Family First
This is the very first thing a parent must do before they can apply for child care assistance.
What is creating an SSO account?
VPK is designed to prepare children for success in this grade level.
What is Kindergarten?
This document that must be fully executed prior to a Provider receiving funding.
What is the Provider Contract?
This type of event needs to be reported by the end of the next business day, after the event occurs, often involving the health and safety of a child.
What is an unusual incident?
The parent and provider can use this to find the copay for a child.
What is the payment certificate?
SR is what families apply for to gain childcare services.
What is school readiness?
To meet basic eligibility requirements, a parent must work at least this many hours per week or have another approved purpose of care.
What is 20 hours per week?
Children who receive an at-risk referral fall under these compliance requirements.
What are the Rilya Wilson requirements?
The number of years a provider must keep attendance records.
What is at least 5 years?
The number of days a Provider has to submit an Unusual Incident to the Coalition in writing.
What is 3 business days?
The status that a Provider can see on attendance roster of newly enrolled child, that indicates action needs to be taken by the family before a Provider can be reimbursed for the Child.
Pending Family Acceptance
CCR&R is used for this department.
What is Childcare Resource and Referrals?
These documents are required to verify income and must be the most recent and consecutive.
What are four weeks of pay stubs?
To apply for VPK, parents/guardians must live in this state.
What is Florida?
This email address used by providers to submit questions to the Coalition.
What is the Redline?
A child has an injury at one of the providers. They need to notify ELC via
What is the Red Line?
A parent must do this in order for their child to be seen on the roster.
What is sign the payment certificate?
This organization helps at risk families and is abbreviated DCF.
What is Department of Children and Families?
After the application is completed, children are placed here until funding becomes available and they can move forward in the process.
What is the waitlist?
Parents/guardians must provide one document from each of these two categories to receive a VPK certificate.
What are proof of child’s date of birth and proof of Florida residency?
The maximum number of days a School Readiness Provider can add to their contract for reimbursement.
What is 13 days?
A provider can do this to correct a mistake on an attendance sheet.
What is strike through the mistake and initial the correction?
The provider must do this if a child is under Rilya Wilson reporting requirements.
What is let the coalition know each day the child is absent?
This program is commonly known as VPK.
What is Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten?
This final step must occur for enrollment to be active, even after documents are approved, a provider accepts the child, and services are authorized.
What is the parent signing the terms for enrollment?
What are the 5 agencies that can write a referral.
What are DCF, Twin Oaks, Anchorage Children's Home, Salvation Army, Panama City Rescue Mission?
If a provider changes ownership, this is required to complete the change.
What is a New contract?
If a provider has repeated noncompliance offenses, this financial penalty can occur.
What is Corrective actions up to contract termination?
The eligibility team discovered an issue with a copay. This is the document they send to reimbursement to correct.
What is a childcare adjustment form?
SSO is the abbreviation for website Families, Providers and Coalition Staff must use to access the Provider Portal
What is the Single-Sign-On?