What is a Shared Services Alliance?
The business model for small child care programs is fundamentally flawed, but banding together may help providers operate more efficiently and reach the scale they need to weather financial storms. Shared Services is one approach that is working. The Opportunities Exchange website, dedicated to helping the early childhood field achieve financial sustainability and strong child outcomes through shared services, offers many resources about shared services.
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Home-Based Child Care: Expanding Supports for HBCC through PDG-5
Video November 1, 2022
During this webinar, we welcomed guest speakers from Home Grown who discussed their strategies for applying Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) grants to support home-based child care. Strategies explored included home-visiting and family, friend, and neighbor care; staffed family child care networks; and pre-K.
Home-Based Child Care: Expanding Supports for HBCC through PDG-5
Slide Deck November 1, 2022
During this webinar, we welcomed guest speakers from Home Grown who discussed their strategies for applying Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) grants to support home-based child care. Strategies explored included home-visiting and family, friend, and neighbor care; staffed family child care networks; and pre-K.
Promoting Early Intervention in Louisiana: Recommendations for Increasing Enrollment in EarlySteps
Report October 19, 2022
EarlySteps is Louisiana’s statewide program that provides Early Intervention services to support infants and toddlers (birth to age 3) with developmental delays and disabilities and their families. Drawing upon data, best practices, and engagement of EarlySteps families and partners, this report provides concrete, practical recommendations to help improve enrollment in this vital program.