Innovative Work with Family Child Care Providers in Phase 2 and Phase 3 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge States. State TA Resources

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Child Care; Early Childhood Education; Educational Legislation; Federal Aid; Federal Legislation; Federal Programs; Innovation; Professional Development; Certification; Educational Quality

Colorado; Illinois; New Mexico; Oregon; Wisconsin; Georgia; Kentucky; Michigan; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Vermont

This resource was prepared in response to a request for information from a Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) State about the innovative work with family child care providers that is being done in RTT-ELC Phase 2 States (Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, and Wisconsin) and Phase 3 States (Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Vermont). This information will be helpful to other States as they consider how to continue to enhance the quality of early learning in family child care homes in their States. This summary describes family child care activities that States specifically described in their 2015 RTT-ELC Annual Performance Reports (APRs) to the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. States may have additional initiatives that they did not include in their Annual Performance Reports (APRs) because they were not funded by their RTT-ELC grants. The initiatives are grouped into the following categories: (1) engaging family child care providers in Tiered Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (TQRIS); (2) improving professional development; (3) bringing family child care providers and friend and neighbor child care providers into the licensing system; and (4) extending programs to include family child care providers.

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