Licensing is the foundation of efforts to improve program quality in the out-of-school-time field. License requirements protect the basic health and safety of participating children and establish the professional development that is necessary for educators working in out-of-school-time programs...
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Action is needed to ensure that family child care remains a strong, healthy component of the early childhood education system. This brief examines the reasons family child care homes close and offers...
Resource Type: Brief
This issue brief aims to assist CCDF Administrators and their partners in their work to support license-exempt family child care (FCC) homes. In addressing the unique needs of exempt FCC homes, States and Territories can better support the children in their care and their families. This brief is...
Resource Type: Brief
Standards are agreed-upon markers of quality established in areas critical to effective programming and child outcomes. Standards create a common definition of quality for child care providers, policymakers, and the general public and can be used as a consumer education tool for parents. Program...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Data Collection and Evaluation, System Evaluation, Validation, and Review, Financial Incentives for Quality Improvement, Program Quality Standards, Application of Standards, Content of Quality Standards, Quality Assurance and Monitoring, Program Quality Assessment Tools
Licensing regulations are often framed around the...
Resource Type: Brief
This peer-learning breakout allowed participants to discuss issues pertaining to licensing.
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Presentations
This issue brief shares the experiences of six States (AR, AZ, IN, ND, NM, and UT) that have begun to address the challenges of monitoring exempt care. In addition to describing their structures, the issue brief highlights their differences in needs, cultural diversity and compliance levels,...
Resource Type: Brief
Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Lead Agencies are encouraged to coordinate the delivery of child care, early childhood, and school-age services. All CCDF Lead Agencies are required to coordinate with representatives of local government; agencies responsible for...
Resource Type: Fact Sheet
Lead Agencies may be asked the following with regard to compliance with state standards:
- What activities does your state fund with CCDF quality funds to facilitate child care providers’ compliance with state health and safety requirements? These requirements may be related to ...
Resource Type: Page
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement, Data Collection and Evaluation, Financial Incentives for Quality Improvement, Tiered CCDF Payment Tied to Quality, Outreach and Consumer Education, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement, Quality Assurance and Monitoring, System Planning and Implementation, Provider and Quality Information
This handout uses a graphic to explain the impacting factors that affect whether providers enter and stay in the license-exempt system. It also shares supports that help providers stay in the license-exempt...
Resource Type: National Meeting Resources Handouts
Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement
