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Signed into law on March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act included nearly $39 billion in new funding for CCDF Lead Agencies to stabilize the child care sector and rebuild toward a stronger system that better serves children, families, and providers. This document was developed in March…
Resource Type: Fact Sheet
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act)
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center, Stabilization Grants Technical Assistance Team
Partner Up! and Dream Up! are two grant programs under the Project Growth which helps Wisconsin businesses, communities, and early childhood education partners add services, find solutions, and innovate. Wisconsin surveyed providers to assess need and developed the Business-Child Care Partnership…
Resource Type: Contact Information
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center, Stabilization Grants Technical Assistance Team
This Profile of Innovation describes three state strategies to address social-emotional and mental health needs of children and families as well as providers and staff during the pandemic.
Resource Type: Fact Sheet
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Promoting Children's Development, Supporting Children's Social-Emotional/Behavioral and Mental Health
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center, Stabilization Grants Technical Assistance Team
To meet the increased demand due to COVID-19 staff shortages and to support engagement in professional development and provider support opportunities, Nevada expanded its staffing. On-call, highly-trained early childhood substitute teachers are available for licensed centers and family child care.…
Resource Type: Fact Sheet
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Stabilization Grants
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center, Stabilization Grants Technical Assistance Team
To address a nearly decade of decline in the number of child care providers statewide, Kentucky wanted to address the cost of child care and support providers in delivering high-quality child care services. A number of grant programs were developed including business partnership start-up grants,…
Resource Type: Fact Sheet
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Stabilization Grants
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center, Stabilization Grants Technical Assistance Team
This Profile of Innovation describes Idaho’s approach to address the school-age learning gap and learning loss as well as behavioral health supports for children ages 5–13 through grants with community organizations who are not child care providers but offer direct services around behavioral health…
Resource Type: Fact Sheet
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Stabilization Grants
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center, Stabilization Grants Technical Assistance Team
The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department worked in partnership with external fiscal consultants to develop a robust alternative methodology, incorporating a cost study and development of a cost estimation model. They increased base subsidy rates across settings and age groupings…
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Equal Access to Child Care, Assessing Market Rates and Child Care Costs, Alternative Methodologies, Setting Payment Rates, Determining Equal Access, Tiered Rates or Add-Ons
Group: Stabilization Grants Technical Assistance Team, National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
This Profile of Innovation highlights COVID-19 testing options in Massachusetts and Vermont. Both states added a "test to stay" option to increase the time that children are in care, child care staff are at the center, and parents are at work.
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding
Group: Stabilization Grants Technical Assistance Team
As state, territory, and Tribal Lead Agencies continue responding to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it is important to understand the similarities and differences among the various COVID-19 funding packages and the ways funds can be used to support administrative costs. It is also vital that…
Resource Type: Fact Sheet
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Stabilization Grants
Group: Office Of Child Care, Stabilization Grants Technical Assistance Team
This implementation guide outlines strategies for using contracts for direct service child care slots.
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Equal Access to Child Care, Payment Practices, Supply Building Strategies, Contracts or Grants
Group: Stabilization Grants Technical Assistance Team, National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability