Early Learning

Change is in the Air...

Our SEIU Deductions Are Coming On Our June Invoice!

All providers have already been paying dues from their subsidy checks for the last two years, but SSPS will soon roll out its long-awaited new invoice format which will allow us to see these and other deductions more clearly on our remittance advices.

VERY IMPORTANT:
Please call-in all outstanding invoices before May 18th. For this new invoice system to work smoothly, we need to submit all outstanding invoices before May 18th. Prior to June, our dues have already been applied to our subsidy rate and if we don’t submit these old invoices for payment by May 18, dues will be applied again. Don’t wait to call in those past invoices.

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Workshops for License-Exempt child care providers

You may be eligible to receive a $600 bonus.

Your child care union contract allows License-Exempt child care providers to receive a $600 bonus for attending 10 hours of STARS approved child care workshops.

Workshops

SSPS Alert

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AN IMPORTANT JANUARY PAYMENT REMINDER FROM SSPS

The date a provider receives payment for services paid through the Social Service Payment System (SSPS) varies due to weekends, and bank and US Postal Service holidays.

January 1st through 3rd are holiday and weekend dates in 2010. These factors are out of payment system control. As a result provider claims made before 4:30 on December 31st will:

· Begin processing on January 4th instead of the 1st .

· Experience possible high volume US Postal Service holiday mailing delays.

· Be available for banks to automatically deposit into providers’ accounts no earlier than January 8th.

All of these factors will result in payments reaching providers later than usual.

Final Subsidy Rules

Announcement to all child care providers: Please see the links below for changes to the child care subsidy rules. These rules are effective December 1, 2009.
DEL child care subsidy rules: http://www.del.wa.gov/laws/rules/subsidy.aspx

Working Connections and Seasonal Child Care Subsidy Rule Changes:
http://www.del.wa.gov/laws/development/subsidy.aspx

Family Providers Urged Legislators to Support Struggling Families

Family providers asked state legislators to direct federal money to parent support rather than rate increases.

Nancy Gerber discusses family providers' decision to withdraw their lawsuit to compel the state to pay higher rates.

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Union FCC Health Insurance
Seguro Medico para Proveedoras del Cuidado Infantil