The True Cost of Providing Safe Child Care During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Parents have long struggled to find and afford child care that meets their needs; and child care businesses have equally struggled to balance the cost of providing quality care, Now, the pandemic has exacerbated the child care crisis and raised new challenges.
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Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families: Head Start and Child Care for Children in Child Welfare
Archived Meeting Resources April 22, 2022
These resources are from the fourth webinar of the Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families series.
Head Start and Child Care for Children in Child Welfare
Video April 22, 2022
This recording is from the fourth webinar in the Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families series.
Bridge Program for Foster Children Data from 12 Sample Counties
Report April 22, 2022
The Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for foster children works to connect child welfare and early care and education systems in each county across the state to provide emergency child care vouchers, child care navigators, and trauma-informed care (TIC) training and coaching to child care providers. In January 2020, the Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) Research team began conducting a two-year study of the Bridge Program to determine lessons learned that could help guide continuous program improvement. This resource was shared during the fourth webinar in the Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families series.