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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
The National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance partnered with Tom Copeland for this self-directed course on family child care contracts and policies. Navigate through the course at your own pace and self-check what you've learned with quizzes throughout. Contact your state's professional…
Resource Type: General Information
Topic/Subtopic:
- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
The National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance partnered with Tom Copeland for this self-directed course on family child care recordkeeping and taxes. Navigate through the course at your own pace and self-check what you've learned with quizzes throughout. Contact your state's professional…
Resource Type: General Information
Topic/Subtopic:
- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
The law requires most CCDF families to make a contribution to the cost of care through a copayment. Lead Agencies must establish and periodically revise a sliding fee scale (based on family size and income) that provides for cost-sharing for families receiving a subsidy. Family copayment…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic:
- Stable Financial Assistance to Families
- Continuity of Care
- Policy and Practice
- Protection for Working Parents
- Family Contribution to Payment
Group: Not Applicable
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
This resource on staffed family child care networks was shared at the 2022 State and Territory Administrators Meeting.
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Handouts
Topic/Subtopic:
- Leadership and Coordination
- Recruit, Engage, and Coordinate With Stakeholders
- Professional Development
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
This webinar introduces two new resources on promising strategies to improve the quality of care, engage family child care (FCC) providers, and sustain provider participation in regulatory systems and quality improvement initiatives.
Supporting Access to High-Quality Family Child Care: A Policy…
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic:
- Quality Improvement
- Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
The CCDBG Act and the CCDF final rule establish minimum standards, training, and monitoring requirements to ensure that child care for children receiving CCDF financial assistance protects their health and safety.
There are also several provisions to improve child care settings for all children…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic:
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
- Systems Building
- Protecting Children's Health and Safety
- Health and Safety Requirements and Standards
Group: Not Applicable
In this section, Lead Agencies identify how they define eligible children and families and how the Lead Agency improves access for vulnerable children and families. This section also addresses the policies that protect working families and determine a family’s contribution to the child care payment…
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic:
- Stable Financial Assistance to Families
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
Learn how staffed family child care networks (SFCCNs) can help state, Tribal, and territory CCDF Lead Agency teams; early childhood leaders; and local programs in your region address the shortage in the early care and education workforce. This webinar builds a shared understanding of the term “…
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic:
- COVID-19
- American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act)
- Professional Development
- Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance