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SEPECC Meeting Tuesday, March 31, 2020
SEPECC MeetingTuesday, March 31, 2020
Agenda
9:00 Welcome
9:05 OCDEL and ELRC-18 Updates
9:50 Community Partner Updates
10:25 Budget and Economic Stimulus Updates
10:35 Priority Check
10:40 Self-Care Moment
10:45 Next steps
10:50 Closing
Announcements: • All participants on the call will
automatically be muted.• Questions for speakers can be
shared in the chat box.• This meeting will be recorded,
the recording will be available at www.firstup.org/covid-19by end of day.
Community Partner Updates
Una Majmudar – PA-AIMH and Sharon McClafferty- PHMC PDO
Jovida Hill – Mayor’s Office
Karen Bustard – The Reinvestment Fund
Marykay Mahar- PHMC Business Resources
Una Majmudar, MSW, LCSW, IMH-E®Clinical Director, Health Federation of Philadelphia, Young Child and Parent Program
Vice President, Pennsylvania Association for Infant Mental Health
PA-AIMH – an affiliate of WAIMH
PA-AIMH – member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health
PA AIMH activities
What is Infant Mental Health?
https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/2674-how-to-talk-about-infant-and-early-childhood-mental-health
Together we will brighten the days ahead and offer hope…
Holding others in
mind
Listening and unconditional positive regard
“How we are is as important as what we do” –
Jeree Pawl Developmental Guidance
Encourage play
We are all in this together:
Shared Collective
Experience
Nourishing self
What is awakened in
ourselves and the
caregivers?
Traveling together, with the rainbow always in sight…we are truly “holding” each other through this…thank you for the work you do each day….
Additional Resources• https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/3210-tips-for-families-coronavirus• https://www.nctsn.org/resources/parent-caregiver-guide-to-helping-families-
cope-with-the-coronavirus-disease-2019• https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-infographic-for-kids.html• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qW15CSyDuQUnaI2VVvEpnV-
W2XYrtFMS/view?fbclid=IwAR0PI8Ag_6jfmESSacagab8qrxXtwVpJoPgW_McM2TnIUeJ7DcwvtjUv6NQ The Story of the Oyster and the Butterfly
• https://childtrauma.ucsf.edu/covid-19-resources• https://zerotothrive.org/covid-19/professionals/• https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/get-updates-information-covid-19/• https://piploproductions.com/• https://www.allianceaimh.org/new-gallery/z8thudu3t0wo86o0mwqriqitmny8la
Contact Information
Una Majmudar, MSW, LCSW, IMH-E®Clinical Director, Young Child and Parent ProgramHealth Federation of [email protected]/text 215-869-7449
email for local Infant Mental Breakfast information: [email protected]
Jovida HillMayor’s Office
SEPECC PresentationMarch 31, 2020
Philadelphia Emergency Fund for Stabilization of Early Education (PEFSEE)
*Funded through grants from the William Penn Foundation and Vanguard and is administered by Reinvestment Fund.
PEFSEE Overview
Website: reinvestment.com/pefse/ General Inquiries: [email protected]
Eligibility: Centers, FCCH, and GCCH Prek, early intervention and home visiting programs
Awards: Maximum: $20,000 per provider
Application Process: Online application, accepted on rolling basis. First round opens
on Friday, April 3, 2020 See website for more details and sign-up to receive an alert
when application opens18
Business Resources from PHMC
Business Resources from PHMC
• Fiscal Hub• Fund for Quality• Fund for Sustaining Quality
http://www.sustainingquality.org/• Link to submit questions:
http://www.sustainingquality.org/ask-a-question
Budget and Economic Stimulus Updates
The Essential Elements to Sustain the Early Childhood Education Infrastructure for Families to Rapidly Return to Work
A. Make Decisions that Enable a Rapid Return to Work for All Families A three-pronged COVID-19 response strategy is required to guarantee child care centers and other early education programs can readily support parents returning to work:1. The Commonwealth must continue to pay child care
subsidies and contract payments to Pre-K Counts and Head Start Supplemental Assistance Programs for the duration of the crisis.
2. The Commonwealth must provide $17 million to compensate for the share of revenues that would otherwise have been collected by providers in the Child Care Works program as co-payments until child care services are restored to normal (calculated to cover the potential of two months of lost co-payments).
3. The Commonwealth must provide up to $100 million to be available to pay child care centers for tuition not collected through the crisis period. Payments to these providers would be consistent with the rates paid by the Child Care Works program (calculated to cover costs associated with two months of lost revenue).
The Essential Elements to Sustain the Early Childhood Education Infrastructure for Families to Rapidly Return to Work
B. Act Now to Avoid Higher Costs for Public Schools The General Assembly must act quickly to stem early childhood learning losses by appropriating $50 million to extend early childhood education programs through the summer.
C. Prevent Steep Increases in Child Care Tuition Rates The General Assembly must protect child care centers from costs associated with litigation and insurance rate adjustments that stem from responsible and expected practices to comply with government directives throughout the crisis. Two actions are needed:1. The Commonwealth must immediately pass legislation to
impose an immunity from tort liability associated with claims related to COVID-19 to all Commonwealth certified child care providers that are authorized to continue to operate pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order / Declaration of Emergency.
2. The Commonwealth must prohibit unemployment compensation experience rate increases by the State Unemployment Fund or any private unemployment compensation providers or self-insurance pool administrators associated with any and all COVID-related employment separations.
The Essential Elements to Sustain the Early Childhood Education Infrastructure for Families to Rapidly Return to Work
D. Decrease the Risk of Subsequent Infection
Every early learning program and child care provider must be required to attend free training on the practices needed to sanitize all spaces in which children and staff are working before programs can be re-opened. Such training should be credit bearing and approved by the Pennsylvania Office of Early Learning and Child Development. Associated with establishing a legal training requirement in order to protect the public health, programs that serve children in Child Care Works, Pre-K Counts or Head Start Supplemental Assistance shall be granted $10 per child, with a maximum of $1000, per center.
Priority Check
What are the biggest issues or challenges that you are currently facing?
Please share your answers in the chat box now
OR
e-mail Jackie Groetsch ([email protected]) by Friday, 4/3
The importance of self-care
Take a break from the stressor. Exercise. Smile and laugh.
Get social support. Meditate.
Next steps & closing
• Updates from attendees• Stay connected through this ongoing
situation
SEPECC Call and COVID-19 Resources:
Karen Grimm-Thomas - [email protected] Getzinger - [email protected] Majmudar – [email protected] McClafferty – [email protected] Hill – [email protected] Bustard – [email protected] Farwell-Ozer – [email protected] Groetsch – [email protected]
https://www.firstup.org/covid-19/
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Thank you!
