Program Spotlight: YMCA of the Twin Tiers – Wellsville Early Learning Center
Wellsville Early Learning Center is located in Allegany County in Western New York. As a new program, it can be hard to meet all [...]
Program Spotlight: Jump for Success
Jump for Success is a Group Family Day Care located in the Bronx, NYC. High-quality furnishings and learning materials are important to create an inclusive, safe, [...]
QUALITYstarsNY Participant Kerion Scarlett meets First Lady Dr. Jill Biden
Kerion Scarlett of Corlies Christian Child Care had the pleasure of meeting with First Lady Dr. Jill Biden during her visit to DAY ONE Learning Community in [...]
NYS Expands Child Care Fee Assistance for Military Families under MCCYN-PLUS
On September 25, the Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood-PLUS (MCCYN-PLUS) program launched in New York State to increase the availability of child care options for the state’s military families. MCCYN-PLUS extends eligibility for the federal military child care fee assistance program to all licensed/registered child care programs in New York State.
Applying for QUALITYstarsNY & Start with Stars
How to get starting with the application process for QUALITYstarsNY & Start with Stars
QUALITYstarsNY Scholarship Now Available for Participants
QUALITYstarsNY has launched a new collaboration with the Early Childhood Career Development Center to offer the QUALITYstarsNY Scholarship. This scholarship can support staff pursuing an early childhood education degree who work at an early childhood program participating in QUALITYstarsNY.
Learn How the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Can Benefit Your Early Childhood Program
Did you know child care centers and family providers can receive reimbursement for serving healthy meals and snacks to children in their care? QUALITYstarsNY recently hosted CACFP Information Sessions [...]
Invest in New York: Child Care Deserts Grant Opportunity
April 20 Update: QUALITYstarsNY has created a new Child Care Deserts Grant webpage with more information about the grant requirement that providers awarded a Child Care Deserts Grant participate [...]
Help Ensure All Children are Counted in the 2020 Census!
There's less than one month left to ensure that ALL children and families across New York are counted in the 2020 Census. The 2020 Census will be used to [...]
Considerations for Reopening Series
As New York State’s Quality Rating & Improvement System (QRIS) for early childhood programs, QUALITYstarsNY is committed to helping early childhood programs overcome the unprecedented challenges presented by COVID-19. [...]