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Offaly County Childcare Committee is located at St Joseph's Community Centre in Kilcormac, Co Offaly.

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Core Funding - Review and Confirm Reminder

Dear Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare Providers, reminder logo

Review and Confirm

This is a reminder the second Review and Confirm window will open to all Partner Services on Wednesday, 29 March, until Friday, 7 April, inclusive. This process enables Core Funding payments to continue by facilitating Partner Services to confirm that no changes have occurred or to submit an Application Change. To complete the second Review and Confirm process a Partner Service must have completed the first Review and Confirm process. If a service has not completed the first R&C process by Thursday, 23 March, their Core Funding application will be declined, and where appropriate all funding paid will be recouped.

If a Partner Service does not complete the second Review and Confirm process within the required timeframe, Core Funding payments will be placed on hold until such a time as the process is completed. Please note, the late submission of a Review and Confirm form noting a decrease to the base rate value will be effective from the change effective date rather than the last day of the review and confirm window.

Preparing for Review and Confirm
To complete the Review and Confirm process, your Core Funding Application Module must be at status Approved.
If your previous application/application change is at “Approved” and you have an application change at a “Draft” status you must abandon the draft application prior to completing the Review and Confirm form.

If your application is at “Referred back”, you must address the reason for refer back and then complete the review and confirm process.

Best wishes,
The Early Years Team

Snapshot survey of Childminders Week Monday 20th March - Monday 27th March

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As part of the National Action Plan for Childminding we are conducting a national survey of childminders. The purpose of this survey is to gather data on current childminding practice. This is one step in a series of consultation processes. Childminders participation is completely voluntary. Your response is completely anonymous.
The survey is open for 1 week only from Monday 20th March (8am) to Monday 27th March 2023(6pm).

Early Years Hive Maintenance 23 March 2023

Dear Service Provider, HIVE Maintenance
The Early Years Hive and the National Childcare Scheme website will be unavailable today (23 March) at 5pm for up to 4 hours due to maintenance.
After this time, you will need to refresh your web browser to access the portal again.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your cooperation.
Thank you,
The Early Years Team

Update - AIM Level 5 Equipment - Transfer of Ownership

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Dear Service Provider,

The AIM Level 5 Transfer of Ownership process is now open, Thursday the 16th of March. Services with AIM Level 5 equipment which is due to transfer at the end of the ECCE 2022/23 programme call will be issued with a notification on the Early Years Hive.

A How to Guide and recordings of the Training Webinars are now available in the Help & Support section on the Early Years Hive.

Should you have any queries in relation to AIM Level 5 Transfer of Ownership please contact the Early Years Provider Centre by raising a Request on Hive as follows:

- Programme: AIM Level 5

- Request Type: Equipment

- Request Type Detail: Transfer of Ownership

Regards,

The AIM Level 5 Team

Core Funding -Review and Confirm

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Dear Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare Providers,

Review and Confirm

Under the Core Funding Programme, Partner Services are required to Review and Confirm their Core Funding Application information throughout the programme year. The Review and Confirm window will open for a specific period throughout the programme year.

The second Review and Confirm window will open to all Partner Services on Wednesday, 29 March, until Friday, 7 April, inclusive. This process enables Core Funding payments to continue by facilitating Partner Services to confirm that no changes have occurred or to submit an Application Change. To complete the second Review and Confirm process a Partner Service must have completed the first Review and Confirm process. If a service has not completed the first R&C process by Thursday, 23 March, their Core Funding application will be declined, and where appropriate all funding paid will be recouped.

If a Partner Service does not complete the second Review and Confirm process within the required timeframe, Core Funding payments will be placed on hold until such a time as the process is completed. Please note, the late submission of a Review and Confirm form noting a decrease to the base rate value will be effective from the change effective date rather than the last day of the review and confirm window.

Preparing for Review and Confirm

To complete the Review and Confirm process, your Core Funding Application Module must be at status Approved.

If your previous application/application change is at “Approved” and you have an application change at a “Draft” status you must abandon the draft application prior to completing the Review and Confirm form.

If your application is at “Referred back”, you must address the reason for refer back and then complete the review and confirm process.

Application Changes

Core Funding Application Changes functionality remains available on Hive and permits service providers to make changes to their Core Funding Application Module. Partner Services are encouraged to ensure their most recent Core Funding Application Module is up to date and accurate, to proceed through the Review and Confirm process with little to no changes required.

To support services in completing a Review & Confirm form, a detailed guidance document and tailored training videos are available in the Resources section of the Early Years Hive.

Best wishes,

The Early Years Team

Supporting Quality Childcare in Offaly

Offaly County Childcare Committee support the development of quality, affordable, inclusive, accessible childcare and family friendly services for all children in every part of the county.

Offaly County Childcare Committee has been meeting since May 2001 and is made up of representatives from the statutory sector, social partners, community groups, voluntary groups, the Community and Voluntary Forum, National Voluntary Children's Organisations, providers of childcare, and parents - all of whom have a vested interest in childcare provision in the county.

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