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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: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships, Promoting Children's Development, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Quality Improvement, Program Quality Standards
Consumer Education: Information about Provider Monitoring and Oversight

This issue brief includes an overview of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (CCDBG Act of 2014) requirements specific to consumer education and how States share provider-specific information; aggregate information about deaths, serious injuries, and abuse; and information...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Monitoring and Enforcement
Comparison of State Licensing and QRIS Standards for Infants and Toddlers in Child Care Centers: Health Services, Nutrition, and Disabilities

This document has been developed to help inform States about current program quality standards about health services, nutrition, and caring for children with disabilities in center-based settings. Two types of state program quality standards were reviewed and analyzed for this brief: child care...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships, Promoting Children's Development, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Supporting Health and Wellness, Quality Improvement, Program Quality Standards
Consumer Education: Child Care Services and Resources for Choosing Care

This issue brief focuses on how to support families in choosing quality care and understanding a QRIS. Innovative state examples describe various ways to inform parents about what to look for when searching for child care, including guidebooks, checklists, videos, and public awareness campaigns...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education
Consumer Education for Tribal Child Care and Development Fund Programs

CCDF supports eligible low-income working families through child care financial assistance and promotes children’s learning and development by improving the quality of child care programs. Consumer education activities improve access to child care by helping families understand their child care...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Supports and Services for Families, Social-Emotional/Behavioral/Mental Health
Consumer Education: Full Diversity of Support Services for Families

This issue brief provides examples and brief descriptions of state Web sites that effectively direct families to specific support services and other supplemental resources. It includes an overview of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (CCDBG Act of 2014) requirements specific...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Professional Development Systems, Promoting Children's Development
Best Practice Brief: Online Child Care Search Tools

This best practice brief aims to help CCDF Lead Agencies and partners consider program-level information and search tool features that may...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Informing Child Care Consumers, Consumer Education Website
Best Practice Brief: Data Collection Considerations to Support an Enhanced Child Care Search

This best practice brief shares ways in which you can collect more detailed provider-level information as well as ways in...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Informing Child Care Consumers, Consumer Education Website
Designing Family-Friendly Consumer Education on Child Care

This brief provides research-based information to support state agency staff as they design and implement consumer education websites and other resources, such as quality rating and improvement systems. Consumer education efforts are undergoing revisions in response to provisions in the Child...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Informing Child Care Consumers, Consumer Education Website, Family Friendly Outreach, Provider Information, Quality Improvement, Outreach and Consumer Education, Provider and Quality Information
State Highlight: How Pennsylvania State Leaders Used Data to Distribute CARES Act Funds Equitably During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This State Highlight describes Pennsylvania’s Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS) and how state leaders used its data to equitably distribute CARES Act funds among their early child care providers. In round one of the CARES Act funding, Pennsylvania state leaders used their ECIDS...
Resource Type: Brief
Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, Early Childhood Program Design and Management, PDG Program Design, Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Supports and Services for Families, PDG Program Design