Family First
VPK/referrals
Contract Corner
Follow the Rules = Funded Schools
One team
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100

This is the very first thing a parent must do before they can apply for child care assistance.

What is creating an SSO account?

100

VPK is designed to prepare children for success in this grade level.

What is Kindergarten? 


100

This document that must be fully executed prior to a Provider receiving funding.


What is the Provider Contract?

100

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?

100

The parent and provider can use this to find the copay for a child.

What is the payment certificate?

100

SR is what families apply for to gain childcare services.

What is school readiness?

200

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?

200

To be eligible for VPK, a child must be 4 years old on or before this date of the school year.

What is September 1st?

200

The number of years a provider must keep attendance records.  

What is at least 5 years?

200

The day of the month a Provider has to submit BOTH  their monthly attendance and supporting documentation. 

What is the 3rd business days?

200

The provider must submit form if a child is under Rilya Wilson reporting requirements is absent.

What is submit Rilya-Wilson Documentation of Absence?

200

This department is referred to as CCR&R.

What is Childcare Resource and Referrals?

300

These documents are required to verify income and must be the most recent and consecutive.

What are four weeks of pay stubs?

300

Children who receive an at-risk referral fall under these compliance requirements.

What are the Rilya Wilson requirements?

300

This email address used by providers to submit questions to the Coalition.  

What is the Redline?

300

The Provider must build this every year for CCR&R. 

What is the Provider Profile.  

300

A parent must do this in order for their child to be seen on the roster.

What is sign the payment certificate?

300

This organization helps at risk families and is abbreviated DCF.

What is Department of Children and Families?

400

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?

400

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?

400

The maximum number of paid holidays a School Readiness Provider can add to their contract for reimbursement.  

What is 13 days?

400

A provider cannot do this to correct a mistake on an attendance sheet.

What is use White-out on the correction?

400

Provider must receive this from a Family in order to enroll the child for VPK.

What is the VPK Enrollment Certificate? 

400

This program is commonly referred to as VPK.

What is Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten?

500

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?

500

Name 4 agencies that can write a referral.

What are DCF, Twin Oaks, Anchorage Children's Home, Salvation Army, Panama City Rescue Mission, Northwest Florida Health.

500

This document must be executed if a provider changes ownership. 

What is a New Provider Contract?

500

A provider who has repeated noncompliance offenses, may have this financial penalty occur.

What is having their payment temporarily withheld?

500

A child can have this many unexcused absences per month. 

What is 3 unexcused absences? 

500

SSO is the abbreviation for this authentication method that Families, Providers, and Coalition Staff must use to access the ELC Portal.

What is the Single-Sign-On?