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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
Trends in Family Child Care Home Licensing Requirements for 2020: Brief #2

This brief describes licensing requirements for family child care homes in 2020 and identifies trends from previous years of data collection. The data in this brief were collected from state child care licensing regulations by the National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance from...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Building and Facility Requirements, Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting, Child-Staff Ratios and Group Sizes, Family/Group Child Care Home Requirements, Infant/Toddler Care Requirements, Licensing Exemptions, Provider/Staff Requirements and Qualifications, Requirements for the Care of Children, School-Age/Out-of-School Time Requirements
Trends in Family Child Care Home Licensing Requirements and Policies for 2017: Research Brief #2

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 Childhood ...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Licensing Administration, Monitoring and Enforcement
Trends in Child Care Licensing Requirements for 2020

The National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance has conducted a large-scale research study of child care licensing provider and facility requirements every three years since 2005. The current study looks at licensing requirements for child care centers, family child care homes, and...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Building and Facility Requirements, Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting, Child-Staff Ratios and Group Sizes, Family/Group Child Care Home Requirements, Infant/Toddler Care Requirements, Licensing Exemptions, Provider/Staff Requirements and Qualifications, Requirements for the Care of Children, School-Age/Out-of-School Time Requirements
Abusive Head Trauma Information for Families

This page provides resources that can be shared with families to support caregiving strategies to reduce the risk of abusive head trauma.
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Management Practices, Family Child Care, Equal Access to Child Care, Leadership and Coordination, Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships, Family Child Care Partners, Professional Development, Training and Professional Development Requirements, Promoting Development of Children, Promoting Children's Development, Social-Emotional Learning, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting
Trauma and Resilience: The Role of Child Care Providers

This interactive webinar focused on the effect of trauma on children’s learning. It addressed...
Resource Type: Webinar
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Supporting Health and Wellness, Mental Health Services
Trends in Child Care Licensing Requirements and Policies for 2011

The 2011 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, and the District of Columbia. These research briefs describe changes in licensing requirements and...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Licensing Administration, Monitoring and Enforcement
Trends in Child Care Licensing Requirements and Policies for 2014

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 changes in...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Licensing Administration, Monitoring and Enforcement
Trends in Child Care Licensing Requirements and Policies for 2017

The National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance, in partnership with the National Association for Regulatory Administration, has conducted a large-scale research study of child care licensing provider and facility requirements and licensing agency policies every three years since 2005....
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Licensing Administration, Monitoring and Enforcement
Hazardous Materials Information for Child Care Providers

Resources for the identification and elimination of hazardous materials in child care programs.

Program Safety

Animals in Schools and Daycares
Class pets can spread germs in a...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Building and Facility Requirements, Supporting Health and Wellness, Safety and Injury Prevention