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This module of the Promoting Informed Child Care Choices: A Training Guide for Child Care Subsidy Staff explains how to help parents recognize how family engagement contributes to the well-being of the family and children they support.Return to the Promoting Informed Child Care Choices…
Resource Type: Training guide
Topic/Subtopic: Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Informing Child Care Consumers, Supports and Services for Families, Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Training and Professional Development Requirements
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
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
The Office of Child Care (OCC) is committed to reducing the burden on families applying for Child Care Development and Fund (CCDF) child care assistance. This guide can help Lead Agencies revise the content and format of your applications to make them simpler for families. Learn more about why we…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic: COVID-19, ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Program Integrity and Accountability, CCDF Program Integrity, Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Continuity of Care, Eligibility Policies
Group: Other HHS Agency, National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
This module of the Promoting Informed Child Care Choices: A Training Guide for Child Care Subsidy Staff describes what family engagement looks like in early childhood and school-age care and education programs and explains how to share information with families and better answer their questions.…
Resource Type: Training guide
Topic/Subtopic: Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Informing Child Care Consumers, Supports and Services for Families, Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Training and Professional Development Requirements
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
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
This issue brief aims to assist CCDF Administrators and their partners in their work to support license-exempt family child care (FCC) homes. In addressing the unique needs of exempt FCC homes, States and Territories can better support the children in their care and their families. This brief is…
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic: Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Monitoring and Enforcement, Quality Improvement, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
This infographic illustrates how COVID relief funds have helped to stabilize child care, lower costs for families, provide increased compensation for providers, and more.
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
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
This brief describes licensing requirements for family child care homes in 2020 and identifies trends from previous years of data collection. The data in this brief were collected from state child care licensing regulations by the National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance from…
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic: Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Building and Facility Requirements, Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting, Child-Staff Ratios and Group Sizes, Family/Group Child Care Home Requirements, Infant/Toddler Care Requirements, Licensing Exemptions, Provider/Staff Requirements and Qualifications, Requirements for the Care of Children, School-Age/Out-of-School Time Requirements
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
Effective leadership and program management are key to successfully administering the CCDF program and planning for the upcoming triennial CCDF Plan. Tribal Lead Agencies must ensure that strong program and fiscal management, planning, internal controls, integrity, and accountability systems are in…
Resource Type: Program guide
Topic/Subtopic: Leadership and Coordination, Professional Development, Program Integrity and Accountability, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Emergency Preparedness, Monitoring and Enforcement
Group: Tribal Child Care Capacity Building Center