What is a “Community-Based Child Care Center?
A. In Tables 2A and 2B, “Community-Based Child Care Centers” are those DHS-licensed centers that districts contract with to provide the ECPA-funded early childhood education program. Do not include children in non-contracted centers in this line. Children served by local providers without a district contract would be listed in Tables 2A and 2B under “Not Enrolled in Any of the Above,” and in Table 3 under the appropriate line. Q. How do I fill in the salaries and benefits in the Personnel Detail (Part II) and the “Major ECPA Costs” column in the Program and Component Activity Forms (Part III), if I use a contracted community provider? A. Since the costs associated with serving children through a contracted community provider are wrapped into a negotiated rate per child, these costs cannot be broken out in Parts II and III. Simply note “Community Provider” in the appropriate column in these forms. Districts using community providers, however, must still include objectives, activities, a
