An alternative child care arrangement, made in response to an emergency, an unexpected event, or a disruption in regular, pre-arranged child care.

Also known as out-of-school time, this is childcare before and/or after the traditional school day begins/ends.

Partner up with colleagues to share childcare responsibilities. A model of this could be one person having Mondays off or a flex schedule that allows for that, and is responsible for the childcare of the whole group on that day. A colleague is responsible for Tuesdays, etc. Or one parent is available in the mornings to do before-care, while another is available in the afternoons to do after-care.

These groups would remain intact as a social bubble in order to help contain spread of infection (a bubble, or pod, is defined as a small social network, generally 10 individuals or fewer, who have agreed to limit their in-person social activities only to each other, usually without taking any special precautions.

Outside of the group, members agree to follow recommended precautions such as social distancing and masking, along with any other pod-specific rules).

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Tutoring or oversight/management of child’s e-learning process.

Child care, otherwise known as day care, is the care and supervision of a child or multiple children at a time, whose ages range from six weeks to thirteen years. Child care is the action or skill of looking after children by a day-care center, nannies, babysitter, teachers or other providers.

Action for Children is the local child care resource and referral agency for Central Ohio; serving Columbus and Franklin County, as well as Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Pickaway, and Union Counties.

The American Camp Association has a searchable database of camps across the country, including some that may not be on the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services list.

Input your search criteria here. E-learning camps will be added as they are created.

Care.com offers of an array of services that enable families to find, manage and pay for care and provide employment opportunities for caregivers.

These include a robust suite of safety tools and resources, easy ways for caregivers to be paid and obtain professional benefits, household tax and payroll services for families, and customized corporate benefits packages covering child care and senior care services.

This tool is designed to help parents, caregivers, and guardians weigh the risks and benefits of available educational options to help them make decisions about sending their child back to school.

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ChildCare.gov helps parents access safe and quality child care services in their community that best suits their family’s needs. ChildCare.gov provides links to State or Territory child care websites that parents use to search for child care and consumer education information.

Ohio State COVID-19 Employee Well-Being Resources site, which provides our employees remote access to important COVID information and updates when you cannot immediately access our intranet.

To support your childcare needs during this challenging time, the Wexner Medical Center has partnered with Juggle to secure premier placement for medical center faculty and staff as an emergency childcare option and cover some of the cost of your childcare services.

• The Wexner Medical Center is providing an 18% credit that will be added to your Juggle account the week following the use of the childcare services and can be used for future Juggle needs.

• You can download the app and register using your medical center email to begin utilizing this resource.
• Use referral code osuwmc2020 to sign up with Juggle. 
• You must sign up with your Wexner Medical Center email address to receive the childcare discount.
• If you have signed up with another email address and would like to convert your account, contact Juggle at support@whyjuggle.com.

• If you want to limit exposure to your family and keep a sitter(s) consistent, you can message sitters directly in the app to set up care or request a specific sitter. You can also view a sitter’s childcare history and ask for date information for when they last were with a family.

• For questions, view Juggle’s FAQ for more information or email support@whyjuggle.com.

Some faculty and staff have shared that they have found childcare through lists maintained by the PT, OT, nursing and early childhood programs of interested students. Others have found success by posting to local Facebook groups and the NextDoor app.

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East Wind Nannies

The Columbus Nanny Agency

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This system will help you locate the type of early care and education program that meets your needs. You also can learn more about programs' licensing status, Step Up To Quality rating, and inspection results.

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Beginning Aug. 25, child care providers licensed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) may care for school-age children who are learning remotely during the school day. Additionally, ODJFS will launch a new license, called the Temporary Pandemic School-Age Child Care license, to ensure children have safe places to go when they are not learning in school.

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Beginning July 1, 2020, certain prospective benefit changes can be made during calendar year 2020 without a qualifying event. View allowable changes and examples on the Office of Human Resources website.

Academic help for students during eLearning facilitated by OSU students entering pre-K – 12 licensure programs. They have a field experience component that is required as part of their course work, so there is no cost for this program. Times are flexible and range between 2-3 hours per week.

Submit the interest form to Morbitt.2@osu.edu. Spots are limited.

A local Upper Arlington mom created a platform to help you get connected to qualified experts (educators, retired teachers, furloughed teachers, and able high school and college students) that can help you and your student get more out of the curriculum your traditional teacher has set for online learning.

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Seven private non-profit CCR&R agencies serve as regional hubs throughout Ohio's 88 counties. These agencies provide professional development and technical assistance to local child care, early learning, and out of school time programs.

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