Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System

Office of Child Care Spanish Language Glossary

This glossary provides consistent terminology for translating child care materials from English into Spanish.

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EQUAL ACCESS AND MARKET RATE SURVEYS

Using market rate surveys and other factors to determine that payment rates are sufficient to ensure equal access to child care services is an important part of the CCDBG Act. Resources are available to support a deeper understanding of these topics.

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OST Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Toolkit

This new toolkit with emergency preparedness information and resources is designed to meet the distinct needs of out-of-school time programs.

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Addressing the Decreasing Number of Family Child Care Providers in the United States

This brief examines the reasons family child care homes close and offers information that your state, territory, or tribe can use to solve this problem.

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Fundamentals of CCDF Administration Training

This new online training on the Fundamentals of CCDF Administration is a 90-minute comprehensive, interactive resource for state, territory, and tribal administrators.

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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.