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Using the Data You Have to Inform QRIS and Quality Improvement Initiatives

Archived Meeting Resources
By: Kelly Maxwell and Nadia Orfali, Bentley Ponder, Rena Hallam, Child Trends, Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning, University of Delaware July 16, 2018
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This PowerPoint Presentation from the 2018 QRIS conference covers the Child Trends Quality Rated Validation Project and case studies from Georgia and Delaware.

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Financing Highlights

Report November 1, 2023

PDG B-5 Planning and Renewal Grants are being used by states across a wide range of content areas in the early childhood care and education system, and in a variety of ways. The federal funding provides a systems framework and seeks to offer flexibility within that framework. States are using the federal funding to build capacity, create infrastructure, provide direct services, and pilot work that is new for them. This work is occurring within a broad framework provided by the federal government. This brief explores the choices that PDG B-5 grantees plan for the use of the financing provided, which has impact on the overall ECCE systems that they are building and implementing. Within PDG B-5, states had to demonstrate how they would allocate the financial resources available across required and discretionary activity categories. We can learn about their priorities from a look at the choices that they made.