Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System

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 Website

The new Fundamentals of CCDF Administration website is a comprehensive, interactive resource for state, territory, and tribal administrators.

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Implementing Child Care Resource and Referral Call Centers Series

Explore this series to learn more about the guidelines and exemplary practices for implementing child care resource and referral call centers.

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CCDF Criminal Background Check Requirements

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

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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.