STAM 2019
This page features presentations and resources from the 2019 State and Territory Administrators Meeting.
Plenaries
The following are STAM 2019 plenaries.
This presentation shares information on ChildCare.gov resources that can help families find, select, and pay for child care.
Innovation in Action: Entrepreneurship and Tech Meet Early Care and Education
This presentation outlines the role of innovation in early child care using three case studies.
Systems Building
The following are STAM 2019 materials focusing on systems building.

Innovation in Action: Opportunities for New Ideas and New Mindsets in Child Care
This presentation shares unique challenges in child care, such as: low pay rates, fragmented distribution, legacy tech systems, and scarcity constraints.
Early Childhood State Systems Partnering with Higher Education to Build Flexible Career Pathways
This presentation explains how to develop successful partnerships with community leaders and higher learning insitutes.
Strategic Approaches to Navigate the Sticking Points in CCDF Program Implementation
This presentation, part of STAM 2019 helps participants explore tools and strategies to advance their work.
Family First Prevention Services Act Overview
This presentation outlines the Family First Prevention Services Act, which was passed in 2018 to support child welfare.
This presentation highlights important work in Medicaid, child welfare, and other programs and funding sources that serve children and families in need.
This presentation outlines the Burrell Behavioral Health IMPART Program’s primary goal of providing behavioral health and recovery services to families.
The Role of Medicaid and Child Welfare in Supporting Early Childhood Development
This resource outlines the role of Medicaid and Child Welfare in supporting early childhood development.
This presentation highlights best practices for partnerships to support efficient use of resources and support parental choice and knowledge.
Equal Access & Supply Building
The following are STAM 2019 materials focusing on ensuring equal access and building supply.
Child Care Financing: Considering All the Options
This presentation illustrates how states use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) transfer funds to expand funding resources for child care.
Rate-Setting: Do You Have the Right Data for the Task?
This presentation provides information on the data needed by a Lead Agency for the rate setting proccess.
This tool provides safety tips for early childhood staff working with young children in classroom environments that address developmental needs.
Supporting the Most Vulnerable: State Strategies for Increasing Access
This presentation reviews the Child Care and Development Fund requirements. It defines vulnerable populations and identifies strategies to serve them.
This presentation addresses Oregon’s crisis in access to affordable, high-quality infant and toddler care.
Supporting the Most Vulnerable: Washington Strategies for Increasing Access
This resource shares information on child welfare, children experiencing homelessness and QRIS birth to age three quality initiatives.
Brief Overview of Projects Serving Vulnerable Children in Washington State
This handout shares information about the projects serving vulnerable children in Washington State.
Quality Initiatives
The following are STAM 2019 materials focusing on quality initiatives.
This presentation provides an overview of the current early childhood education workforce and shares strategies to increase qualifications.
License-Exempt Family Child Care
This resource outlines how to create a system that supports FCC license-exempt providers while holding them accountable.
License-Exempt Child Care Providers’ Journey through the License-Exempt System
This handout uses a graphic to explain the impacting factors that affect whether providers enter and stay in the license-exempt system.
License-Exempt Family Child Care Working Chart
This handout allows participants to think about how to create a system that supports and holds accountable FCC license-exempt providers.
Reframing Child Care and Development Fund Quality Initiatives
This resource share information about how and why states are reframing their Child Care and Development Fund quality initiatives.
This resource highlights how states are reframing their CCDF quality initiatives, using examples from California, Georgia, Maryland, and Washington.
Introducing the Strengthening Business Practices for Child Care Programs Training-of-Trainers
This resource highlights how states are reframing their CCDF quality initiatives, using examples from California, Georgia, Maryland, and Washington.
Using ChildCare.gov to Support Consumer Education and Engagement
This presentation helps participants learn more about ChildCare.gov resources and shares how families are using technology to find care.
Health & Safety
The following are STAM 2019 materials focusing on health and safety.
This presentation outlines a framework that helps states and territories integrate full health and safety practices in their early childhood education systems.
Keeping Children Safe: Trends in Child Care Licensing
This presentation shares findings from the 2017 Child Care Licensing Study on facility and provider requirements, and licensing agency policies.
Opportunities for Supporting Populations Affected by Opioid Misuse and Substance Use Disorders
This presentation increases awareness of the opioid and substance misuse crisis.
Supporting Social-Emotional Learning Across the Age Continuum
This resource outlines the effect of equity, childhood adversity, and trauma on social-emotional learning.