STAM 2018 CCDF State and Territory Administrators Meeting Resources (STAM)--ARCHIVED
This page features presentations and resources from the 2018 State and Territory Administrators Meeting (STAM).
Policy Development
The following resources on CCDF policies were shared during 2018 STAM.

Weighing the Tradeoffs in Eligibility Policy
This resource analyzes choices in subsidy policy and examines how Lead Agencies make policy choices within Federal requirements.
Addressing the Decrease in Family Child Care
This presentation explores the strategies, challenges, and solutions for FCC supply building.
Building Better Child Care Business Practices: A Strategy for Increasing Access
This resource explains how workforce compensation and supply issues are addressed at the individual child care business level.
Bridging the Gap: An Overview and Discussion
This presentation gives an overview of the Bridging the Gap Project and findings as well as an in-depth look at state CCDF policies.
Health and Safety and Monitoring
The followng resources on health and safety requirements as well as monitoring providers were shared during STAM 2018.
Implementing Health and Safety Training Requirements
This presentation describes required health and safety trainings for CCDF providers and discusses training partners and methodologies.
This presentation discusses challenges, practices and emerging solutions for interstate background checks.
This presentation provides an overview of the the processes, goals, and phases of the grantees' monitoring and oversight system.
Promising Approaches for In-State Criminal Background Check CCDF Compliance
This resource discusses background check requirements, and promising approaches for attaining CCDF compliance for background checks.
State Trends in Monitoring License-Exempt CCDF Providers
This resource discusses the system models for monitoring license-exempt providers, and highlights successful strategies.
Ways to Increase the Supply of Care
The following resources on building the supply of high-quality care were shared during STAM 2018.

Effective Collaboration Across Your Region, Within Your State and Local Communities
This resource features approaches to foster CCDF leadership and coordination and cost-effective outreach to providers and families.
Building the Supply of Infant/Toddler Care
This resource discusses implementation strategies for building systems that support infant/toddler care supply.
Developing and Implementing a Research and Evaluation Agenda: Is Your State Ready?
This resource describes research and evaluation capacity and benefits for CCDF Lead Agencies, and discusses examples of successful agenda development.
Evaluating Quality Investments
This resource describes how data sources and relevant performance measures can support evaluations of quality initiatives.
Supporting State and Territory Efforts To Reduce Suspension and Expulsion
This resource explores how using clear protocols, family supports, and TA coordination can reduce suspension and expulsion in child care programs.
Sustaining Quality Improvement at All Levels of the Early Learning System
Describes continuous quality improvement strategies for ECE programs to be applied at each each program work level.
This paper provides information on state and territory efforts to use contracts and grants with providers.
Systems Building and Collaboration
The following resources on capacity building and effective collaboration were shared during STAM 2018.
This resource discusses use of the Self-Assessment Tool by states to build capacity at each dimension measured by the tool.
Capacity Building Self-Assessment Tool
This tool highlights capacities within and around a state's initiatives to improve early childhood education systems.
Teaming: Enhance Your Team by Rethinking Your Orientation, Intention, and Motivation
This presentation compares teams and working groups, and describes setting goals for and building collaborative teams.
CCDF Program Administration
The following resources on CCDF program administration were provided during STAM 2018.
Fundamentals of CCDF Administration
This resource describes the CCDF Fundamentals component, which provides newer CCDF Administrators clarification of the CCDBG law and CCDF final rule.
Your CCDF Survival Kit: What’s Included?
This resource describes using OCC and CCTAN websites, and the resources available from OCC National Centers on those sites.
General Resources
The following are general resources that were distributed at STAM 2018.
This handout references selected resources for CCDF Administrators on the Research Connections website.
This flyer highlights the Early Care and Education Link, which highlights Child Care and Early Education Policy and Research Analysis Project publications.
Plenary
The following are presentations from the plenary session from STAM 2018.
Appreciating the Deep and Simple in Early Childhood Education
This resource talks about learning from what ordinary people do extraordinarily well in everyday moments to nurture quality improvement.
A Peek Inside the Private Business of Child Care
Child care organizations and FCC providers come together from a business standpoint to discuss how the CCDF program affects daily operation.