Explore this topic for strategies and promising practices to support children and their families within Early Head Start-Child Care (EHS-CC) Partnerships and other local partnerships, such as pre-K. Training and technical assistance (T/TA) staff and EHS-CC Partnership grantees and their child care partners will find resources about partnerships, family child care, and regulations and standards. Also find tools and materials around administration, research, and evaluation.
Continuity of care is important to all infants and toddlers. Learn how Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships help child care programs provide consistent caregivers to infants and toddlers with special needs.
Partnership agreements guide grantees and child care partners in all areas of the relationship. Learn how one grantee develops these vital documents.
Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships depend on multiple funding sources. The layering of funds can be difficult. Learn how one grantee aids low-income families obtain child care subsidies.
Money management can be a challenge in any business. Learn how the relationship between grantee staff and child care partners can foster better fiscal management for child care programs.
Find out how to set a course for early childhood quality and best practices for children, families, and child care businesses. Explore ways to build a strong commitment to family engagement.
The Directors Academy allows child care partners to come together to share, learn, and network. Child care program directors are provided the opportunity to build their leadership skills.
The Education Navigator assists child care partner staff in obtaining their Child Development Associate (CDA) from the local community college through practical support and guidance.
Explore an at-a-glance overview of the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) related to ratios and groups sizes for both family child care and child care centers. This document provides clear examples and references the HSPPS to assist programs in determining whether they are meeting all child ratio and group size requirements.
Early Head Start (EHS) and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) both serve low-income families and their children; however, there are some differences in policy, operations, and funding requirements. EHS-Child Care (EHS-CC) Partnerships will benefit from strategies to bridge these differences. These strategies might include aligning policies to encourage stability and continuity of care, streamlining administrative procedures, and identifying opportunities to support Partnerships and providers.
The purpose of this Early Head Start for Family Child Care Project is to design, implement and evaluate a replicable framework that supports a partnership between Early Head Start and family child care. This project will increase quality for all low-income children in family child care homes by leveraging comprehensive services that include health and social services.