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Virtual Board Meeting, May 26, 2020 at 6:30 pm
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Executive Committee meeting, March 19, 2020 @ 3:30 pm
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Surplus Vehicles for Sale
June 7, 2019 -
Boy Scout, Troop 340, awarded $5,000 for mobile micro-shelter project.
February 15, 2019
Ozark Opportunities, Inc. is part of a network of Community Action Agencies across the country set up to help people.
We are hiring! If you like to work with people and help change lives join our team! We are hiring three Family Development Workers. If interested, please check out the job description and complete an application. The following link will take you to our human resources page on our website: ozarkopp.org/human-resources/
DHS created a short educational video to encourage our essential workers to apply for child care assistance. youtu.be/nKPJdzVg9b8
Short-term Child Care Assistance for Essential Workers
The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided over $41 million in Child Care Development Block Grant funds to the DHS Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education (DCCECE). An estimated $18 million of that will be used to cover the cost of child care for some essential workers in Arkansas.
• Essential personnel, under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, includes but is not limited to emergency responders, health care providers, public health personnel, manufacturing workers, sanitation workers, child care and early childhood staff, and individuals involved in the food supply chain during pandemic.
• Assistance will be paid directly to the licensed child care provider. The provider must participate in the child care voucher program. To find a child care center that participates in the child care assistance program, click this link: dhs.arkansas.gov/dccece/cclas/facilitysearch.aspx
• The vouchers will be paid during the public health emergency. Payments would cover the full cost of child care during that time, as funding allows.
• If you make less than $2,954.98 each month for a family of two, you may qualify for traditional child care assistance instead of the short-term assistance for essential workers. Click on this link for income information on additional family structures: humanservices.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/resources/ChildCareIncome.PNG
Essential Worker Child Care Assistance Application: humanservices.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/dccece/Essential_Worker_Child_Care_Application.pdf
Essential Worker Child Care Assistance Application (Employer Portion): humanservices.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/dccece/VOE.pdf
Traditional Child Care Assistance Application: humanservices.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/dccece/DCC-ESS_Application_08-01-19.pdf
All completed applications should be emailed to FamilySupport@dhs.arkansas.gov
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