The Ohio Department of Children and Youth's mission is to promote positive, lifelong outcomes for Ohio youth through early intervention, quality education, and family support programs.
Subpage for Providers: https://childrenandyouth.ohio.gov/for-providers
Subpage for SUTQ: https://childrenandyouth.ohio.gov/for-providers/step-up-to-quality
Subpage for SUTQ Program Standards, Rules and Forms: https://childrenandyouth.ohio.gov/for-providers/step-up-to-quality/program-standards-rules-forms
Link to SUTQ 2024 Rules Revisions Slides used during 8-2-24 webinar
Link to SUTQ 2024 Rules Revision Meeting Handout used during ESCNEO hosted meeting
Subpage for OCLQS: https://childrenandyouth.ohio.gov/for-providers/step-up-to-quality/oclqs
Link to Early Care and Education Provider Meeting 1/28/25 Slides
The Department provides the resources and supports essential to raising student achievement and accelerating learning opportunities, advancing the connectivity between K-12 and postsecondary learning, creating programs to support and expand workforce experiences, and ensuring students have the necessary supports to be ready each day to learn.
Website: https://education.ohio.gov/
Subpage for State Support Teams: https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/School-and-District-Improvement/State-Support-Teams
SST Region 3 (SST3) Staff List (ESCNEO): https://www.escneo.org/ESCStaff.aspx
Standards-Curriculum-Assessment Alignment list: https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Early-Learning/Early-Learning-Content-Standards/Standards-Curriculum-Assessment-Alignment
Subpage for ReadOhio information: https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Learning-in-Ohio/Literacy/Read-Ohio
Subpage for Preschool Licensing information: https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Early-Learning/Preschool-Licensing
Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association
OCCRRA serves the state of Ohio as the premiere workforce registry and learning management system for early care and learning, school-age, and child serving programs and professionals. OCCRRA creates and implements professional development and technical assistance programs, products, and services for statewide delivery by levering state investments in our regional child care resource and referral member agencies.
Ohio Association for the Education of Young Children (AEYC)
Ohio Association for the Education of Young Children (AEYC) is the official State Affiliate in Ohio for NAEYC. We are a diverse community of professionals who are passionate about serving children age 0-8. This includes, but in no way is limited to: Center Directors & Administrators, Teachers (Public, Private & Homeschool), State Agency Employees, Family Care Providers, Social Workers , School Administrators, Early Intervention Specialists, College Faculty & Students