants.org with questions or for further assistance.