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Tips for Keeping Children Safe: A Developmental Guide

During the first five years, children constantly acquire new skills and knowledge. Caregivers who know what children can do and how they can get hurt can protect them from injury.1

All children develop differently. Staff ...
Resource Type: Information Product
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Supporting Health and Wellness, Protecting the Safety of Children, Safety and Injury Prevention
Take Care of Yourself: Reduce Your Stress

Use this quick guide for tips on recognizing the causes of stress. Find steps to help reduce your stress and learn how the stress you experience affects the behavior of the children in your life.
Resource Type: Information Product
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Supporting Health and Wellness, Health Literacy and Family Engagement, Mental Health Services
Emergency Preparedness Manual for Early Childhood Programs

Programs can use this manual as a guide for their emergency planning process. Find the latest tools and resources to support children, families, and communities before, during, and after an emergency. An emergency may be a catastrophic natural event, like a hurricane, flood, or wildfire, or a...
Resource Type: Information Product
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Emergency Preparedness, Preparedness
Revising State Licensing Requirements: Readiness for Change

Many States and Territories have identified a goal of revising state licensing requirements. Implementing a successful change initiative requires a thorough assessment of the process, required resources, timing, challenges and context. Beginning a new process such as revising licensing...
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Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Licensing Administration
Use of Technology to Enhance Licensing Administration

This issue brief provides an overview of nine ways that State child care licensing programs are increasing their use of technology, including the use of data for caseload management and supervisory oversight, automation to support risk management and consistency in enforcement actions, linkages...
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Topic/Subtopic Program Integrity and Accountability, CCDF Data Management and Reporting, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Licensing Administration, Monitoring and Enforcement
Developmental Screening Resources in Support of Reauthorization

The purpose of this overview is to provide a variety of resources to support Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators in meeting the provisions of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014.
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Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Supporting Health and Wellness
Expulsion Policy Resources in Support of Reauthorization

The purpose of this overview is to provide a variety of resources to support Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators in meeting the provisions of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014.
Resource Type: Information Product
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Supporting Health and Wellness