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Appendix C. Sample Quality Activities from AI/AN CCDF Administrators

This updated appendix provides examples of quality activities shared by Tribal CCDF administrators during the FY 2020-2022 Tribal CCDF Plan Preprint training. Please note that this list is not exhaustive and is for illustrative purposes only; it is not intended as guidance as to whether any...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Professional Development, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Quality Improvement
Appendix A: Tribal Child Care Center Active Listening

This appendix provides additional information on the principles of active listening and methods to assess your own active listening skills. Active listening means paying close attention to the words the speaker is using, how the speaker is saying it, and looking for various nonverbal cues to...
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, Recruit, Engage, and Coordinate With Stakeholders, Professional Development
Appendix J: Sample Enforcement Tools – Details and Procedures

This document elaborates on information about the enforcement tools referenced on pages 22-24 of this guide, including a sample plan of correction, sample letters, and information about administrative reviews, witnessed visits, office conferences, consent agreements, cancelling contracts and...
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Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Monitoring and Enforcement
Appendix I: Sample Memorandum of Understanding

This document provides some suggestions that could be included in a monitoring MOU with a state agency. A Tribal Lead Agency could modify this MOU to be used on a local level (for example, with a county agency, the Indian Health Service, or other monitoring agency). 
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Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Leadership and Coordination, Recruit, Engage, and Coordinate With Stakeholders
Meeting the Final Rule Health and Safety Training Requirements in Child Care and Development Fund Tribal Lead Agencies

This tool was developed to assist the Tribal Lead Agency as they develop processes and procedures regarding the areas of training as outlined in the Tribal Child Care and Development fund (CCDF) Plan Preprint.
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety
Appendix G: Tribal Child Care Sample Center Kitchen Inspection Form

This sample monitoring form can be adapted by Tribal Lead Agencies to reflect their unique Tribal health and safety standards for monitoring staff and inspectors to use when monitoring.
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Monitoring and Enforcement, Supporting Health and Wellness
Appendix F: Tribal Child Care Center Sample Monitoring Form

This document can be adapted and modified to align the Tribal Lead Agency’s health and safety standards with the monitoring tool.
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Monitoring and Enforcement
Appendix E: Sample Complaint Guidance Policy

Ideas for creating a reporting process for parents to submit complaints about child care providers, verify and respond to complaints, maintain records of substantiated complaints, and share this information with the public if requested. 
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Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Health and Safety Requirements and Standards, Monitoring and Enforcement
Appendix D: Sample Monitoring and Enforcement Policy for Child Care Home Providers

Thoughtful consideration in developing policies related to monitoring and enforcement for child care home providers adapted from the Cherokee Nation’s Requirements for Registered Child Care Homes.
Resource Type: Tool
Topic/Subtopic Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Monitoring and Enforcement
Appendix H: Additional Provider Supports to Help Child Care Programs

A non-inclusive list of ideas for Tribal Lead Agencies to consider when developing activities that can be supported through CCDF quality funds, including supplemental CCDF funds provided by the CARES, CRRSA, and ARP Acts, or other public or private funding.
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Topic/Subtopic COVID-19, American Rescue Plan Act (ARP Act), ARP Act Supplemental Funding, Stabilization Grants, Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Quality Improvement