Who is considered “Essential” for
Emergency Child Care Scholarship?
Specific
Guidance regarding the classification of essential workers who are required to
work outside of their home as defined by Executive Order 202 can be found at https://esd.ny.gov/guidance-executive-order-2026
How to enroll?If you meet the definition of an essential employee living in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Wyoming Counties and have child care needs, register here: https://forms.gle/9Fk827RCQu3bokNA6 to complete the COVID-19 Parent Application for CARES Child Care Scholarship.
Parents
will be contacted by ACCORD’s Child Care Resource and Referral within two
business days. Your CCR&R will follow up on next steps to gather
information about your household and help you identify a participating child
care provider.
If your
child is currently enrolled in a licensed or registered child care program you
can continue to utilize its services while your application is pending.
For all
other families, the CCR&R will use the information you provide to establish
that you are an essential employee, enroll you in Emergency Child Care
Scholarship, and to ensure that the child care program is paid.
Licensed
and Registered Child Care Programs
Register
here: https://forms.gle/4Dqdx6w3kGqrzcu87
if you are providing services to
essential employee(s). ACCORD CCR&R must have your
application on record for you to receive direct payment through the CARES Child
Care Scholarship fund on behalf of essential employees enrolled in your
program.
You will be
contacted by ACCORD’s Child Care Resource and Referral within two business days
to follow up on next steps and to gather any additional information regarding
your program as needed.
The Parent
and Provider/Program application links can also be found on Child Care Services
page of ACCORD’s website at www.accordcorp.org,
If you have
questions about the CARES Child Care Scholarship Program or need to submit documentation
CCR&R has requested, please e-mail: childcare@accordcorp.org.
