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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)1 represents the minimum health and safety standards experts believe should be in place where children are cared for outside their own homes, whether in a home-based program or center-based facility. It does not, however, represent all standards that should...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Professional Development Systems, Promoting Children's Development
Comparison of State Licensing and QRIS Standards for Infants and Toddlers in Child Care Centers: Family Engagement

This document has been developed to help inform States about current program quality standards about family involvement in the classroom/program, family communication, and education, and family support and resources for the care of infants and toddlers in center-based settings. Two types of...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Professional Development Systems, Promoting Children's Development
RESEARCH BRIEF #2: Trends in Family Child Care Home Licensing Requirements and Policies for 2014

This research brief is a joint effort between the National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement (NCCCQI), a previous contract of the Office of Child Care, and the National Association for Regulatory Administration (NARA). This is the second in a series of briefs from this collaboration to...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Professional Development Systems
Families Experiencing Homelessness Action Planning Template

Successfully supporting better care for infants and toddlers in early care and education programs usually require states and territories to carefully examine their existing policies and practices in order to identify successes or gaps in services. Creating an action plan will help stakeholders...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Professional Development Systems, Promoting Children's Development
Designing Websites That Are Accessible for All Families

This guide offers best practices, strategies, and examples for state and territory staff to consider as they work to ensure their consumer education websites are accessible to people with disabilities.

Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic Informing Child Care Consumers, Consumer Education Website
State Strategies for Leveraging Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships to Build High-Quality Infant and Toddler Care

The Early Head Start–Child Care Partnership Grant, funded by the Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, helps grantee agencies deliver high quality comprehensive services to infants and toddlers that meet the...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Professional Development Systems, Promoting Children's Development
American Indian and Alaska Native Child Care and Development Fund Fiscal Guide

This fiscal guide addresses the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program. It provides general information on fiscal administration and accountability issues. This guide also covers basic financial management and grants management principles. It is...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic Payment Practices, Sliding Fee Scale Structure, Setting Payment Rates, Program Integrity and Accountability, CCDF Program Integrity, Stable Financial Assistance to Families, Prioritizing Vulnerable Children and Families, Eligibility Policies
Child Care Administrator’s Information Technology and Procurement Guide

This guide is intended as an advisory resource for CCDF administrators who are considering information technology (IT) projects in support of their child care programs. The guide offers ideas about:

  1. how to conceptualize an IT project,
  2. project planning activities that...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, Program Integrity and Accountability
Consumer Education Website Continuous Quality Improvement Series: Child Care Search Suite

The Consumer Education Website Continuous Improvement Series aims to help Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies develop effective, family-friendly consumer education...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Informing Child Care Consumers, Consumer Education Website
American Indian and Alaska Native Child Care and Development Fund: Guide to Subsidy Administration for Medium- and Large-Allocation Grantees

This guide provides an overview of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) subsidy administration. It focuses on CCDF final rule requirements for providing stable financial assistance to eligible CCDF families and ensuring equal access to quality child care. The guide explores key aspects of CCDF...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic Assessing Market Rates and Child Care Costs, Payment Practices, Setting Payment Rates, Prioritizing Vulnerable Children and Families, Eligibility Policies, Graduated Phase-Out