Additional Resources - Quality Improvement

• Monitoring Cost Estimation Calculator, (2018), by the National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance. The Monitoring Cost Estimation Calculator aims to help child care licensing agencies and CCDF lead agencies project the annual caseload and cost of monitoring and supporting licensed and license-exempt child care providers. This document includes general guidance on using the tool and considerations regarding each cost category included in the Monitoring Cost Estimation Calculator.
• National Program Standards Crosswalk Tool , (n.d.), by Early Childhood Quality Assurance Center.
• Provider Cost of Quality Calculator (n.d.), by the National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance.
• The NCASE Resource Library, updated quarterly, includes tools, profiles, and information on a range of key out-of-school–time topics.
• The Combining Resources to Support Quality Out-of-School Time Programs practice brief explores models for effectively combining CCDF with other frequently used funding sources to better support and sustain child care programs. It includes state examples.
• The Creating a Successful Formula to Engage Out-of-School Time Programs in Quality Improvement Systems practice brief focuses on state examples of a cross-sector approach to engagement in quality improvement systems that can help to raise awareness of the need to include out-of-school-time programs and support more efficient use of resources for improving school-age child outcomes.
• Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education Settings: A Compendium of Measures, 2nd edition,  (2010), by Halle, Vick Whittaker, and Anderson.
• Resource Guide: Child Care Workforce Qualifications, Training, and Professional Development (2020), by the Child Care State Capacity Building Center.
• Aligned Professional Development Systems Planning and Implementation Guide (2012), by the National Center on Child Care Professional Development Systems and Workforce Initiatives.