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Early Childhood Systems Building Resource Guide: Strategic Plans...
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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...
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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
This fact sheet updates the participation fact sheet from 2017 and summarizes information from the Quality Compendium on program participation in 2019 by program type and quality level. This document also summarizes the types of data that QRISs collect on child demographics.
All of the...
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This fact sheet provides a descriptive analysis of information gathered from the 2019 Quality Compendium and details special needs and inclusion practices in all 44 QRISs, categorized by program type. In this fact sheet, you will also find information on the relationship between QRISs and the...
Resource Type: Fact Sheet
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, System Planning and Implementation
This fact sheet provides a descriptive analysis of data from the Quality Compendium about how technical assistance (TA) was carried out across QRISs operating in the United States in 2019. It includes information about the following:
- Types and focus areas of TA
- Number and...
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Lead Agencies may be asked the following with regard to compliance with state standards:
- What activities does your state fund with CCDF quality funds to facilitate child care providers’ compliance with state health and safety requirements? These requirements may be related to ...
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Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Data Collection and Evaluation, Financial Incentives for Quality Improvement, Tiered CCDF Payment Tied to Quality, Outreach and Consumer Education, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement, Quality Assurance and Monitoring, System Planning and Implementation, Provider and Quality Information
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.”...
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Other quality improvement activities can be implemented that improve the quality of child care services provided, so long as outcomes related to the improvement of provider preparedness, child safety, child well-being, or entry to kindergarten can be measured. These additional activities may...
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Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Data Collection and Evaluation, System Evaluation, Validation, and Review, 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
