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According to the Early Childhood Education Act, an application for municipal early childhood education must be submitted no later than four months before the desired start date.

If the start date of early childhood education is not predictable and the need for an early childhood education place is due to sudden employment in a new job indicated by the TE Centre, sudden obtaining of a study place, end of layoff or other similar reason, an application for an early childhood education place must be made as soon as possible, but no later than two weeks before the need begins. The guardian must submit a document from the workplace or place of study as an attachment to the application.

A child's right to early childhood education begins at the beginning of the month in which the child turns 9 months old (Early Childhood Education Act 540/2018, Section 12).

Moving to Riihimäki does not directly entitle you to a faster two-week processing time for your early childhood education application. An early childhood education place will be arranged earlier if possible, depending on the applicant and place situation, but no later than 4 months from the date the application is received. The actual placement decision will be made when the move to the city has been confirmed (the move notification has been made and submitted to service management).

You can submit your application even before moving to Riihimäki.

An applicant can submit two applications for a place in early childhood education for their child, but especially during the operating period, guardians should be prepared for the fact that the closest possible early childhood education unit in the city of Riihimäki will be assigned as the early childhood education place.

An unforeseen situation is not the end of parental leave or moving from another city (unless the employer verifiably requires it).

You can apply for early childhood education in the eDaisy transaction service.

The early childhood education application arrives in the electronic system (the system does not send a separate acknowledgement to the guardian).

Once the application has been received, the service guidance team will check the information provided in the application and, if necessary, contact the applicant for additional information (e.g. need for support, securing employment, studying, moving).

1–2 months before the start date of care indicated in the application, the service guidance will contact the guardian and discuss possible early childhood education options and the needs and wishes of the child and guardian in more detail.

The urgency of applications is determined on a case-by-case basis, e.g. sudden employment or obtaining a study place may be a reason for faster processing of the application and a possible placement decision.

eDaisy is Riihimäki's electronic transaction service for early childhood education, where you can manage applications and notifications for early childhood education services and receive information about children's placement and payment decisions.

The online service includes:

• early childhood education applications,
• applications for early childhood education supplementing preschool education,
• income statements,
• termination and change notices and
• investment and payment decisions.

You can find all investment and payment decisions made in early childhood education in eDaisy under Decisions.

Log in to the service through the Suomi.fi service with strong identification either with bank credentials or a mobile certificate. You can find the instructions for the service after logging in.

Shift care is being organized in Riihimäki At Piikinmäki kindergarten.

When applying for shift care, both guardians must submit their employment certificates/or other proof of the need for shift care.

You can send attachments by secure mail at https://turvaposti.rhlseutu.fi/

The daycare staff must be notified when the need for shift care ends.

Riihimäki early childhood education uses DaisyFamily, which is a daily communication channel between guardians and early childhood education. The first time you log in, you use strong authentication (bank credentials or mobile certificate), after which you can create your own password in the application to speed up the login process.

DaisyFamily with the help of a guardian, you can

• Book and check childcare appointments
• Report your child's sick and absent days
• Communicate with early childhood education staff
• Read and write in your child's early childhood education plan
• Receive newsletters and inquiries

Instructions for use can be found on the DaisyFamily homepage.

Guardians can submit a transfer request to another unit electronically in the eDaisy transaction service after receiving an early childhood education place.

eDaisy → Applications → Change notification → Request for change of care location

We always try to implement transfer requests at the start of the new operating period on August 1.8st and, if possible, during the operating period.

Early childhood education dropout policies and place guarantee

The duration of the early childhood education suspension must always be at least four (4) months. It is possible to apply for a suspension from daycare (does not apply to family daycare).

If a child returns to early childhood education at the beginning of the operating period (1.8 August–30.9 September), return to the same early childhood education place is guaranteed. At other times, efforts are made to arrange return to the same early childhood education place as much as possible.

During the suspension:

• The child can participate in municipal club activities.
• Children under the age of 3 are entitled to home care support.

An early childhood education place guarantee must be applied for at least one month before the start of the interruption. When applying for an interruption, the date of return to early childhood education must be stated.

Applying for a suspension

You can apply for a suspension in the eDaisy transaction service.
Go to: eDaisy → Applications → Change notification → Other change.

Enter the start and end date of the suspension in the Additional information field at the end of the application.

Please note that the interruption must be at least four months.

The guardian terminates the early childhood education, preschool, supplementary early childhood education or club place electronically in the eDaisy service using a termination form before the end date. If early childhood education or supplementary early childhood education is terminated in the middle of a calendar month, the payment ends on the last day of early childhood education. The payment for afternoon activities ends at the end of the month of termination.

A municipal early childhood education place is granted to a child until 31 July of the year in which the child transfers to preschool.

If your address changes during early childhood education, you must report it electronically using the eDaisy service.

eDaisy → Applications → Early childhood education services → Notification of change: fill out the form → Change of address