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Health & Safety

• September 7, 2023 - Q&A with Vermont Department of Health Nurses (accompanying slide decks with epidemiology updates about COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases and immunization updates) (Vermont Department of Health) 
  • Healthy Children: When to Keep Your Child Home from Child Care
  • Follow-up information with additional resources
• May 4, 2023 - Q&A with Vermont Department of Health Nurses 
  • Be Seat Smart Program: https://www.beseatsmart.org/
  • Information about tick bites and tickborne diseases: https://www.healthvermont.gov/...
  • COVID-19 Vaccines: https://healthvermont.gov/dise...
  • COVID-19 Testing: https://healthvermont.gov/dise...
• January 19, 2023 - Q&A with Vermont Department of Health Nurses (accompanying slide deck with seasonal updates and additional resources) (Vermont Department of Health) 
• September 29, 2022 – Q&A with Vermont Department of Health Nurses (Vermont Department of Health)
• June 16, 2022 – Q&A with Vermont Department of Health Nurses: Summer Safety, COVID Updates, and Information on the Vaccine for Young Children (accompanying slide decks on Swim Safety and Vaccine Updates (Vermont Department of Health) plus additional resources:
  • COVID-19 Activity & Surveillance: https://www.healthvermont.gov/covid-19/covid-19-activity-and-surveillance
  • Sample child care sickness policy: https://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/Sample-Child-Care-Sickness-Policy.pdf
  • What to do if you are a close contact: https://www.healthvermont.gov/covid-19/symptoms-sickness/what-do-if-you-are-close-contact
  • What to do if you test positive for COVID-19: https://www.healthvermont.gov/covid-19/symptoms-sickness/what-do-if-you-test-positive-covid-19
  • Signs & symptoms chart: https://nrckids.org/files/appendix/AppendixA2019.pdf
  • Rapid antigen test kit request form: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=O5O0IK26PEOcAnDtzHVZxsrsB0RDWGtLoyEJ3-3rXDxUNUM5TVJOREpMNkdCWTA5QkVDVkdGTFdRVSQlQCN0PWcu
• April 14, 2022 – Q&A with Vermont Department of Health Nurses (Vermont Department of Health)
• February 24, 2022 – Q&A with Vermont Department of Health Nurses on the status of Covid vaccines for under age 5 (Vermont Department of Health)
• January 26, 2022 – Quick Updates from the Vermont Department of Health (Vermont Department of Health)
• January 20, 2022 – Q&A with Vermont Department of Health Nurses on 'Tests for Tots' and the Omicron Strain in VT's Child Care System (accompanying slide deck and answers to your questions) (Vermont Department of Health)
• December 16, 2021 – Q&A with Vermont Department of Health Nurses on navigating the holiday season while keeping your program open and your families and staff safe and healthy (Vermont Department of Health)
• October 28, 2021 – American Academy of Pediatrics Vermont Chapter and Vermont Department of Health Presentation, COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Aged 5-11, Fall 2021 (accompanying slide deck) (Vermont Department of Health)
• August 26, 2021 – American Academy of Pediatrics Vermont Chapter Presentation for Leaders of Vermont Early Childhood Education Programs (accompanying slide deck and answers to questions) (Vermont Department of Health)
• June 17, 2021 – COVID-19: Child Care and Out of School Time: Vermont Forward Step 4 Summer 2021 (accompanying slide deck and newsletter to help parents transition back to child care) (Vermont Department of Health)
• May 20, 2021 – COVID-19: Child Care and Out of School Time Spring and Summer 2021 with Sally Kerschner, Margaret Tarmy, and Breena Holmes, MD (accompanying slide deck) (Vermont Department of Health)
• April 29, 2021 – COVID-19: Child Care and Out of School Time Spring and Summer 2021 with Breena Holmes, MD (accompanying slide deck) (Vermont Department of Health)
• April 15, 2021 – Opportunity to Ask Vermont Department Health Questions and Discussion for VT COVID-19 Response (accompanying slide deck) (Vermont Department of Health)
• March 18, 2021 – Opportunity to Ask Vermont Department Health Questions and Discussion for VT COVID-19 Response (accompanying slide deck) (Vermont Department of Health)
• February 18, 2021 – Opportunity to Ask Vermont Department Health Questions and Discussion for VT COVID-19 Response (accompanying slide deck) (Vermont Department of Health)
• January 21, 2021 – Opportunity to Ask Vermont Department Health Questions and Discussion for VT COVID-19 Response (accompanying slide deck) (Vermont Department of Health)
• December 10, 2020 – Opportunity to Ask Vermont Department Health Questions and Discussion for VT COVID-19 Response (Vermont Department of Health)
• November 19, 2020 – Opportunity to Ask Vermont Department Health Questions and Discussion for VT COVID-19 Response (accompanying slide deck) (Vermont Department of Health)
• October 27, 2020 – Opportunity to Ask Vermont Department Health Questions and Discussion for VT COVID-19 Response (accompanying slide deck) (Vermont Department of Health)
• August 6, 2020 – COVID-19 Guidance for Child Care Services with Breena Holmes, MD (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids)
• May 12, 2020 – COVID-19 Guidance for Child Care Services with Breena Holmes, MD (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids)

