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Creating a safe, welcoming space where children learn and thrive, and where families feel supported, is a hallmark of high-quality school-age child care. This resource, Equity in Action: Tips for School-Age Child Care Providers, is designed to build the capacity of school-age child care...
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This one-pager explains how the Provider Cost of Quality Calculator can help states, territories, and tribes understand the costs of COVID-19 mitigation practices in early care and education settings and can inform the design of financial support and...
Resource Type: Fact Sheet
Los padres que trabajan dependen de programas extraescolares para cubrir el cuidado de los niños durante las horas de trabajo, así como para el enriquecimiento académico y socioemocional. Sin embargo, generalmente la calidad de la programación extraescolar se ve sólo a través de la lente del...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Stable Financial Assistance to Families
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the child care field in many ways, and Child Care and Development Fund administrators have faced unprecedented leadership challenges. As leaders sort through the many decisions made to aid the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, it...
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Presentations
Topic/Subtopic Promoting Children's Development, Quality Improvement
This peer-learning breakout focused on states that have been successful with apprenticeship programs, higher education articulation, and online training opportunities.
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Presentations
Working parents depend on out-of-school time programs for child care coverage during work hours as well as for academic and social-emotional enrichment. However, what we know about quality afterschool programming is generally viewed through the lens of enrichment alone. What do parents who seek...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Stable Financial Assistance to Families
This webinar explores how to intentionally connect the latest research to promising practices within early childhood systems, programs, and policies and infant/toddler quality initiatives to narrow the gap between knowledge and practice.
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Resource Type: Webinar
The QRIS Resource Guide defines quality rating and improvement systems as “a systematic approach to assess, improve, and communicate the level of quality in early and school-age care and education programs.”...
Resource Type: Page
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...
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