This presentation, from the 2018 BUILD QRIS National Meeting, covers features of quality improvement methods, transitioning to and incorporating the use of new methods, and the opportunities and challenges of new methods.
The expansion of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) funds provides an opportunity to invest in a multi-pronged strategy that supports the teachers of our youngest children. This blog post looks at the issues involved in supporting the infant-toddler workforce and offers seven recommendations for moving forward.
This presentation by the Child Care State Capacity Building Center reviews the current family child care landscape, considers ways to strengthen family child care supply and quality, and shares strategies and resources to support family child care providers.
This research-to-practice brief highlights findings from Child Trends’ study of first-time parents
of young children (under age 3) and their knowledge about parenting and child development.
The resource below provides additional information about the grants and compares them to the similar, yet unrelated federal “Preschool Development Grant” (Legacy PDG) created during the Obama administration as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The brief explores why Head Start and QRIS integration is
meaningful, some emerging issues related to integration, and
the role of Head Start-QRIS integration in addressing equity.
Today’s discussion is a 'call to action' with diverse humanitarian response
teams and federal/state/local child advocates who support preparation,
recovery and equitable outcomes for young children and families when
disaster strikes.
This blog post explores local-level Child Care Resource and Referral agencies (CCR&Rs) as one option for supporting families in their search for infant and toddler child care. The expansion of the Child Care and Development Block Grant opens many new opportunities for investment in strategies such as those profiled from Indiana and Illinois.
This program agenda provides an overview of the 2018 QRIS National Meeting – Sparking Solutions and Sharing Systems Strategies. The document lists all sessions, sponsors and conference events.