Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System

COVID-19 Guidance for CCDF Programs & Policy Makers

Information for Lead Agencies Impacted by Coronavirus Disease 2019.

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TRENDS IN CHILD CARE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND POLICIES FOR 2017

This series of briefs describe changes in licensing requirements and policies for child care centers, family child care homes, and group child care homes from 2014 to 2017.

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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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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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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.