The Peru Gazette

COVID-19 June 23 Updates

Clinton County DMV Updates

Call 518-565-4789 to make an appointment.

New York Forward Child Care Expansion Incentive Program

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today that $65 million in federal CARES Act funding is available for child care providers statewide through the New York Forward Child Care Expansion Incentive program.

Throughout the pandemic, 65% of OCFS-licensed and -registered child care programs remained open, many serving families of essential workers.

The funding being made available today will help to bring closed programs back to operation to serve families returning to the workplace.

The funding available includes:

• $20 million to assist childcare program with reopening and expansion of capacity by providing materials to support a more socially distant model, and for supplies and activities associated with reopening and expansion- this may include partitions, short term rental of space, etc.
• $45 million in childcare Reopening and Expansion Incentive funds to pay for 50% of the cost of a newly opened classroom (maximum grant amount of $6,000) as an incentive to open the classroom.
• The temporary funds will phase out over the second and third months as more parents bring their children back into childcare.

Guidance for Colleges and Universities

View summary guidelines here.

View detailed guidelines here.

View the reopening plan checklist here.

NYSEG Updates

As energy is considered an essential consumer product, much of their work has continued despite the pandemic, however, NYSEG’s goal moving forward is to expand their efforts to include important customer-facing tasks that were postponed out of an abundance of caution.

To accomplish this safely and effectively, NYSEG will implement a phased approach, starting with work that directly supports customer safety and service reliability.

After that, NYSEG will resume activities that you would traditionally expect them to perform or that you request.