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This handout uses a graphic to explain the impacting factors that affect whether providers enter and stay in the license-exempt system. It also shares supports that help providers stay in the license-exempt system.
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Handouts
Topic/Subtopic:
- Quality Improvement
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
State government agencies responsible for regulating child care providers often have the dual role of ensuring that providers are compliant with the licensing laws and regulations as well as educating the public on the importance of those laws and regulations in keeping children safe from harm.…
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic:
- Leadership and Coordination
- Recruit, Engage, and Coordinate With Stakeholders
- Protecting Children's Health and Safety
- Licensing Administration
- Licensing Policies/Structure of Regulatory Agencies
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
The National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement produced this series of licensing reports to support the US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care’s, goal of children served in safe, healthy child care settings. The Office of…
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic:
- Protecting Children's Health and Safety
- Health and Safety Requirements and Standards
- Building and Facility Requirements
- Licensing Administration
- Caseloads/Staffing Patterns/Quality Assurance for Monitoring
- Licensing Policies/Structure of Regulatory Agencies
- Qualifications and Training of Monitoring Staff
- Monitoring and Enforcement
- Enforcement Tools and Policies
- Monitoring for Compliance
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
Given the prominent role of the child care licensing system, it is important to determine how the licensing system can be more equitable on behalf of children and families through its work with child care providers. It is also important to determine how licensing can partner with providers to…
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic:
- Protecting Children's Health and Safety
- Licensing Administration
- Licensing Policies/Structure of Regulatory Agencies
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
Caring for infants and toddlers, including children who are not mobile nor verbal, requires additional and intentional planning on the part of early childhood programs. These children may be physically or developmentally unable to protect themselves. Young children, especially infants and toddlers…
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic:
- Professional Development
- Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC)
- Professional Development Systems
- Promoting Children's Development
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
The National Database of Child Care Licensing Regulations is a tool for finding and searching state child care licensing regulations and licensing agency contact information. It also includes links to other state and national early childhood program standards.
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic:
- Protecting Children's Health and Safety
- Emergency Preparedness
- Health and Safety Requirements and Standards
- Licensing Administration
- Monitoring and Enforcement
- Supporting Health and Wellness
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
On September 14, 2022, the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment hosted the “Addressing School-Age Needs in Licensing Regulations” webinar to introduce a new NCASE resource, hear state examples, share strategies and discuss promising practices related to licensing for school-age…
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic:
- Equal Access to Child Care
- Supply Building Strategies
- Nontraditional-Hour Care
- Leadership and Coordination
- Stable Financial Assistance to Families
- Continuity of Care
Group: National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment
States and Territories collect different types of data, including, for example, data captured by child care licensing and subsidy agencies and by quality rating and improvement systems. This guide focuses on one of these: administrative data related to child care licensing. Administrative data is…
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic:
- Protecting Children's Health and Safety
- Licensing Administration
- Use of Technology and Data Systems
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
This resource outlines how to create a system that supports FCC license-exempt providers while holding them accountable.
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Presentations
Topic/Subtopic:
- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- Management Practices
- Family Child Care
- Quality Improvement
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
This document provides an overview of some general characteristics of state child care licensing regulations for summer programs and day camps. The information is based on a scan of regulations in 17 states (Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi…
Resource Type: Information Product
Topic/Subtopic:
- Program Integrity and Accountability
- Protecting Children's Health and Safety
Group: National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment