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CCDF Tribal Lead Agency Fiscal Risk Assessment

The Tribal Lead Agency Fiscal Risk Assessment was developed for Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Tribal Lead Agency (TLA) administrators, fiscal and management officials, and other TLA leaders as a framework for reviewing how well policies and procedures meet the CCDF requirements in the...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, Program Integrity and Accountability, CCDF Data Management and Reporting, CCDF Prevention and Detection of Fraud, CCDF Program Integrity
A Fiscal Management Checklist for Partnerships

This checklist identifies key issues to be addressed regarding the fiscal aspects of projects in early care and education that involve multiple partners and funding sources.
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships, Promoting Children's Development
Strengthening State and Territory Infant/Toddler Child Care System Policies and Practices: Users’ Guide

This users’ guide accompanies Strengthening State and Territory Infant/Toddler Child Care System Policies and Practices: A Tool for Advancing Infant/Toddler Child Care Quality. It is based on feedback from the policy tool’s developers and initial users, and offers a...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Quality Improvement, Data Collection and Evaluation, System Planning and Implementation
Early Childhood Finance Toolkit

Creating and sustaining a coordinated early childhood system requires a focus on sustainable financing. This toolkit is a collection of tools, guidance, and resources for state early childhood leaders who want to learn more about different aspects of financing. It is curated to provide state...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, System Financing, Quality Improvement
Assessing Capacity for Evaluation: Discussion Guide

This document identifies six elements for building capacity for evaluation and accountability. Questions to prompt discussion and reflection among the planning/stakeholder groups are followed by suggested strategies to address each element.
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships, Promoting Children's Development
Follow the Money: A Tool for Mapping Funds for Out-of-School Time Initiatives

This tool provides advice and guidance on fiscal mapping, a research approach for systematically identifying and analyzing expenditures. This tool draws upon selected examples of fiscal mapping research by statewide afterschool networks that track funding for out-of-school time programs.
Resource Type: Tool
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A Guide to Support States and Territories’ Use of Child Care Licensing Data

States and Territories collect different types of data, including, for example, data captured by child care licensing and subsidy agencies and by quality rating and improvement systems. This guide focuses on one of these: administrative data related to child care licensing. Administrative...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Licensing Administration, Use of Technology and Data Systems
Using Results to Improve the Lives of Children and Families: A Guild to Public-Private Child Care Partnerships

This guide can help partnerships avoid common pitfalls while using results-based decisionmaking to its fullest advantage. It has the potential to make the partnership not only more knowledgeable about where it is headed, but more likely to get there.
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships, Promoting Children's Development
Community Assessment Checklist

Helpful in determining when and how to conduct a needs assessment. Program directors and services area managers can use this checklist when identifying local needs and resources.

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Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships
Consumer Education Websites: A Guide to Creating a Family-Friendly Experience

This guide offers research-based information that agencies and organizations can use to create or enhance a family-friendly consumer education website. If you are responsible for developing and posting content yourself or supporting staff who do, you can directly apply this information to your...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Informing Child Care Consumers, Consumer Education Website