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National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development

The National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development assists Tribal grantees with the administration and implementation of Child Care and Development Fund programs. The Center's activities, expertise, and resources support Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations in their efforts to increase the quality, affordability, and availability of child care in Native American communities.

Targeted technical assistance services support more than 539 Federally recognized Tribes, either directly or through Tribal consortia. These services include a toll-free information and referral line, development and dissemination of information and technical assistance materials, a peer learning and leadership network, national and regional webinars and other in-person and distance-learning technical assistance events, onsite and remote consultations with program administrators, and promotion of Tribal-State collaboration and linkages between States, Tribes, and local early childhood and school-age care education programs.

 

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Key CCDF resources, contact lists, regulations, program instructions, and guidance. Topics include CCDF administration, financial management, and reporting.

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Topical Resource Pages

Five resource pages, each on a key topic area for AI/AN CCDF grantees: consumer education, coordination, health and safety, quality improvement, and subsidy eligibility and equal access.

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This health and safety guide provides a voluntary baseline for healthy and safe operations of child care homes and centers serving tribal CCDF-eligible families.

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Developing Child Care Monitoring and Enforcement Systems for American Indian and Alaska Native Child Care and Development Fund Programs

The presentation provides information on monitoring requirements in the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) final rule and focuses on the components of an effective monitoring and enforcement system. Topics include standards, policies and procedures, licensing, monitoring, and enforcement....

American Indian and Alaska Native Child Care and Development Fund Monitoring Toolkit

The American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Monitoring Toolkit was developed to support AI/AN CCDF grantees with the design and implementation of monitoring and enforcement systems.  The toolkit includes the following components:

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Child Care and Development Fund: Fiscal Management and Data Reporting for American Indian and Alaska Native Grantees: Part II

This webinar was hosted by the National Center on Child Care Data Reporting (NCDR)  and the National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development on December 12, 2017 as part of a webinar series for new American Indian and Alaska Native Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators...

Child Care and Development Fund: Fiscal Management and Data Reporting for American Indian and Alaska Native Grantees: Part I

This webinar was hosted by the National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development on November 28, 2017 as part of a webinar series for new American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators. The presentation focused on fiscal requirements in...

Monitoring Your Tribal CCDF Center Video

The video demonstrates positive interactions between a monitor and provider and serves as a model for conducting a Tribal CCDF Center monitoring visit.

The video demonstrates positive interactions between a monitor and provider and serves as a model for conducting a Tribal CCDF...

Monitoring Child Care Centers Video

This video demonstrates positive interactions between a monitor and provider and serves as a model for conducting a Child Care Center monitoring visit – how to begin the visit, put the provider at ease, observe how the provider works with the children, observe compliance with health and...

Monitoring Tribal Child Care Homes Video

The video demonstrates positive interactions between a monitor and provider and serves as a model for conducting a Tribal Child Care Home monitoring visit – how to begin the visit, put the provider at ease, observe how the provider works with the children, observe compliance with health and...

American Indian and Alaska Native Child Care and Development Fund: A Guide for New Administrators

This guide provides general information for those beginning to administer or oversee American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) CCDF programs, bringing together the technical and practical aspects of AI/AN CCDF administration. References to specific federal regulations and guidance documents...

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...

Roadmap to Reauthorization Self-Assessment and Implementation Planning Tool

The Roadmap to Reauthorization Self-Assessment and Implementation Planning Tool was released as part of the 2017 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Final Rule Cluster Trainings for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) CCDF grantees.  The tool was designed to provide AI/AN...

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