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Additional Resources
- Early Care & Education English Language Learners (ELL) Toolkit
- Transition Toolkit
- Build ECE E-News
- OCDEL Community Education Listserv
- Handbook for Staffing OCDEL Councils, Committees, Work Groups and Task Forces
- Common Acronyms
- Braiding Preschool Funding Task Force and Financial Tools- Under the Rendell Administration, multiple new preschool funding streams were established to promote the early education agenda and prepare the Commonwealths young children for school success. As a result of the new funding streams, the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) convened the Braiding Funds Task Force with the goal of assisting early education and care providers to utilize the funds appropriately and efficiently. The Task Force looked to assist providers in understanding the fiscal requirements of the different programs, how these requirements worked in relationship with each other, and how to braid the funding to achieve the next level of best practice in fiscal accounting. OCDEL in partnership with key early education and care practitioners from programs representing all OCDEL funding streams came together to consider the issues and prepare materials to assist providers in improving their practices. Below are four documents developed by the Task Force for early care and education community member's use.
1. Fiscal Responsibility & Cost Allocation Tools
2. Sample Budget
3. Sample Financial Statement
4. Braiding Allocation Workbook(revised 4/6/09)