Level 1 Actions Part B: Level 3 Actions - Donegal County Council

CSC
Donegal County Childcare Committee (DCCC)
DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING
Sustaining Childcare Services in County Donegal
DCCC work to sustain childcare services through the implementation of the
National Childcare Investment Programme (NCIP) on behalf of the Office for the
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA) at local level.
The main objective of the NCIP is to assist all parents to access a quality
childcare service. DCCC provides quality supports and services in County Donegal
around the following Government initiatives aimed at developing and sustaining
childcare:
CHILDCARE INFRASTRUCTURE
DCCC offer support to community and private childcare providers to compile a
proposal for the development of a childcare service or to extend an existing
service based on an assessment of local need.
The Early Childhood Care and Education Initiative (ECCE)
The ECCE Initiative provides for a free Pre-school year in an early childhood care
and education setting for all children in the year before they start primary school.
The scheme is open to all private and community pre-school services that meet
the requirements of the scheme. An annual capitation grant is made to
participating services for each child enrolled. DCCC plays an important role in
supporting the ECCE scheme, particularly as a contact point between services
and parents.
The Community Childcare Subvention Scheme (CCSS)
DCCC offer support to community childcare providers to access funding under the
CCSS. The CCSS aims to support community based childcare services to provide
quality childcare services at reduced rates to qualifying families.
The National Childminding Initiative (CMI)
The CMI provides support to childminders and people interested in becoming
childminders. Under the initiative childminders can access quality awareness
training, childminding development grants and become voluntary notified. This
initiative is supported by HSE West and is delivered locally by DCCC.
The Parent and Toddler Initiative
Based on an annual funding allocation from OMCYA, DCCC has the responsibility
to administer a grant to parent and toddler groups on an annual basis aimed at
supporting the sustainability of parent and toddler services in the county.
The Workforce development plan
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