Out of School Time (OST) Programs in a Quality Improvement System
Would your state like to involve Out-of-School Time (OST) Programs in a Quality Improvement System or increase the numbers of programs that participate? Watch this Let’s Talk to learn how to create a successful formula to engage OST programs in quality improvement systems. During this session, staff from the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment share their thinking and lessons learned from a Peer Learning Community that involved twenty-three state teams in a cross-sector planning process.
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The 2022 Increase in Child Poverty is Especially Detrimental for Young Children
Blog September 25, 2023
This blog explains the impact of the policy choice to not renew the Child Tax Credit on the child poverty rate.
Home-Based Child Care: Embedding Wellness in HBCC Systems through Strengthening HBCC Networks: An Evidence-Based Framework for High Quality (Benchmarks)
Archived Webinar September 21, 2023
This recording and slide deck are from the September 19, 2023 Home-Based Child Care Webinar.
Workforce Compensation
Report August 29, 2023
A robust early childhood care and education workforce is at the heart of any solution to stabilize the child care sector, and adequate compensation is pivotal to that end. That reality comes through in the PDG B-5 grant applications; many states demonstrate a keen focus on supporting workforce compensation. This brief explores and synthesizes the strategies to increase compensation that states proposed in their PDG B-5 grant applications.