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States are required to make consumer education materials, including the results of monitoring and inspection reports, available by “electronic means.” For this provision, ACF has interpreted that “electronic means” refers to a consumer-friendly and easily accessible website. States are required…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic:
- Equal Access to Child Care
- Family Engagement and Consumer Education
- Informing Child Care Consumers
- Annual Reports
- Consumer Education Website
- Family Friendly Outreach
- Processes for Licensing Child Care
- Provider Information
- Supports and Services for Families
- Financial Assistance Programs
- Measuring What Matters
- Stable Financial Assistance to Families
- Eligibility Policies
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Consumer education helps families access the information needed to make informed child care choices. Well-crafted consumer education is strengths based and culturally and linguistically responsive to the needs of communities. When done well, consumer education can reach large numbers of diverse…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic:
- Family Engagement and Consumer Education
- Supports and Services for Families
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
Consumer Education is designed to help parents access information in order to make informed child care choices and to strengthen requirements to protect the health and safety of children in child care.
States and Territories are working to meet the requirements in the Child Care and Development…
Resource Type: General Information
Topic/Subtopic:
- Family Engagement and Consumer Education
- Informing Child Care Consumers
- Consumer Education Website
- Outreach and Consumer Education
Group: Not Applicable
According to the CCDBG Act, one of the purposes of the child care program is “to promote involvement by parents and family members in the development of their children in child care settings.” One of the ways in which Lead Agencies can promote involvement is through dissemination of consumer…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic:
Group: Not Applicable
The Consumer Education Website Continuous Improvement Series aims to help Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies develop effective, family-friendly consumer education websites.
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic:
- Family Engagement and Consumer Education
- Informing Child Care Consumers
- Consumer Education Website
- Provider Information
- Emergency Preparedness
- Preparedness
- Public Health Emergencies
- Recovery
- Response
- Supporting Families
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
The Foundations for Quality series is a collection of resources designed to support states, territories, and tribes and others responsible for consumer education and engagement in developing and implementing effective, family-friendly consumer education and engagement strategies.
This series was…
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic:
- Family Engagement and Consumer Education
- Relationship-Based Practice
- Informing Child Care Consumers
- Consumer Education Website
- Family Friendly Outreach
Group: Not Applicable
The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) final rule outlines regulations for implementing the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 and administering the CCDF program, including provisions regarding consumer education activities. American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN)…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic:
- Family Engagement and Consumer Education
Group: Tribal Child Care Capacity Building Center
Once you build your child care consumer education website, your target audience needs to know about it so that they may use the key information and resources it provides. Using website promotion strategies is essential to increasing your website’s visibility and reaching your target audience.…
Resource Type: Training Module
Topic/Subtopic:
- Family Engagement and Consumer Education
- Informing Child Care Consumers
- Consumer Education Website
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
This infographic outlines consumer education information that states and territories are required to include on their consumer education websites, makes recommendations on other state- or territory-level consumer information that would be helpful to include, and summarizes key website best…
Resource Type: Fact Sheet
Topic/Subtopic:
- Family Engagement and Consumer Education
- Informing Child Care Consumers
- Consumer Education Website
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
The Child Care State Capacity Building Center (SCBC) has published a series of guides, tools, and webinars to help states and territories create and maintain effective and family-friendly child care consumer education websites. These resources are listed below, along with relevant resources from…
Resource Type: Resource list
Topic/Subtopic:
- Family Engagement and Consumer Education
- Informing Child Care Consumers
- Consumer Education Website
- Family Friendly Outreach
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center