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Children and Youth (CY) Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) Pay Plan Implementation and Guidance.

The Council of Professional Recognition has developed the Child Development Associate and Military School Age credentials to improve the quality of child and school-age care programs. CNIC CYP will continue to provide supplemental funding to offer CYP employees and CDH Providers an opportunity to continue their training and receive recognition from a national organization. CNIC (N926) has established a centralized contract with the Council of Professional Recognition to streamline the process for funding the CDA and MSA credentials. Enclosures (1) through (4) provide the processes for participating in this opportunity.

The purpose of the Child and Youth Program (CYP) Food Service Worker position is to perform a variety of food preparation and food service tasks for the CYP. This position is located in a child Development Center (CDC) but may assist with food preparation for the School Age Care (SAC) Program.

The purpose of the USDA Clerk position is to implement and ensure timely operation and record keeping of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) in the Child Development Centers (CDC), School Age Care (SAC) programs, and participating Child Development Homes (CDH) in a metro area.

The purpose of the Regional Resource and Referral (R&R) Director position is to operate the Child and Youth Program (CYP) Resource and Referral (R&R) Program, which is a service provided to the military community to assist each family in identifying child care needs, child care options and child and youth related resources. The R&R collects, maintains and reports data and statistics on child care requested, child care available, and problems encountered by parents in locating child care. This information is used by the Department of Navy (DoN) to determine child care requirements, funding, and services to be provided.

The purpose of the Regional Program Analyst is to provide support to the Regional Child and Youth Program (CYP) Manager through the conduct of various analysis functions including financial analysis, staff advisory analysis services, personnel administration, and general administrative support for assigned organizational elements. This position is the liaison with regional support offices, which includes but is not limited to the Non-appropriated Funds (NAF) personnel office, Human Resources Office (HRO), and Regional financial management offices.

The purpose of the Regional Program Analyst is to provide management information support to the Regional Child and Youth Program (CYP) Manager, and installation CYP Directors with analysis, implementation, and maintenance of CYP specific data collection and management information systems. This position is the liaison with regional support offices, installation CYP programs, and CNIC CYP system support service providers.

This position serves as the Region School Liaison Officer (SLO) in Navy Regions under designated Navy Child and Youth Programs (CYP). The Region SLO serves as the subject matter expert for issues and processes involving State and Local Education Agencies (LEA) on all K-12 educational matters relating to public, private, home schooling and where applicable Department of Defense Education Activity Schools (DoDEA).

The purpose of the Regional Child and Youth Program (CYP)Manager is to facilitate the provision of safe, healthy, secure and developmentally appropriate child and youth services. The primary functions of this position are to: (1) monitor Navy-wide policies for Child Development Centers (CDC), Child Development Homes (CDH), School Age Care programs (SAC), Youth Programs (YP), and Resource and Referral (R&R) programs; (2) provide technical direction and guidance for the functional operation of such programs; and (3) assess the Department of the Navy's (DoN)compliance with the Military Child Care Act (MCCA) of 1989.