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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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Highlighted Tools and Resources: 
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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Systems Building 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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Infant/Toddler Resource Guide

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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Building a Comprehensive State Policy Strategy to Prevent Expulsion from Early Learning Settings

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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Office of Child Care Announcement:
  • Consumer Education Hot Topic Webinar Series and “Ask Me Anything” Webinars
    The Child Care State Capacity Building Center (SCBC) is pleased to announce a series of webinars designed to help states and territories improve their consumer education websites. SCBC will partner with experts from our Website Development and User Experience Team, along with experts from the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment, National Center on Child Care Data and Reporting, National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance, and National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement, to offer these webinars. Full session and registration information is available by clicking the link above.
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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Resource Guide: Child Care Information for Families

Having access to safe and affordable child care is a critical issue for parents and other caregivers. Families face numerous decisions when balancing their work and home life, especially when it comes to choosing the type of care they will use. Finding the right type of care that is also...

Resource Guide: Starting and Operating a Child Care Business

Child care provides an opportunity to have an impact on the lives of children and their families. Starting and operating a child care business is both a personal and a business decision. As is true for all small business owners, prospective child care providers must take the right steps to...

Resource Guide: Child Care Workforce Qualifications, Training, and Professional Development

This resource guide helps identify the education, training, and experience needed to qualify for a teaching or administrative role in a child care center, or to operate a family child care (FCC) program. It provides information about locating training and professional...

Effective Collaboration Across Your Region and Within Your State and Local Communities

This resource was presented as part of the systems-building sessions at STAM 2018.

Building Capacity To Support State System Change: Examples of How States Have Used the Capacity Building Self-Assessment Tool

This resource was presented as part of the systems building and collaboration sessions at STAM 2018.

 

Supporting State and Territory Efforts To Reduce Suspension and Expulsion

This resource was presented as part of the impact sessions at STAM 2018.

Considerations for the Implementation of Infant/Toddler Contracted Slots

This resource was presented as part of the Staff Enrichment Sessions at STAM 2018.

Implementing Health and Safety Training Requirements

This resource was presented as part of the implementation sessions at STAM 2018.

Impact Project Overview

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Your CCDF Survival Kit: What’s Included?

This resource was presented as part of the implementation sessions at STAM 2018.

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