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The Early Care and Education Research Scholars (ECE): Child Care Dissertation Grant program supports dissertation research on child care policy issues in partnership with State Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) agencies or administrators.

Discover an overview of trauma and its impact on child care and early education (CCEE), actionable steps to ensure providers use trauma-informed approaches, and guidance for addressing the needs of young children, parents/caregivers, and CCEE providers.

This short-form product is intended to provide examples relevant to state child care administrators on how local, state, and federal CCEE datasets many be used, either singly or in combination, to examine and track progress toward improving equitable access to CCEE.

Discover a brief and volume of profiles describing characteristics of a selection of online, competency-based professional development systems for teachers and caregivers of infants and toddlers.

The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides federal money to States, Territories, and Tribes to subsidize the cost of child care for working families with low incomes. Detailed policies vary widely across jurisdictions, with States, Territories, and Tribes establishing different policies for:

• Eligibility requirements for families and children
• Application, waiting list, and redetermination requirements
• Family copayment policies
• Provider requirements and reimbursement rates

Whether families are eligible for child care assistance and how much assistance they receive depends in large part on the policies set by each jurisdiction. This report describes the ways in which policies vary within the context of the federal program requirements and includes dozens of detailed tables showing each State’s/Territory’s policy choices.

This profile provides an overview of the CIRCLE Infant & Toddler Teacher Competencies, a competency framework developed in Texas to advance early childhood education by outlining the teacher and caregiver practices and behaviors that best promote infant and toddler development.

This profile provides an overview of the two competency frameworks Oregon is using—the state-developed Core Knowledge Categories and Standards and (2) the ZERO TO THREE Critical Competencies for Infant-Toddler Educators.

This profile provides an overview of the Maine Infant Toddler Credential, a competency framework that Maine developed to support infant and toddler teachers and caregivers across setting types.

This profile provides an overview of the Gateways Infant Toddler Credential, a competency framework that Illinois developed to support early care and education professionals interested in focusing their professional development activities on the care and education of infants and toddlers across setting types.

This profile provides an overview of the California Early Childhood Educator Competencies, a competency framework that California developed to improve the quality of early care and education in the state and support the professional development of anyone responsible for the care and education of children ages birth to 5 years old across setting types.