HOW TO APPLY !NEXT STEPS If you are interested in applying for the Fund, you Once accepted into the college of your choice, must first contact the participating educational please submit a CCCPDF application and all institution of your choice. required documentation to Office of Child Care -- ! Credentialing Branch. PARTICIPATING COLLEGES Application Due Dates: Contact information for CCCPDF Coordinators at each college can be located on our website. First-time Applications are due by March 1st.

Continuation Applications are due by June 30th. Anne Arundel Community College Applications must be completed and submitted The Child Care Career and Carroll Community Prince George's by the deadline to be processed. College Community College Professional Development First-time applications are processed on a first Chesapeake College Wor-Wic Community Fund College come, first served basis, with priority given to applicants who have not completed any college College of Southern Notre Dame University courses for credit from an accredited college or of Maryland university. Community College of Baltimore County Coppin State University Frederick Community University of Maryland College Baltimore County Funding for Credentialed Child Care Hagerstown University of Maryland Community College Eastern Shore Providers to Pursue a College Degree Harford Community Washington Adventist College University Howard Community MORE INFORMATION College ! Webpage: ! http://earlychildhood.marylandpublicschools.org/ Email: [email protected] OVERVIEW ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS CONTINUATION OF FUNDS ! CCCPDF Funds are awarded for one school year at a The Child Care Career and Professional Development CCCPDF applicants must meet the following time, with a review of academic performance at the Fund (CCCPDF) is a tuition assistance program for requirements to receive funds (COMAR 13A.14.09): end of the approval year. Recipient may be approved child care providers to obtain a college education at • Participate in the Maryland Child Care Credential to continue in the Fund based on the following: participating colleges/universities in Maryland. Program at Level Two or higher. • Funding availability Funding is available for child care providers to earn a • Recipient maintains a 2.50 GPA college degree in the following areas: • Work in a licensed child care center or be a • Continued Employment – letter from current ! registered family child care provider in Maryland and employer on letterhead; current family child care • Early Childhood Education work at least 10 hours per week license • Child Development • Continued participation in the Maryland Child Care • Elementary Education • Fulfill entrance requirements at the participating Credential program – copy of certificate !• Special Education college of your choice • Have at least one year of documented experience The fund does not reimburse participants as the working with groups of children in an approved setting payments are made directly to the college or university. MSDE will notify applicants of whether or • Maintain employment in child care in Maryland while !not they have received fund approval. participating in the Program The CCCPDF is regulated by state statute in the • Participate in professional development Code of Maryland COMAR 13A.14.09.08. • Agree to complete the child care service requirement in Maryland for at least 10 hours per week after completion of the degree and/or withdrawal from the fund SERVICE REQUIREMENT

• Maintain at least a 2.50 cumulative GPA from the Upon graduation or withdrawal from the Fund, point of first entering the Program participants are required to begin the Service Commitment requirement as stated in COMAR USE OF FUNDS 13A.14.09. An award under the Fund can be used toward the Associate's Degree – Two (2) years; cost of tuition, college fees and textbooks. An award can be used only for the actual expense of college Bachelor's Degree – Four (4) years; or coursework incurred subsequent to an award, toward completion of a college degree in an approved field. No Degree obtained- One (1) month per credit paid An award under the Fund may not be used to pay for on your behalf. fees or costs, including tuition costs, previously If you stop working in an approved child care incurred for college enrollment or attendance setting, you are required to repay MSDE for the purposes. cost paid on your behalf.