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STAMI 2021 Resources
These resources were presented at the 2021 State and Territory Administrators Meeting: Implementation Institute.
Session 1—Systems Building Effective and Communication Strategies
Plenary Session
Strategic Planning Roadmap Toward a Better Child Care System
- Roadmap for Optimizing CCDF Supplemental Funding Using a System Approach
- Early Childhood Systems Building Resource Guide
- The New Mexico Early Childhood Strategic Plan 2021–2024 | Early Childhood Education & Care Department (nmececd.org)
- EEC Strategic Roadmap Hub | Mass.gov
- A Thriving Illinois (ibhe.org)
Best Practices in Effective Communication
Stabilization Grant Corner—How Do I Message Any of This Information and Reach Providers?
Session 2—Payment Rates
Stabilization Grant Corner — How Do I Find Examples or Info on Other Stabilization Grants?
Session 3 – Grants and Contracts
Plenary Session
- Federal Update
- CCDF Federal Onsite Monitoring Website
- Program Integrity and Accountability: Improper Payments Error Rate Review Process
- Error Rate Review Training Materials
- Program Integrity Webinar Series
- Program Integrity Materials and Tools: CCDF Fraud Toolkit Grantee Internal Controls Self-Assessment Instrument
- Stabilization Grant Tools and Resources for Lead Agencies and Providers
Stabilization Grant "Corner" — How do I help people understand the basics about Stabilization Grants?
Implementing Strategies to Support the Use of Contracts for Child Care Slots
- Support the Use of Contracts for CC Slots Presentation
- The Pennsylvania Key – What is the Infant Toddler Contracted Slots (ITCS) Program
- Using Contracts to Support the Child Care Workforce: Thinking Outside the Box
- Payment Practices to Stabilize Child Care
- Promoting Sustainability of Child Care Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Considerations for States in Allocating Financial Resources (OPRE Report No. 2020-175)
- Contracting in the Child Care System: Key Steps to Support Equity and Accountability
- Grants and Contracts: A Strategy for Building the Supply of Subsidized Infant and Toddler Child Care
- Using Grants and Contracts to Build and Stabilize Supply
Session 4 – Wages and Benefits
Five Things You Can Do With ARP Funding for Infant/Toddler and School—Age Care
Infant/Toddler Resources
- Consider using a self-assessment tool such as the
- For state examples of these networks, see the
- State and Territory Approaches to Improving the Supply and Quality of Child Care Programs and Services for Infants and Toddlers
- Center for the Study of the Childcare Workforce at Berkley’s A Guide to Reform Using the 2020 Early Childhood Workforce Index
- T.E.A.C.H. (Teacher Education And Compensation Helps) Early Childhood National Center’s
Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education
School-Age Resources
- The 50 State Afterschool Network supports partnerships and systems for out-of-school time (OST)
- NCASE Supporting Out-of-School Time Through the American Rescue Plan Act [Video]
- ACEs Resources
- Supporting and Promoting Mental Health in Out-of-School Time
- Supporting and Promoting Mental Health in Out-of-School Time [Video]
Compensation Strategies: Toward a Better Child Care System
- Compensation Strategies: Toward a Better Child Care System
- Increasing Workforce Compensation Implementation Guide: Immediate Relief for the Workforce
- Early Care and Education Workforce Wages and Retention: Annotated Bibliography
- Backgrounder on Compensation in Child Care
- Early Childhood Workforce Index 2020
