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Staffed Family Child Care Networks

Staffed Family Child Care (FCC) Networks are an important part of the child care solution for families and educators...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
Addressing the Decrease in Family Child Care

This resource was presented as part of the policy development sessions at STAM 2018.
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Presentations
Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness, Management Practices, Family Child Care
Family Child Care: Supporting Quality

Presented at the Virtual Infant/Toddler & School-Age Care Institute, this interactive webinar focused on the supports needed by FCC Providers. It examined state policies, systems, and technical assistance strategies to assist FCC providers in the provision of high-...
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
Developing a Staffed Family Child Care Network: A Technical Assistance Manual

This technical assistance manual provides key considerations and questions necessary to implement Family Child Care (FCC) networks. It will guide leaders who wish to support the FCC provider community with staffed networks. The first section of this manual explores adopting networks as a...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Quality Improvement, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement, System Planning and Implementation
Addressing the Decreasing Number of Family Child Care Providers in the United States

Action is needed to ensure that family child care remains a strong, healthy component of the early childhood education system. This brief examines the reasons family child care homes close and offers information...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Payment Practices, Quality Improvement, Cost of Quality for Providers, Program Quality Standards, Family Child Care, Outreach and Consumer Education, Provider and Quality Information
Webinar - Supports and Systems for Improving Access to and Sustainability of Family Child Care

This webinar introduces two new resources on promising strategies to improve the quality of care, engage family child care (FCC) providers, and sustain provider participation in regulatory systems and quality improvement initiatives.

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Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
Staffed Family Child Care Network Cost Estimation Tool

The Family Child Care Network Cost Estimation Tool (CET) is designed to assist State, regional and local organizations in better understanding the costs associated with operating a staffed family child care (FCC) network....
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Quality Improvement, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement, System Planning and Implementation, Structure of Quality Improvement Systems
Resources about Supports and Systems for Improving the Quality of Family Child Care

Given the growing recognition of family child care as a significant sector of the early care and education field, there is a need for understanding effective quality improvement approaches that encourage provider participation in regulatory systems and quality improvement initiatives...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
Engaging Family Child Care Providers in Quality Improvement Systems

This brief is a resource for local, regional, and state stakeholders invested in engaging family child care (FCC) and family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) providers in quality improvement initiatives and supporting this sector of the early childhood professional community.

This paper...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
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