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The Office of Child Care’s (OCC) National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance, in partnership with Tom Copeland, the Nation’s leading expert on the business of child care, held a national webinar, How Family Child Care Providers Can Take Advantage of the New Small Business Administration…
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic: Management Practices, Fiscal Management, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Emergency Preparedness, Recovery
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
This brief includes a description of family child care (FCC) networks. It also outlines a well-informed strategy for supporting high-quality family child care:
Addresses the support a staff FCC network can provide
Outlines the essential elements of an effective network
Illustrates the value…
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Quality Improvement, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
Staffed Family Child Care (FCC) networks are an important part of the child care solution for families and educators. Successful FCC networks are built on strengths-based relationships and equity and can take many forms. The materials on this page can help you understand the importance of FCC…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic: Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 requires Lead Agencies to develop state- and territory-wide child care disaster plans. These plans must demonstrate how each state and territory will address the needs of children—including the need for safe child care—before, during,…
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic: Leadership and Coordination, Continuing Operations, Development of State EPR Plans, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Emergency Preparedness, Response
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
The Family Child Care Network Cost Estimation Tool (CET) is designed to assist State, regional and local organizations in better understanding the costs associated with operating a staffed family child care (FCC) network. The CET can be used to estimate the operating costs for states and…
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Quality Improvement, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement, System Planning and Implementation, Structure of Quality Improvement Systems
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
This webinar helps Family Child Care providers acquire the knowledge and confidence to better promote their business. It helps providers identify the strengths of their program, discover how to use Facebook, Craigslist, Child Care Forums, and online classified ads to promote their program and…
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic: Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Informing Child Care Consumers, Consumer Education Website, Family Friendly Outreach, Provider Information
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
This breakout session on estimating the costs of family child care was presented at the 2022 State and Territory Administrators Meeting.
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Presentations
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Equal Access to Child Care, Assessing Market Rates and Child Care Costs, Alternative Methodologies, Market Rate Surveys, Protecting Children's Health and Safety
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center, National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
This webinar shares perspectives from epidemiology, state human services and health departments, and child care providers about how Rhode Island was able to limit COVID-19 transmission in child care settings. It also explores what is needed to continue to minimize transmission moving forward. The…
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Emergency Preparedness, Public Health Emergencies, Response
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
Given the growing recognition of family child care as a significant sector of the early care and education field, there is a need for understanding effective quality improvement approaches that encourage provider participation in regulatory systems and quality improvement initiatives.
In an effort…
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic: Quality Improvement, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
This technical assistance manual provides key considerations and questions necessary to implement Family Child Care (FCC) networks. It will guide leaders who wish to support the FCC provider community with staffed networks. The first section of this manual explores adopting networks as a promising…
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Quality Improvement, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement, System Planning and Implementation
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance