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The Business of Family Child Care: Marketing

This webinar helps Family Child Care providers acquire the knowledge and confidence to better promote their business. It helps providers identify the strengths of their program,...
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Informing Child Care Consumers, Consumer Education Website, Family Friendly Outreach, Provider Information
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
Families Experiencing Homelessness

Strategies Supporting Families Experiencing Homelessness

  • Same definition of homelessness used by Head Start and the U.S. Department of Education programs
  • Priority for services
  • Grace period on immunizations
  • ...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Prioritizing Vulnerable Children and Families, Families Experiencing Homelessness
Family Copayment Contribution

The law requires most CCDF families to make a contribution to the cost of care through a copayment. Lead...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Continuity of Care, Policy and Practice, Protection for Working Parents, Family Contribution to Payment
Eligible Children and Families

Though states have flexibility in administering the subsidy program, the CCDF sets certain eligibility criteria that must be addressed by the state and met by families to receive services.

How Subsidy Works – An Example

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Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Eligibility Policies
Understanding Family Homelessness
Learn the facts about family homelessness. Explore the federal laws and regulations that govern Head Start, Early Head Start, and other...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Family Engagement and School Readiness, PFCE Framework/Family Engagement Outcomes, Relationship-Based Practice, Supports and Services for Families, Prioritizing Vulnerable Children and Families, Families Experiencing Homelessness
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: Section 5 addresses additional supports necessary...
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
Family Child Care Educators’ Perspectives on Leaving, Staying, and Entering the Field: Findings From the Multi-State Study of Family Child Care Decline and Supply

This webinar was held on December 1, 2021. Researchers Juliet Bromer and Toni Porter presented their findings and were joined by Megan Campbell from the Office of Child Care. The...
Resource Type: Video
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Workforce Data
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 part of a...
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
Additional Resources – Families Experiencing Homelessness

children and child care providers...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Management Practices, Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Homeless, Promoting Children's Development, Infant and Toddler Development and Care