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Ym mis Ebrill, ataliwyd y Cynnig Gofal Plant dros dro er mwyn gallu canolbwyntio adnoddau ar anghenion gofal plant gweithwyr hanfodol a phlant a oedd yn agored i niwed drwy Gynllun Cymorth Gofal Plant y Coronafeirws. Ar wythnos olaf y tymor ysgol, roedd ychydig dros 9\.000 o blant yn manteisio ar y cynllun hwn.


Wrth i Gymru gymryd camau i lacio’r cyfyngiadau ymhellach, ac wrth i ysgolion baratoi i ailgydio o fis Medi, bydd y Cynnig yn dechrau derbyn ceisiadau o’r newydd, gan alluogi teuluoedd i fanteisio ar y gofal plant.


Bydd modd i rieni a fyddai wedi bod yn gymwys i fanteisio ar y Cynnig yn ystod tymor yr haf, ond a gollodd dymor cyfan am nad oeddent wedi dechrau defnyddio’r Cynnig cyn y pandemig, gyflwyno eu ceisiadau o ganol Awst.


Caiff ceisiadau gan rieni y bydd eu plentyn yn gymwys ar gyfer y Cynnig yn yr hydref eu hystyried o ddechrau Medi ymlaen.


Bydd manylion o ran pryd a sut i wneud cais ar gael ar wefannau awdurdodau lleol a thrwy Wasanaethau Gwybodaeth i Deuluoedd.


Fel oedd yn wir cyn Covid\-19, bydd awdurdodau lleol hefyd yn gallu manteisio ar y Grant Cymorth Ychwanegol i sicrhau bod unrhyw blentyn sydd ag anghenion ychwanegol yn gallu elwa ar y Cynnig yn yr un ffordd â phlant eraill.


Yn ddiweddarach yr wythnos hon, bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn cyhoeddi canllawiau diwygiedig ar gyfer lleoliadau gofal plant ar sut y gallant weithredu’n ddiogel, gan ystyried cyhoeddiad Prif Weinidog Cymru ddydd Gwener \[31 Gorffennaf] nad oes angen i blant o dan 11 oed gadw pellter cymdeithasol.


Dywedodd Julie Morgan, y Dirprwy Weinidog Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol:



> Rydyn ni wedi bod yn gweithio gyda’n partneriaid yn ystod yr wythnosau diwethaf i ymchwilio i’n hopsiynau wrth ailgychwyn y Cynnig. Rwy’n teimlo’n ddyledus dros ben, yn enwedig i awdurdodau lleol, am y ffordd y maent wedi ymateb i heriau’r misoedd diwethaf, gan weinyddu Cynllun Cymorth Gofal Plant y Coronafeirws a chefnogi teuluoedd yn eu hanghenion amrywiol iawn a chymhleth yn aml.
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> Mae darparwyr gofal plant wedi bod yn wych hefyd, a llawer ohonynt wedi cadw’u drysau ar agor tra oedd y feirws ar ei waethaf er mwyn sicrhau bod gweithwyr hanfodol yn gallu cyfrannu’n effeithiol at yr ymdrech genedlaethol yn erbyn y pandemig.
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> Bydd llawer o deuluoedd wedi dioddef caledi ariannol yn sgil Covid\-19\. Bydd rhai gweithwyr wedi’u taro’n waeth nag eraill, a gwyddom fod gofal plant, i lawer o fenywod, wedi bod yn rhwystr gwirioneddol o ran eu capasiti i weithio. Bydd ailgyflwyno’r Cynnig yn help i rieni, ond hefyd mae’n hollbwysig i ddarparwyr fel busnesau sy’n ceisio dod dros cyfnod o ansicrwydd a phryder mawr i lawer.


Gan gyllido gofal plant am 48 wythnos y flwyddyn, mae’r Cynnig wedi bod ar gael ledled Cymru ers Ebrill 2019\. Erbyn Ionawr 2020, roedd 14,600 o blant yn cael cymorth.  

 







Translation:


 
The Childcare Offer was suspended in April to allow resources to be refocused, to support the childcare needs of critical workers and vulnerable children through the Coronavirus Childcare Assistance Scheme (C\-CAS). As of the last week of the school term, just over 9,000 children were accessing this scheme.


As Wales moves to ease more lockdown restrictions and with schools set to return from September, the Offer will reopen for applications enabling families to start accessing the funded childcare.


Parents who would have been eligible for the Offer in the summer term, but who missed out on a full term because they had not started taking up the Offer before the pandemic, will be able to submit their applications from mid\-August. 


Applications from parents whose child becomes eligible for the Offer in the autumn term will be considered from the start of September onwards.


Details on the timing and how to apply will be available on local authority websites and through Family Information Services.


As before Covid\-19, local authorities will also be able to make use of the Additional Support Grant to ensure any child with additional needs can benefit from the Offer in the same way as other children.


Later this week updated guidance will be published for childcare settings on how they can operate safely, taking into account the First Minister’s announcement on Friday 31 July that children under 11 do not need to socially distance.


The Deputy Minister for Health and Social Care, Julie Morgan, said:



> We have been working with our partners in recent weeks to explore our options for restarting the Offer. I feel extremely indebted, especially to local authorities, for the way they have risen to the challenges of the past few months, administering the Coronavirus Childcare Assistance Scheme and supporting families with their very diverse and often complex needs.
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> Childcare providers have been fantastic too, many of whom stayed open when the virus was at its most prevalent to ensure that critical workers were able to contribute effectively to the national effort against the pandemic.



> Many families will have suffered financial hardship as a result of Covid\-19\. Some workers will have been hit harder than others and we know that for many women childcare has been a real barrier in terms of their capacity to work. Bringing the Offer back will not only help parents, but it is crucial for providers too in supporting their businesses to recover after what has been a period of great uncertainty and anxiety for many.


Funding childcare for 48 weeks of the year, the Offer has been available all over Wales since April 2019\. By January 2020, 14,600 children were being supported.