Covid-19 Procedures

Daily screenings and temperature checks

All adults and children will need to complete a health screening and temperature check before entry to the facility.

Changes to drop off and pick up routine

To minimize the number of individuals your child has contact with each day, staff will meet you at your car in the morning to complete the daily screening and walk your child to class. When you arrive in the afternoon, give us a call at 501-581-0203 and we will bring your child out to you.

Staff will be wearing masks and protection

To help protect the safety of all in our facility, staff will be wearing masks and smocks throughout the day. If you enter the building, we ask that you also wear a mask. Children are not required to wear a mask. If you choose for your child to wear a mask, they must be over the age of 2.

We are sanitizing toys, furniture and equipment frequently

We’re always careful to sanitize our facility, but during this time, staff are working extra hard to clean toys, furniture and equipment in between each child’s use.

We’re practicing frequent handwashing

We’re always careful about handwashing, but right now we are more vigilant than ever. Adults and children have access to hand washing areas and hand sanitizer throughout the facility. We teach children about handwashing skills to minimize the spread of germs.

Social distancing is encouraged

We recommend and encourage all adults to maintain a social distance of 6 feet when at all possible. Older children are will be taught social distancing and encouraged to use by assigned seats.

Essential Service Voucher

You child may qualify for 4 weeks or more of FREE childcare. Are you considered an essential worker? Please visit https://humanservices.arkansas.gov/about-dhs/dccece for more information.

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.
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. See all income information here for other family sizes.

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