Child Care and Development Fund, Report to Congress for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003
Part VII: Training and Technical Assistance
BACKGROUND
Federal regulations [45 CFR Section 98.60(b)(1)] set aside 1 quarter of 1 percent (.25 percent) of the Federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) for technical assistance. In each of FY 2002 and FY 2003, just over $12 million was targeted to the needs of State, Territorial, and Tribal grantees. Through training and technical assistance (TA) activities, CCB works with CCDF administrators to build capacity to support working parents and promote learning and healthy development for children in child care.
Each State, Territory, and Tribe strives to increase the quality of child care administration and services. In partnership with a network of contracted TA providers and ACF Regional Offices, the Bureau identifies promising practices and brings CCDF grantees together to learn from one another. CCB seeks to deliver evidence-based TA through links with the CCB research team and its partners. The Bureau's expert TA providers, many of whom have worked as State child care administrators, provide direct consultation to CCDF administrators and child care stakeholders in States and communities. In addition, our TA partners provide information and outreach to parents and child care providers.
Some of the key themes that shaped CCB's work in FY 2002-2003 were the President's early literacy initiative Good Start, Grow Smart, collaboration, and financing.