This week's EYES Update is a Human Resources special focussing on the use of the EWSS and different HR scenarios that might be encountered during the current Level 5 restrictions.
As part of the First 5 Strategy, Frontier Economics was appointed to produce a set of research papers that will inform the development of a new funding model for our sector.
This week the EYES update focuses on PPS verification for ECCE, returning to work following an absence for staff, AIM funding and EWSS, and the opening of Higher Capitation applications.
Press Release: Focused Policy Assessment (FPA) of the ECCE Higher Capitation Payment - The Focused Policy Assessment of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Higher Capitation payment is available now on the Government’s website.
The Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) provides a range of supports to enable children with a disability to meaningfully participate in the ECCE preschool programme. Parents/carers/legal guardians and preschool providers make AIM applications jointly, through an on-line system.
In this week’s Big Picture, we re-examine one of our General Election 2020 asks in light of developments in the sector, owing to Covid-19 and the ongoing government formation talks.
We have received confirmation all payments for ECCE, TEC, CCSP, and NCS & AIM will be paid up until April 3 2020. Please check PIP. Further details to follow.
Early Childhood Ireland has written to general election candidates in every constituency this week, asking them to support three vital initiatives in the next Programme for Government.