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Family Child Care Budget Guide

The Family Child Care Budget Guide from First Children’s Finance is designed to help family child care providers...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), Stabilization Grants
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
Child Care Center Budget Guide

The Child Care Center Budget Guide from First Children’s Finance is designed to help center providers apply for the...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), Stabilization Grants
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
Resource Guide: Child Development Resources for Families and Providers

This resource guide is designed to help families and providers find information about the following child development topics: developmental milestones, social and emotional development, early learning, promoting cultural diversity and inclusion, health and safety, teaching materials and...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Supports and Services for Families, Promoting Children's Development, Early Learning and Development Standards
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
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
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
Resource Guide: Child Care Workforce Qualifications, Training, and Professional Development

This resource guide helps identify the education, training, and experience needed to qualify for a teaching or administrative role in a child care center, or to operate a family child care (FCC) program. It provides information about locating training and professional...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Professional Development