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Designing Family-Friendly Consumer Education on Child Care

This brief provides research-based information to support state agency staff as they design and implement consumer education websites and other resources, such as quality rating and improvement systems. Consumer education efforts are undergoing revisions in response to provisions in the Child...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Informing Child Care Consumers, Consumer Education Website, Family Friendly Outreach, Provider Information, Quality Improvement, Outreach and Consumer Education, Provider and Quality Information
Selected Tips for Collecting, Reporting, and Using Data in Early Childhood Care and Education

This tip sheet on data systems is a compilation of best practices and suggestions to improve the accuracy and usefulness of data collected, improve the reporting of data, and establish a data culture to increase the use of data in early childhood care and education. It is intended to assist...
Resource Type: Tip sheet
Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, PDG Program Design, Data Systems, PDG Program Design, Data Systems, Quality Improvement, Data Collection and Evaluation
Other Quality Improvement Activities

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...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Data Collection and Evaluation, System Evaluation, Validation, and Review, 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
Facilitating Compliance with State Standards

Lead Agencies may be asked the following with regard to compliance with state standards:

  1. What strategies does your state fund with CCDF quality funds to facilitate child care providers’ compliance with state requirements for inspection, monitoring, training, and health and safety...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Data Collection and Evaluation, Financial Incentives for Quality Improvement, Tiered CCDF Payment Tied to Quality, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement, Quality Assurance and Monitoring, System Planning and Implementation, Provider and Quality Information, Outreach and Consumer Education
Mapping the Early Care and Education Monitoring Landscape

This tool is designed to help state and territory leaders document current early care and education (ECE) monitoring systems as they evaluate opportunities for alignment and integration. The tool is designed as a companion to ...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Monitoring and Enforcement, Quality Improvement, Quality Assurance and Monitoring
NSECE Summary Brief 4: Characteristics of the Early Care and Education Workforce

This brief summarizes the experience, educational attainment, weekly work hours, and wages that characterize the ECE workforce and identifies questions for state ECE leaders to consider in relation to...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Professional Development, Quality Improvement, Stable Financial Assistance to Families
Early Care and Education Program Characteristics: Effects on Expenses and Revenues

The Provider Cost of Quality Calculator (PCQC) is an easy-to-use, dynamic Web-based tool from the Office of Child Care’s (OCC) National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement (NCCCQI), available for use by state and territory policymakers to help them understand the costs associated with high-...
Resource Type: Information Product
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, System Planning and Implementation
Key Elements for Quality Improvement

States are involved in various activities to improve the availability and quality of early and school-age care and education programs. Most often these activities are supported by quality set-aside funds from the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). States increasingly use CCDF funds to...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Program Quality Standards, Application of Standards, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement, Professional Development, System Planning and Implementation, Outreach and Participation, Structure of Quality Improvement Systems
NSECE Summary Brief 1: How Are Center-Based Early Childhood Education Programs Funded?

This brief highlights key information from the 2012 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) about the various types of funding that early care and education (ECE) centers receive.

Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Professional Development, Quality Improvement, Stable Financial Assistance to Families
NSECE Summary Brief 5: Early Care and Education Centers That Participate in Head Start and Public Prekindergarten

This brief summarizes data gathered by the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) examining early care and education (ECE) centers that participate in Head Start and...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Professional Development, Quality Improvement, Stable Financial Assistance to Families