Participants are encouraged to send grade reports or an updated transcript after completion of any formal coursework. The salary supplement is income. Recipients are responsible for reporting and paying any personal income taxes due. Checks are issued to participants after each six month period in the same child care program. This policy is designed to encourage more stability for the children in care and to discourage participants from changing programs.
Children are the main beneficiaries.
They are able to bond with a provider who has made a commitment to the field and who has a formal child care credential or education beyond a high school diploma. Providers benefit by receiving salary supplements that allow them to remain in the early childhood field. More than 6,800 providers in North Carolina have participated in the Project during the 1999-00 fiscal year. It will offer encouragement to the workers to work towards a higher education and enable them to remain in the centers where they are presently working. The children will benefit from this because they need as much stability as possible as we are now laying the foundation for their future learning.