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...
Global Sitewide Search
Displaying 1 - 10 of 16
Filter By
Resource Type: Resource Guide
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
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 learning...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
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
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
The COVID-19 pandemic has swiftly and substantially affected the social and emotional health of children, especially those experiencing multiple hardships. As the pandemic has spread across the United States, many children are experiencing widespread disruptions in daily life. Young children are...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
The Infant Toddler Consultant Self-Assessment Tool (Self-Assessment Tool) is designed for consultants from all disciplines (health, mental health, education, social services, etc.) who work in any setting that provides services to infants, toddlers, and their families, or who provide support to...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
This Resource Guide highlights promising strategies and provides information about how some...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
This document has been developed to help inform States about current program quality standards found in learning environment, developmental domains addressed in learning activities, and observation/assessment methods to track children’s development for the care of infants and toddlers in center-...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
The State Capacity Building Center Infant/Toddler Specialist Network has developed this resource to provide a snapshot of some of the ways States’ and Territories’ Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plans reflect infant/toddler quality efforts and initiatives. The purpose of this resource is...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
