Decision details
Council to provide grant funding for up to three private nurseries to enable children of key workers and vulnerable children to attend childcare provision for the next 8 weeks
Decision Maker: Director of Children and Families (Historic)
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
Council to provide grant funding to up to
three private nurseries to enable children of key workers to attend
childcare provision for the next 8 weeks.
Pre-school settings and child minders will largely by Monday 27th
March be closed. Those that remain open do not have the capacity to
take on any more children in three areas of the county where there
may be a need from a key worker and/or vulnerable child perspective
as a response to COVID-19. Herefordshire Council has a statutory
responsibility to provide childcare for children of key workers and
vulnerable families. In order to fulfill this duty Herefordshire
Council needs to set up emergency hubs for pre-school age children
of vulnerable families and key workers to attend.
Contact: Chris Baird, Director for children and families Email: cbaird@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432 260264.
Publication date: 02/04/2020
Date of decision: 01/04/2020
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