Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System

Intensive Technical Assistance for Enhancing Consumer Education Websites: Application Now Available

States and territories are invited to apply for intensive technical assistance to support them in their efforts to enhance their child care consumer education websites.

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State School-Age Data Profiles Database

The National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment shares a first-ever collection of national and state/territory data profiles with information about school-age children served through CCDF. The profiles present a detailed picture of how federal investments and state policies can support the needs of school-age children.

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CCDF Criminal Background Check Requirements

Criminal background check requirements is a focus topic for the National Center on Child Care Subsidy Innovation and Accountability. Comprehensive resources are available that break down the requirements into easier to understand language.

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The Expulsion Policy Strategy Tool

This tool lays out a rubric for a range of policy options to promote young children’s social-emotional development and reduce the likelihood of expulsion and suspension in early learning settings.

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CCDF Final Rule Clarifies the New Child Care Law

The 2016 Final Rule updates Child Care and Development Fund regulations to clarify changes made through the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014. The law made many important changes focused on strengthening child care to better support the success of both parents and children, while also providing a new emphasis on the importance of providing high-quality early education and care.

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The Office of Child Care supports its grantees in various ways. Among the most important is the Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System (ECTTAS). The system brings together resources from the Office of Child Care, the Office of Head Start, and their health partners to offer CCDF Administrators and their stakeholders information, tools, training, and other supports. Learn more about the ECTTAS.