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Download the Overview of the Revised Infant/Toddler Child Care System Policies and Practices Tool.
Overview of the Revised Infant/Toddler Child Care System Policies and Practices Tool
This tool is designed to support state child care leaders and infant/toddler partners as they assess, prioritize…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic:
- Professional Development
- Promoting Children's Development
- Protecting Children's Health and Safety
Group: Not Applicable
Licensing is the foundation of efforts to improve program quality in the out-of-school-time field. License requirements protect the basic health and safety of participating children and establish the professional development that is necessary for educators working in out-of-school-time programs. …
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic:
- Protecting Children's Health and Safety
- Quality Improvement
Group: National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment, National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance, National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
In order to provide stable funding and encourage more child care providers to participate in the subsidy program, provider payment practices should reflect the generally accepted practices of providers who care for children not receiving subsidies. In many instances, subsidy payments are…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic:
- Equal Access to Child Care
- Payment Practices
- Absence Policies
- Generally Accepted Payment Practices
- Sliding Fee Scale Structure
- Supply Building Strategies
- Children With Disabilities
- Contracts or Grants
- Homeless
- Infants and Toddlers
- Nontraditional-Hour Care
Group: Not Applicable
Section 6 covers the state or territory framework for training, professional development, and post-secondary education (98.44(a)); provides a description of strategies used to strengthen the business practices of child care providers (98.16(z)) and addresses early learning and developmental…
Resource Type: Training guide
Topic/Subtopic:
- Leadership and Coordination
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
Section 6 covers the state or territory framework for training, professional development, and post-secondary education (98.44(a)); provides a description of strategies used to strengthen the business practices of child care providers (98.16(z)) and addresses early learning and developmental…
Resource Type: Training resources
Topic/Subtopic:
- Leadership and Coordination
Group: Child Care State Capacity Building Center
This resource was presented as part of the policy development sessions at STAM 2018.
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Presentations
Topic/Subtopic:
- Professional Development
- Quality Improvement
- Quality Assurance and Monitoring
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
On May 19, 2022, the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment hosted “Strengthening the Out-of-School Time Workforce: A Guide to Developing Apprenticeships” webinar to share strategies and resources around this alternative career pathway. During the event participants were introduced…
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic:
- Professional Development
- Career Pathways
- School-Age/Out-of-School Time Credential
- Professional Development Systems
Group: National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment
This tool provides an overview and assessments of implementation drivers, or the key components of capacity and the functional infrastructure supports that enable a program’s success. The assessments are focused on research and best practices in implementation and evidence-based practice.
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic:
Group: Not Applicable
Providing high-quality, age-appropriate care for infants and toddlers can be accomplished in a number of ways:
Providing child care providers with specialized training and professional development on developmentally appropriate services, as well as coaching and technical assistance, can improve…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic:
- Quality Improvement
- Data Collection and Evaluation
- Financial Incentives for Quality Improvement
- Outreach and Consumer Education
- Program Quality Standards
- Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
- Quality Assurance and Monitoring
- System Planning and Implementation
Group: Not Applicable
In the second webinar for the FY 2021 program integrity webinar series, the National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability shared strategies to strengthen Child Care and Development Fund accountability, specifically in the areas of fiscal, process, and program accountability. A New Mexico…
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic:
- Program Integrity and Accountability
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability