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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
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
Supporting Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness

Enhance your knowledge around family homelessness. Discover the importance of the McKinney-Vento Homelessness Assistance Act's definition of "homeless" as it refers to...
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, Relationship-Based Practice, Prioritizing Vulnerable Children and Families, Families Experiencing Homelessness
Family Outreach Series—Strategies for Outreach to All Families: Overview

Explore this resource for suggested ways to think about outreach to families based on recent research. CCDF Administrators and system-level professionals,...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Informing Child Care Consumers, Family Friendly Outreach, Supports and Services for Families, Relationship-Based Practice, System Planning and Implementation, Outreach and Participation, Outreach and Consumer Education, Outreach to Diverse Populations
Consumer Engagement: Strategies for Engaging Families

State, Territory, and Tribal child care administrators and others may use this resource to support consumer education and family engagement. Explore the strategies to promote consumer engagement in line with the vision presented in Consumer Engagement: Orientation for Early Childhood and School-...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Family Engagement and School Readiness, PFCE Framework/Family Engagement Outcomes, Relationship-Based Practice, Informing Child Care Consumers, Consumer Education Website, Family Friendly Outreach, Supports and Services for Families, Relationship-Based Practice
School-Age Child Care Overview

This video, which is also a part of the School-Age Consumer Education Toolkit, shows the importance of afterschool and summer care for families. Telling the story of school-age child care through data and details about the experiences of children served through federal subsidies presents a...
Resource Type: Video
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Supports and Services for Families
Consumer Education: Child Care Services and Resources for Choosing Care

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...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education
Resource Guide: Starting and Operating a Child Care Business

Child care provides an opportunity to have an impact on the lives of children and their families. Starting and operating a child care business is both a personal and a business decision. Child care providers must take the right steps to ensure that their businesses are profitable and sustainable...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, New Programs, Program Startup, Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Informing Child Care Consumers, Provider Information
Outreach to Families with Limited English Proficiency and Disabilities

Lead Agencies must ensure that all consumer and provider education materials provide the widest possible access to services for families who speak languages other than English and for families with disabilities. The CCDF final rule requires states to include a description of how the Lead Agency...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Informing Child Care Consumers, Consumer Education Website, Family Friendly Outreach, Supports and Services for Families, Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness, Engaging Diverse Families, Immigrant and Refugee Families, Promoting Children's Development, Preschool Development, Teaching, and Learning, Dual Language Learners
Using the Relationship-Based Competencies for Family Engagement

Watch this brief overview of the relationship-based competencies, or the RBCs, to learn more about the knowledge, skills, and individual practices that early childhood professionals-in every role-need to engage and...
Resource Type: Video
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Family Engagement and School Readiness, PFCE Framework/Family Engagement Outcomes, Relationship-Based Practice, Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Relationship-Based Competencies, Reflective Supervision and Practice, Strategies and Tools