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Strategies to Increase Base Payment Rates
This guide outlines strategies for increasing subsidy payment rates for direct child care services.
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic:
  • COVID-19
  • ARP Act Supplemental Funding
  • Equal Access to Child Care
  • Setting Payment Rates
  • Determining Equal Access
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
QRIS Resource Guide
The QRIS Resource Guide provides guidance for states as they explore key issues and consider decision points during the planning and implementation of a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS). Access the QRIS Resource Guide at https://ecquality.acf.hhs.gov. 
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic:
  • Quality Improvement
  • Data Collection and Evaluation
  • Financial Incentives for Quality Improvement
  • Program Quality Standards
  • Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
  • Quality Assurance and Monitoring
  • System Planning and Implementation
  • Outreach and Consumer Education
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance
Success Story: Family-Friendly Subsidy Policies in Alaska
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) embarked on a comprehensive review of the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) administrative rules and procedures that led them to the development of a new policy manual. The primary goal was to develop “an efficient, effective subsidy program…
Resource Type: General Information
Topic/Subtopic:
  • Equal Access to Child Care
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
Policy Tool User’s Guide
Download the article, Policy Tool User’s Guide. Article – Policy Tool User’s Guide Strengthening State and Territory Infant/Toddler Child Care Policy and Practices Tool Users’ Guide The User's Guide is based on feedback from the policy tool’s developers and initial users; it offers a variety of…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic:
  • Professional Development
  • Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC)
  • Professional Development Systems
  • Promoting Children's Development
Group: Not Applicable
Spotlight on Quality: How State and Territory Subsidy Policy Can Increase Options and Support Family Decisions
This brief identifies subsidy policy issues and State examples that Child Care Development Fund administrators can consider to address school-age care needs. This is the third brief in a three-part series on school-age quality.
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic:
  • Equal Access to Child Care
  • Payment Practices
  • Promoting Children's Development
  • Eligibility Policies
Group: National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment
Early Childhood Systems Building Resource Guide: Project Management
Chapter - Project Management Gestión de proyectos Technical Assistance in Systems Building for State Leaders Technical assistance to support systems building, including strategic planning, is available through the Child Care State Capacity Building Center and may be available through…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic:
  • Early Childhood Program Design and Management
  • Management Practices
  • New Programs
  • Program Design
  • Program Startup
  • Program Planning
Group: Not Applicable
Increasing Access for Vulnerable Children and Families
CCDF regulations requires Lead Agencies to target their efforts and funds toward specific populations of families and children who are vulnerable, at risk, and underserved. The CCDBG Act identifies many of those populations and provides states flexibility in determining approaches they might use to…
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic:
  • Stable Financial Assistance to Families
  • Continuity of Care
  • Policy and Practice
  • Prioritizing Vulnerable Children and Families
Group: Not Applicable
Planning Guide for Intragovernmental Partnerships
The purpose of the proposed governance partnership activity guide is to assist states in reviewing and strengthening the critical function of cross-agency or inter-agency partnership that is essential to the creation of a comprehensive early childhood system which supports the early care and…
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic:
  • PDG Program Design
  • Data Systems
  • Governance
  • PDG Program Design
  • Data Systems
  • Governance
Group: National Technical Assistance Center for Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5 TA)
Subsidy Eligibility and Equal Access in Tribal Child Care and Development Fund Programs: Presentation for Tribes with Small Allocation Sizes
An overview of the CCDF subsidy program, its requirements and flexibilities, and strategies for caseload management for tribes with small allocation sizes.
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic:
  • Equal Access to Child Care
  • Stable Financial Assistance to Families
  • Eligibility Policies
Group: National Center on Subsidy Innovation and Accountability
Resource Guide for Developing Integrated Strategies to Support the Social and Emotional Wellness of Children: Quick Start Guide
This Quick State Guide summarizes strategies that can be used to integrate social and emotional wellness supports at the regional, state, territory, tribal, and local levels. This summarizes the full Resource Guide.  
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic:
  • Promoting Children's Development
  • Supporting Children's Social-Emotional/Behavioral and Mental Health
Group: National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance