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:
Family members have important information about their own children, and this information is valuable to anyone involved in a child’s care. Parents and guardians have a special understanding of their children’s unique qualities and characteristics, such as temperament, strengths, and interests....
The purpose of this research brief is to report on the licensing requirements and policies of family child care home licensing for all 50 States and the District of Columbia. Using data compiled from state child care licensing regulations and the results of the National...
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Final Rule provide incentive and opportunity to expand high-quality child care options for infants and toddlers from families experiencing homelessness.
This brief describes licensing requirements and policies for family child care homes in 2017 and identifies trends from previous years of data collection. The data in this brief was collected from state child care licensing regulations by the National Center on Early...
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Final Rule provide incentive and opportunity to enhance the provision of infant–early childhood mental health (I-ECMH) services by requiring that infant and toddler care teachers receive...
This brief shares findings from a series of focus groups with family child care providers supporting mixed-age groups of...
The following questions can help you build relationships with children and families and learn about families’ different cultures. Asking these questions as soon as the child enrolls in your program can help you to practice culturally sensitive care.
The 2014 Child Care Licensing Study looked at licensing requirements for child care centers, family child care homes, and group child care homes and licensing agency policies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S. territories for 2014. These research briefs describe...
This issue brief focuses on how to support families in choosing quality care and understanding a QRIS. Innovative state examples describe various ways to inform parents about what to look for when searching for child care, including guidebooks, checklists, videos, and public awareness campaigns...
View COVID-19 resources for CCDF Lead Agencies, providers, and families. Learn about provider eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccination.