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Child Care State Capacity Building Center

The Child Care State Capacity Building Center (SCBC) works with State and Territory leaders and their partners to create innovative early childhood systems and programs that improve results for children and families. SCBC focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of programs implemented under the Child Care and Development Fund, improving the quality and supply of infant-toddler services, and advancing the development of early childhood systems. Guiding principles include the following:

  • Effective State-level technical assistance establishes credibility and expertise, builds partnerships, and develops systemic capacity from Child Care and Development Fund Administrators to child care providers.
  • Context matters. Effective capacity building requires understanding and respecting each organization's history, values, and vision.

Services are available through the SCBC's Infant/Toddler Specialist Network, Intensive Capacity Building Network, and State Systems Specialist Network.

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Infant/Toddler Specialist Network Technical Assistance Opportunities

Infant/Toddler TA Opportunities

Are you looking for ways to build the quality of infant/toddler (I/T) care in your state, territory, or tribe? Are you an I/T early childhood policymaker, leader, stakeholder, or teacher? Are you looking for training and technical...

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Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Preparedness plans help ensure child care programs and staff are prepared to react in a manner that protects the safety of children and staff when an emergency occurs. Emergency plans also establish mechanisms to help programs during the recovery phase and get businesses “up and running” as soon as possible, which promotes continuity of care and reduces the risks of clientele and income loss.

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State Systems Resource Guide

The OCC Systems Building Resource Guide is designed to provide an overview of key system-building issues to support Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State Administrators (SAs) in pursuing system-building initiatives.

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CCDF Fundamentals

The Infant/Toddler Resource Guide offers a host of materials to support the development and implementation of policies and practices for high-quality care for infants and toddlers.

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State Profiles

Building a Comprehensive State Policy Strategy to Prevent Expulsion from Early Learning Settings provides a review of expulsion research, discusses dimensions of expulsion, and provides the Expulsion Policy Strategy Tool—a practical tool designed to support states and territories in designing and implementing a multifaceted policy approach to developing a continuum of supports for programs, families, and children.

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State Success Stories

teacher and children playing musicCNMI Receives Local Funding for the First Time
For the first time since the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) was established, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ (CNMI) Department of Community and Cultural Affairs received a local investment in CCDF. Together, the governor and the legislature appropriated $420,000 to CCDF, a major win for children and families in this territory of 55,000 residents. Part of what laid the foundation for this advance was data collection and analysis of early childhood teachers’ salaries and turnover.

This accomplishment has been supported by technical assistance (TA) from the Child Care State Capacity Building Center’s (SCBC) Impact Project. The Impact Project provides intensive consultation and TA to states and territories as they develop and expand their systemic capacity in planning and implementing their early childhood priorities. A senior consultant helped CNMI identify a high-priority goal for its CCDF program and an action plan to help make progress toward achieving the goal. The senior consultant continues to support CNMI through regular monthly meetings, onsite visits to facilitate CNMI’s data collection and analysis, and the preparation of briefing materials. CNMI’s Impact Project used the meetings to identify what data were needed and then to create and implement strategies to address the workforce challenges. The briefing materials were prepared to help the CCDF Administrator elevate the workforce issues to those outside of CCDF. SCBC’s Impact Project will continue to provide CNMI with intensive consultation as additional strategies are developed to address the quality of services along with critical issues for child care teachers, including compensation and turnover in early childhood.

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State-Tribal Coordination: Considerations and Strategies for Consultation and Collaboration

This webinar was hosted by the National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development  and the Child Care State Capacity Building Center in April 2018.

Reflective Supervision: A Systems Approach

This first webinar of the State Capacity Building Center Infant/Toddler Specialist Network's 2018 Hot Topic series considers the impact of regular collaborative reflection among TA providers, supervisors, and early care and education professionals.

SCBC Infant/Toddler Specialist Network Hot Topic Webinars 2018

The Child Care State Capacity Building Center (SCBC) Infant/Toddler Specialist Network is hosting a series of 1-hour Hot Topic Webinars on the 3rd Wednesday of each month beginning on March 21 and running through September 19, 2018.

State and Territory Child Care Consumer Education Website: Self-Assessment Checklist

This checklist is designed to be utilized as a self-assessment tool by states and territories as they review their child care consumer education website for 1) alignment with CCDF consumer education website requirements; 2) recommendations within the preamble to the CCDF Final Rule; and 3) additi

Infant–Early Childhood Mental Health: An Interdisciplinary Approach

This webinar provides a national overview of States’ infant early childhood mental health (I-ECMH) systems-building efforts.

The Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC): Six Essential Practices for Quality Infant/Toddler Care

This final presentation in the six-part series of Hot Topics webinars explores six essential practices for high-quality infant/toddler care. Learn the basics of continuity of care, primary care, small groups, individualized care, inclusion, and cultural responsiveness.

Supporting Families Experiencing Homelessness: Requirements and Resources

On October 19, 2017 the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (NCASE) hosted a webinar facilitated by colleagues from the National Center on Child Care Subsidy Innovation and Accountability and the Child Care State Capacity Building Center.  During this interactive session, pa

SCBC Infant/Toddler Specialist Network Hot Topic Webinars 2017

The Child Care State Capacity Building Center (SCBC) Infant/Toddler Specialist Network hosted a series of 1-hour Hot Topic Webinars on the 3rd Wednesday of each month beginning on July 19 and running through December 20, 2017. Resources are available for each session.

State Strategies for Building the Supply of High-Quality Infant/Toddler Care

This fourth webinar in a six-part Hot Topics series supports States and Territories in identifying multiple strategies for building a supply of quality infant and toddler care, specifically in high-need areas.

Safe Sleep for Tribal Early Childhood Settings

This brief, a collaboration between the National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development and the Child Care State Capacity Building Center, addresses the causes of sudden infant deaths, the incidence of deaths in American Indian/Alaska Native communities, prevention strategies, and best prac

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