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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Your Federal Contacts - The Office of Child Care

Chapter 2: About the Child Care and Development Fund

Chapter 3: Nuts & Bolts: Useful Information for CCDF Administrators

Chapter 4: Running the CCDF Program: Implementation

Chapter 5: Need Help? Technical Assistance (TA) is Here

Chapter 6: Making Informed Choices: Child Care Policy Research

Chapter 7: Appendices: More Documents You Need

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TriTAC
Tribal Child Care Technical Assistance Center

The Tribal Child Care Technical Assistance Center (TriTAC) is a service of the Office of Child Care (OCC) that
was established in 1998 to strengthen child care services for Native American children and families. By providing training and technical assistance, TriTAC helps Tribes and Tribal Organizations enhance the quality, affordability, and availability of child care. TriTAC also helps tribal
communities coordinate early childhood delivery systems by promoting links between State, Tribal and local early
childhood education programs. TriTAC is operated through a contract with Native American Management Services, Inc. (NAMS), a Native American company, in Reston, Virginia.

TriTAC assists tribal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) grantees in child care capacity­building efforts through activities such as:

• Coordination of the annual American Indian and Alaska Native Child Care Conference and Administrators Training
• Operation of a free information and referral service
• Partnerships with the Office of Child Care’s Child Care Technical Assistance Network and other agencies
• Coordination of on­site training and technical assistance activities
• Maintenance of the TriTAC website, which includes information such as:
  
  • Calendar of events
  • Contact information for tribal CCDF grantees
  • Tribal resource documents, including TriTAC publications
  • CCDF materials
  • Profiles of effective program and partnership strategies
  • Answers to frequently asked questions
  • Minimum tribal child care standards
  • Links to tribal, child care, & related Internet sites

Linda Kills Crow (Delaware) serves as the TriTAC Director. Ms. Kills Crow brings over 20 years of experience in the fields of Indian education and early childhood programs, including the Child Care and Development Fund and Head Start. Her office is located in Ponca City, Oklahoma and she can be reached at (580) 762­8850. Missy Dunne is the on­site Co­Project Manager at the Reston, Virginia office. Co­Project Manager Nina Stanton works from her office in Louisville, Kentucky and can be reached at (502) 649­1892.

CONTACT INFORMATION
12110 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 450
Reston, VA 20190
Toll­Free (800) 388­7670
(571) 323­5635
Fax (571) 323­2102
Email: TriTAC@namsinc.org

Please visit our website at http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/tribal/

Last Reviewed: September 2010