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Building the Supply of Child Care

The key to increasing access to child care for at-risk populations is increasing the supply of child care services in underserved areas and for targeted groups. The law and final rule require states to develop strategies for increasing the supply and quality of child care services for these...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Children With Disabilities, Contracts or Grants, Homeless, Infants and Toddlers, Nontraditional-Hour Care
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
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
Assessing Market Rates and Child Care Costs

The objective in determining the market rate is to understand what the general population is being charged for child care services by providers, so that payment rates can be set to allow CCDF families equal access to the full range of child care available to families not...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Assessing Market Rates and Child Care Costs, Alternative Methodologies, Market Rate Surveys, Setting Payment Rates
Implementation Guide: Strategies to Support Use of Contracts for Child Care Slots

Guidance from the Office of Child Care (OCC) strongly recommends CCDF Lead Agencies use funds to expand access to high-quality child care by increasing the use of contracts or grants, among other strategies. This implementation guide focuses on commonly reported concerns regarding the use of...
Resource Type: General Information
Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Contracts or Grants
Webinar - Identifying, Mapping, and Alleviating Child Care Deserts

What are child care deserts? How do we recognize them and what communities do they impact? Through data-driven analysis, the scope of child care undersupply is coming into focus. Findings from two research organizations that are charting the child care desert landscape on this webinar. It...
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Quality Improvement, System Planning and Implementation
Webinar Series About Strategies for Building and Financing the Supply of High-Quality Child Care

The National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance (ECQA Center) hosted a series of webinars about increasing the supply of and improving the quality of child care services for children in underserved areas, infants and toddlers, children with disabilities, and children who...
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Quality Improvement
Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families; Brief Overview of Projects Serving Vulnerable Children (July 2019)

This handout shares information about the projects serving vulnerable children in Washington State. The resource highlights the Early ECEAP, Child Welfare Child Care, Improving the Lives of Children...
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Handouts
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Promoting Children's Development, Supporting Children With Disabilities, Supporting Children's Social-Emotional/Behavioral and Mental Health
Webinar - Building the Supply of High-Quality Child Care: An Overview

This webinar included a facilitated discussion among leaders across the country to introduce a variety of approaches they have used to build the supply of high-quality child care. Presenters explored approaches that have worked well and ones that have not. Strategies offered to the...
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Supply Building Strategies, Quality Improvement
What Data Can Tell Us About School-Age Child Care and CCDF

On Thursday, March 29, 2018 the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (NCASE) hosted a webinar introducing a first ever series of national and state/territory data profiles with information about school-age children served through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). The...
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Quality Improvement