Oregon Registry Education Awards

What is an Education Award?
This award is a financial incentive that rewards providers for educational achievements and encourages continued education. The award is provided to individuals, and supervisors, who are working at least 20 hours a week with children under the age of 13. The award amount is based on the professional development Milestone you have achieved. These Milestones are identified by a group of steps on the Oregon Registry.

For Child Care Division (CCD) licensed or Department of Human Services (DHS) active providers the Milestones are defined as:

• Milestone 1 means you have been awarded a Step between 3-6 and are eligible for $100
• Milestone 2 means you have been awarded a Step between7-8.5 and are eligible for $250
• Milestone 3 means you have been awarded a Step 9 or above and are eligible for $500

• Milestone means you have been awarded a Step 3 or higher on the Oregon Registry and are eligible for $50

How do I get an Education Award?
The Education Award will be available to all eligible providers currently on the Oregon Registry. The opportunity will be available to future applicants who meet the above criteria and have all Education Award forms complete and submitted to the Oregon Center for Care Development in Childhood Care and Education (OCCD).

• Providers will receive one Education Award per Milestone
• Providers will receive only one award per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30)

Packets will be sent out by the first week of May to those who have been awarded an Oregon Registry Step as of May 4, 2009. Providers who have their Oregon Registry application processed and approved after May 4 will receive an Eligibility Packet with their Oregon Registry Certificate.

Where is this money coming from and how long will it be around?
The Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care and Education has been asked by the Child Care Division to distribute financial Education Awards to providers who have been awarded an Oregon Registry Step 3 or above. The criteria for this distribution were established by a state level strategic investments partnership workgroup under the Oregon Commission for Child Care. Current funding for this award is from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (economic stimulus) and The Oregon Community Foundation. The state level public-private strategic investment workgroup worked to establish the plan for distribution of these funds and is continuing to work on identifying strategies for continuation of these Education Awards.