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Family Child Care Resources for Improving Business Practices

The National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance has partnered with Tom Copeland to provide essential family child care resources for improving business practices. In each...
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Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), Stabilization Grants, Management Practices, Family Child Care, Provider Supports for Quality Improvement
Building and Strengthening Skills and Competencies

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Article - Skills and Competencies

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Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Promoting Children's Development
Developing and Strengthening Teams

Energizing others to overcome challenges and pursue opportunities takes certain skills. For example, a new agency secretary may have a new vision to implement, or a statewide...
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Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership, Systems Building
Additional Resources – Strengthening Policy Tool

children and child care providers...
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Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Management Practices, Promoting Children's Development, Infant and Toddler Development and Care, Quality Improvement, Program Quality Standards
Promoting Reflective Practice

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Article - Reflective Practice

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Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Management Practices, Professional Development, Reflective Supervision and Practice, Promoting Children's Development, Infant and Toddler Development and Care
Strengthening State and Territory Infant/Toddler Child Care System Policies and Practices: A Tool for Advancing Infant/Toddler Child Care Quality

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Topic/Subtopic Promoting Children's Development, Professional Development, Core Knowledge and Competencies (CKC), Professional Development Systems
Strengthening Program Integrity

The CCDBG allows maximum flexibility for states to set critical policies. These may include establishing...
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Topic/Subtopic Program Integrity and Accountability, CCDF Data Management and Reporting, Procedures and Systems, CCDF Prevention and Detection of Fraud, Policy, Procedures, and Systems, Strengthening Internal Controls, CCDF Program Integrity, Policy, Procedures, and Systems, Prevention and Reduction of Errors
Additional Focus Areas for Professional Development

In addition to the required health and safety trainings, Lead Agencies must spend funds on training and technical assistance for child care providers in two key areas: identifying and caring for children experiencing homelessness,...
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Topic/Subtopic Professional Development, Training and Professional Development Requirements, Identifying and Serving the Homeless, Strengthening Business Practices
Payment Practices and Timeliness of Payments

In order to provide stable funding and encourage more child care providers to participate in the subsidy...
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Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Payment Practices, Absence Policies, Generally Accepted Payment Practices, Sliding Fee Scale Structure, Supply Building Strategies, Children With Disabilities, Contracts or Grants, Homeless, Infants and Toddlers, Nontraditional-Hour Care
Monitoring and Enforcement Policies and Practices

Lead Agencies must certify that procedures are in effect to ensure that child care providers caring for children receiving CCDF services comply with all applicable state and local health and safety requirements. These may include, but are not limited to, any systems used to ensure that providers...
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Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Licensing Administration, Caseloads/Staffing Patterns/Quality Assurance for Monitoring, Consumer Information and Websites, Qualifications and Training of Monitoring Staff, Use of Technology and Data Systems, Monitoring and Enforcement, Enforcement Tools and Policies, Investigations, License-Exempt CCDF Providers, Monitoring for Compliance