The National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance (ECQA Center) supports state and community leaders and their partners in the planning and implementation of rigorous approaches to quality in all early care and education settings for children from birth to school age.
Stay focused. All viewpoints are welcome, but comments should remain relevant to Head Start and early childhood care and education.
By incorporating these 10 tips, you will create a beautiful and welcoming atmosphere for family and community members, and educators to enjoy their time outdoors and to be active participants in the play space.
This tool helps to identify the strengths and needs of an existing play space and serves as a basis for setting priorities and planning enhancements and improvements.
Watch this series of documentary-style videos about the power of storytelling. Explore the impact of hearing the stories of a family when working toward positive outcomes for families and children.
The EHS-CC Partnerships program enhances and supports early learning settings to provide comprehensive and continuous services. It increases access to high-quality, full-day, full-year child care, including family child care, for low-income working families.
The new contract for the Office of Child Care's National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development (NCTECD) was awarded to ICF International for FY2017–2021. NCTECD will support the implementation of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (CCDF) of 2014 by providing training and technical assistance (T/TA) to support tribal CCDFgrantees.
The National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (NCASE) has been awarded to Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) in collaboration with the National Institute for Out-of-School Time (NIOST), the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), and Walter R. McDonald Associates (WRMA), Inc. The Center is administered by the Office of Child Care.