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The National Database of Child Care Licensing Regulations is a tool for finding and searching state child care licensing regulations and licensing agency contact information. It also includes links to other state and national early childhood program standards.
National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
The National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance (ECQA Center) supports state and community leaders and their partners in the planning and implementation of rigorous approaches to quality in all early care and education settings for children from birth to school age. The Center's expert staff use collaborative approaches to do the following:
- Advance strong health and safety standards and licensing regulations that align with the Child Care and Development Fund and Head Start Performance Standards.
- Support the development and enhancement of state quality initiatives, including quality rating and improvement systems.
- Enhance quality assurance systems through the use of technology, data analysis, and research that promote continuous quality improvement, efficiency, and innovation.
Contact Us
Send your questions and requests to:
- QualityAssuranceCenter@ecetta.info
- 877-296-2250 (toll free)
Announcement/Events:
Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) administrators, or their designee, are invited to join the National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance and their partner, All Our...
This short brief explains how the Provider Cost of Quality Calculator can help states, territories, and Tribes understand the costs of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mitigation practices in early care and education (ECE) settings and design financial supports that help them stay open (or...
Highlighted Tools and Resources:
The Program Standards Crosswalk is a tool designed to help States that are developing and aligning program standards for licensing, quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS), and/or prekindergarten programs, to search and compare the content of several sets of national standards.
The QRIS Resource Guide provides guidance for States as they explore key issues and consider decision points during the planning and implementation of a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS).
The Provider Cost of Quality Calculator is a tool that calculates the cost of care by levels of quality based on site-level provider data.
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This document from Vermont’s Agency of Education discusses the multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) that was...
This document from Vermont’s Agency of Education outlines the Guiding Principles for Vermont’s interactions with...
This webinar was presented as part of the Office of Child Care social and emotional wellness initiative. The session was held on February 12, 2021 and included a presentation from the Center of Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) about how states and...
This webinar was presented as part of the Office of Child Care social and emotional wellness initiative. The session was held on February 9, 2021 and included a presentation from the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations about how states and territories are integrating the Pyramid Model...
The Office of Child Care’s (OCC) National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance, in partnership with...
The webinar was hosted by the Office of Child Care’s (OCC) National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance, in partnership with...
This Resource Guide highlights promising strategies and provides information about how...
This webinar was presented as part of the launch of the Office of Child Care initiative to...
This article has information on improving the quality of child care services and ensuring that parents have access to high-quality child care options to fulfill a core element of the Child...
