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Family Child Care Budget Guide

The Family Child Care Budget Guide from First Children’s Finance is designed to help family child care providers...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), Stabilization Grants
Family Child Care Expense Tracking Tool

This tracking tool, by First Children's Finance,...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), Stabilization Grants
Caring for Our Children Basics Health and Safety Standards Alignment Tool for Child Care Centers and Family Child Care Homes

Caring for Our Children Basics (CFOCB) outlines the minimum health and safety standards for child care. Use of CFOCB is voluntary but it will be a useful resource for states and other entities. This tool provides a simple format to compare current early childhood programs against the recommended...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards
Caring for Our Children Basics Health and Safety Standards Alignment Tool for Child Care Centers and Family Child Care Homes

Caring for Our Children Basics (CFOCB)1 represents the minimum health and safety standards experts believe should be in place where children are cared for outside their own homes, whether in a home-based program or center-based facility. It does not, however, represent all standards that should...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Professional Development Systems, Promoting Children's Development
Resources to Support Family Child Care Providers Who Support Infants and Toddlers

This webinar, held on September 28, 2016, examines trends in family child care (FCC), as well as strategies for tailoring training and technical assistance to the FCC provider. It also provides information about States' recruiting and retention policies and shares resources to support FCC...
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Promoting Children's Development
CCDF Reauthorization: Reforming Child Care for Children and Families
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Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic CCDF Governance and Leadership
Staffed Family Child Care Networks: A Research-Informed Strategy for Supporting High-Quality Family Child Care

This brief includes a description of family child care (FCC) networks. It also outlines a well-informed strategy for supporting high-quality family child care:

  • Addresses the support a staff FCC network can provide
  • Outlines the essential elements of an effective network...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Quality Improvement, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
Help is on the Way! Supporting Family Child Care to Prepare for Child Care Stabilization Grants

This webinar for family child care providers...
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), Stabilization Grants
Protection for Working Families

In their CCDF Plans, states are required to describe how they will support and protect working families through specific strategies. Many of these strategies involve eligibility determination and redetermination policies. (Note that section 5 addresses additional supports necessary to promote...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Protection for Working Parents, 12-Month Eligibility, Family Contribution to Payment, Job Search, Prevent Disruption of Work
Overview of Family Homelessness

Explore this overview of family homelessness and learn why it is important for professionals to understand the definition of “homeless children and youth.” It is included in Section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act [42 U.S.C. § 11435a(2)]. 

This resource is...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and School Readiness, PFCE Framework/Family Engagement Outcomes, Relationship-Based Practice, Supports and Services for Families, Relationship-Based Practice, Prioritizing Vulnerable Children and Families, Families Experiencing Homelessness