Review of Discussion

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• What’s Happening? • What’s needed to support Shared Services?• Next Steps

What’s happening?

• NYS building out Quality Stars resource platform• Unions building out member platforms• NYS creating Child Care Time and Attendance • NYS creating Child Care Facility System• Professional Development Institute piloting sub pool and

job bank• Local hubs in NYC, Rockland, Steuben Counties

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What’s needed to support Shared Services?• Statewide efforts

• Joint purchasing of health insurance, contractual services• Bulk purchasing of goods and services (may need to be localized)• Platform that brings together all on-line resources of use to NYS

providers• Frees up time and energy to focus on quality • Design this as a way to enable local posting

• Local Services to be rolled out• Professional Development Institute: Creation of sub pool and job bank

• Address fingerprinting issues

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Next Steps

• Take these ideas and communicate – get feedback and thoughts. How might the technology be used more broadly?• NYSAEYC• BOCES• ECLC members• Head Start • Nonprofit centers• Family Child Care Association• UFT, CSEA• Local districts• New York Public Welfare Assoc• SED• Community Action Agencies• NYS PreK Administrators• Special Ed?• For-profit centers

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