{"id":5358,"date":"2020-05-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/blog\/learn-grow-revises-policies-during-covid-19"},"modified":"2020-05-12T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T16:00:00","slug":"learn-grow-revises-policies-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"learn-and-grow-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/blog\/learn-grow-revises-policies-during-covid-19","title":{"rendered":"Learn &amp; Grow Revises Policies During COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"blog_content\">\n<p>Thank you to Learn &amp; Grow early childhood education programs that are working to improve the quality of child care for Alaska&#8217;s youngest children and their families.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many changes for early childhood education programs. Learn &amp; Grow recognizes programs may be facing hard business decisions during this crisis. As a result, we understand programs may not be able to fully participate in Learn &amp; Grow at this time.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve worked hard to achieve your Learn &amp; Grow status.<\/p>\n<p>To honor this work, Learn &amp; Grow announces the following updates to its policies and procedures during the COVID-19 crisis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn &amp; Grow will extend program deadlines and timelines as needed to support your continued participation.<\/li>\n<li>Your Learn &amp; Grow status will remain active unless your program permanently closes. That means you will continue to be a Learn &amp; Grow program throughout this crisis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>thread <\/strong>staff will continue to be there for you, but will be available remotely by phone and\/or zoom conferencing. Please consult your<strong> thread<\/strong> professional developmental specialist if your program needs assistance with training, renewals, or initial verifications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a reminder, all <strong>thread <\/strong>trainings are free through the end of June and are available online statewide. Visit <a href=\"\/thread\/early-educators\/training\"><strong>thread\u2019s <\/strong>training calendar<\/a> for available times and topics.<\/p>\n<p>If you have did not receive notification of<strong> thread\u2019s<\/strong> COVID-19 Quality Initiative funding, please <a href=\"\/thread-blog\/thread-announces-covid-19-quality-initiative-to-support-child-care-programs\">click here<\/a> to apply. Funding is on a first come, first serve basis.<\/p>\n<p>Learn &amp; Grow looks forward to working with you during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","lg_tags":[],"news_categories":[],"class_list":["post-5358","learn-and-grow-blog","type-learn-and-grow-blog","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"gb-block-post-grid-landscape":false,"gb-block-post-grid-square":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"jjharrier","author_link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/author"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Thank you to Learn &amp; Grow early childhood education programs that are working to improve the quality of child care for Alaska&#8217;s youngest children and their families. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many changes for early childhood education programs. Learn &amp; Grow recognizes programs may be facing hard business decisions during this crisis. As a...&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/learn-and-grow-blog\/5358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/learn-and-grow-blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/learn-and-grow-blog"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lg_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lg_tags?post=5358"},{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/learn-and-grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=5358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}