Planning for Reopening Your Child Care Program

• May 14, 2020 – Preparing to Reopen: Updates on Business Supports and Resources for Your Child Care Business (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids)
• May 12, 2020 – Are You Ready? Reopening Your Child Care Business After COVID-19 (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids)

Providing Child Care for Essential Workers

• April 7, 2020 – COVID-19 Guidance for Emergency Child Care Services, Part 2 (accompanying slide deck) with Breena Holmes, MD, Maternal and Child Health Director (Vermont Department of Health)
• March 27, 2020 – COVID-19 Guidance for Emergency Child Care Services, Part 1 (accompanying FAQ document) with Breena Holmes, MD, Maternal and Child Health Director (Vermont Department of Health)

Business Operations

• October 20, 2022 – Understanding Unique Entity IDs (UEIs) (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids)
• March 24, 2022 – Listening to Your Child Care Business: Legal Issues (Vermont Small Business Development Center)
• February 25, 2022 – Updates on Covid Relief, Stabilization, and Recovery Funding Resources (Let's Grow Kids & Five Vine Consulting) 
• January 5, 2022 – Wonderschool as a Business Resource for Family Child Care with Tammie Hazlett (Let's Grow Kids & Tammie Hazlett)
• October 29, 2021 – American Rescue Plan Act Child Care Stabilization Grants (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids & Vermont Association of the Education of Young Children)
• October 6, 2021 – CDD is Investing in Technology... and So Can You! (Let's Grow Kids)
  
• May 18, 2021 – Why 2021 Is the Right Time to Re-Explore Vermont's Health Insurance Marketplace (Vermont Association of the Education of Young Children)
• May 4, 2021 – Taking Control of Your Child Care Business (accompanying slide deck) (Opportunities Exchange)
• September 22 & October 6, 2020 – Nonprofit Leadership: A Training for Vermont Non-profit Child Care Program Leaders (Part 1 for executive directors and board members; and part 2 for executive directors) (accompanying slide deck for part 1; accompanying slide deck for part 2) (Let's Grow Kids)
• September 29, 2020 – The Tax Consequences of Coping with COVID-19, presented by Tom Copeland, JD (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids)
• July 23, 2020 – SBA Paycheck Protection Program Available for Child Care Providers (accompanying slide deck) (Small Business Administration)
• June 25, 2020 – Selling a Child Care Business to the Employees (accompanying slide deck) (Vermont Employee Ownership Center)
• June 18, 2020 – Ownership Succession Options for Child Care Businesses (accompanying slide deck) (Vermont Employee Ownership Center)
• May 28, 2020 – Change is Hard, Change Management Can Help: Perspectives from HR and Programs on Navigating the New Normal (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids)
• April 30, 2020 – The Business of Child Care: Vermont and National Perspectives on Where We Are and Where We Are Going (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids)
• April 28, 2020 – Resilience, Strength, and Creating Positive Change in ECE (Ellen M. Drolette, Positive Spin VT)
• April 27, 2020 – Taxing Times: What You Need to Know about Tax Planning and Record Keeping During COVID-19 (accompanying slide deck and Q&A document) (Let's Grow Kids)
• April 21, 2020 – Supporting Ongoing Parent and Child Connections During Extended Closures Caused by COVID-19 (Let's Grow Kids, staff from Pine Forest Children’s Center and Robin's Nest Children's Center)
• April 10, 2020 – Bridging the Gap: How to Make Payroll (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids)
• April 2, 2020 – Making Sense of Business Resources for Child Care Programs (accompanying slide deck and Q&A document) (Let's Grow Kids)

Other Topics

• June 2, 2022 – Developing Your Digital Voice: Digital Communications Skills to Support Your Business & Advocacy Goals (accompanying slide deck and toolkit) (Let's Grow Kids)
• May 13, 2022 – Make Way for Kids Capacity Grant Informational Call (Let's Grow Kids)
• April 17, 2020 – Managing the New Normal: Caring for Yourself and Your Staff During Uncertainty (accompanying materials) (Let's Grow Kids)

• March 24, 2020 – Supporting your employees' child care needs during COVID-19 (accompanying slide deck) (VBSR)

• May 25, 2021 – LGK Vermont Legislative Session Debrief and Celebration! (Let's Grow Kids)
• May 18, 2020 – COVID-19 Child Care Health & Safety Guidance for Families with Breena Holmes, MD (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids and Building Bright Futures)
• May 6, 2020 (8 PM) – Community Connections (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids)
• May 6, 2020 (1 PM) – Community Connections (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids)
• May 4, 2020 – Getting Back to Advocacy on Child Care and Early Education (accompanying slide deck) (Let's Grow Kids and Vermont Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance)