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The Child Care Bureau developed the Child Care Technical Assistance Network (CCTAN) to support the work of States, Territories, and Tribes administering the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). A brief description of some of these projects with contact information, as provided by the Child Care Bureau, is below.
The Afterschool Investments project provides technical assistance to support program development and administration on issues related to after school initiatives. The project produces and disseminates information, tools, and materials for supporting and sustaining programs and creating successful partnerships between CCDF grantees and the many other public and private sector partners responsible for improving after-school opportunities in the States. The contractors are The Finance Project in partnership with the National Governors Association.
EMAIL: afterschool@financeproject.org
PHONE: (202) 587-1000
The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning is a collaborative initiative of the Child Care and Head Start Bureaus. This national center will help Head Start and Child Care programs identify and implement practices with demonstrated effectiveness in promoting children's social and emotional competence. The goals of the Center are designed to strengthen the capacity of Child Care and Head Start to improve the social and emotional outcomes for young children. The University of Illinois will partner with a consortium of universities and early childhood organizations including the University of Colorado at Denver, the University of South Florida, the University of Connecticut, Tennessee Voices for Children, and Education Development Center to carry out the goals and activities of the Center.
EMAIL: mlhemm@uiuc.edu
PHONE: (217) 333-0260
The National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA), through a cooperative agreement with the Child Care Bureau, receives funding to operate Child Care Aware, a national toll-free child care consumer telephone hotline and web-site. The mission of Child Care Aware is to ensure that families have access to accurate, useful information about finding child care. Through Child Care Aware, families are linked to their local, community-based child care resource and referral program and receive consumer education materials.
WEB: http://www.childcareaware.org
EMAIL: ccaware@naccrra.org
PHONE: (800) 424-2246
The Child Care Information Systems Technical Assistance Project (CCISTAP) supports States, Territories, and Tribal Organizations in collecting, managing, and reporting child care data. CCISTAP's major emphasis is on building the capacity of information systems at the local level to improve the quality of administrative data. The methods include software utilities for data providers, computer-based training, and site visits to trouble-shoot difficult information systems problems. The Project's Child Care Automation Resource Center hosts a web site and a toll-free hot line. CCISTAP provides technical workshops at the semi-annual ACF Users Group Conferences, ACF Regional Meetings, and the National Child Care Data Conference.
WEB: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/ta/ccarc/index.htm
EMAIL: ccarc@childcaredata.org
PHONE: (877) 249-9117
The Conference Management Center coordinates and supports national and regional child care conferences for State, Territorial and Tribal Administrators. The Center supports national leadership forums on critical child care issues, such as Child Care for Infants and Toddlers and Child Care Issues in the Hispanic Community; the annual CCB State Administrators meeting; and regional conferences throughout the country in every ACF Region.
WEB: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/ta/conf/index.htm
EMAIL: ccbcmc@acf.hhs.gov
PHONE: (301) 315-2825
The National Child Care Research Collaboration and Archive will create an infrastructure for collaborative research and analysis and information sharing among researchers, policy makers, and other key stakeholders. Additionally, it will serve as a repository of child care research and data through a web-based archive; and develop and disseminate materials designed to improve child care policy research and to synthesize findings for policy makers.
EMAIL: bar@briconsultingroup.com
PHONE: (202) 638-2420
The Healthy Child Care America campaign is a collaborative effort of health professionals, child care professionals, families and other services working in partnership to improve the health and well-being of children in child care settings. The goals of the campaign are to: provide technical assistance to assist States, Territories, Tribes and communities in developing and strengthening linkages between child care providers, health professionals, and families. These partnerships ensure that children are cared for in healthy and nurturing environments and have access to a medical home that enables them to receive necessary immunizations, health screenings and other health and social services. The Healthy Child Care America campaign is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Child Care Bureau and Maternal and Child Health Bureau and is coordinated in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
EMAIL: childcare@aap.org
PHONE: (888) 227-5409
The National Child Care Information Center, in collaboration with the ERIC Clearinghouse on Early Childhood and Elementary Education, is the primary clearinghouse to support the development of expertise and dissemination of child care information. An extensive database of child care information is maintained and resources are disseminated via information and referral services, Internet website, publication of the Child Care Bulletin, bimonthly mailings, resource rooms at conferences, and through presentations at meetings and conferences. A network of State Technical Assistance Specialists, working with the ACF Regional Offices, provides on-site consultative support to State grantees. National Child Care Information Center is a partner in the QUILT: Quality in Linking Together, an initiative to support and increase partnerships between child care, Head Start and other early education programs.
WEB: http://nccic.org/
EMAIL: info@nccic.org
PHONE: (800) 616-2242
The Tribal Child Care Technical Assistance Center (TriTAC) provides targeted technical assistance services to over 500 Tribes supported by the Child Care and Development Fund. Activities include: a toll-free information and referral line; maintenance of a website with information on tribal child care programs, including promising practices and available resources; an annual national tribal child care conference; and cluster trainings.
EMAIL: tritac2@aol.com
PHONE: (800) 388-7670
The Infant and Toddler Child Care Initiative is a project of the Child Care Bureau at ZERO TO THREE that is designed to work collaboratively with CCDF State child care administrators to help move forward system improvements in infant and toddler child care. The Initiative will collect, produce and disseminate information and resources as well as help states develop or implement plans to support strategic initiatives and evaluate progress.
EMAIL: itcc@zerotothree.org
PHONE: (202) 638-1144
Previous CCTAN Projects
The Child Care Administration Project provided technical assistance to State Child Care Lead Agencies on issues related to the administration of the Child Care and Development Fund. The Project produced a handbook and trainer's manual on the basics of child care administration as well as issue briefs on more in-depth topics. The Project also facilitated peer-to-peer technical assistance through conference calls and site visits. A portion of project activities focused on collaboration with other programs, including Child Support Enforcement and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
The Child Care Partnership Project was established to promote and nurture innovative practices and partnerships. The project provided information and technical assistance to state child care administrators as they worked with businesses, philanthropic organizations, and other groups to build and sustain partnerships. A series of tools and materials, developed by the project, are available in print and on the Internet at:
http://www.nccic.org/ccpartnerships/home.htm
The Map to Inclusive Child Care Project offered an important opportunity to ensure that children with disabilities, ages birth through 12, would have access to child care alongside their typically developing peers. Project staff and consultants assisted teams from 10 competitively selected states each year to conduct a strategic planning process and work plans. Over the course of the three-year project, 31 states participated.
For additional information on the Child Care Bureau's Child Care Technical Assistance Network, contact the CCB:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration of Children, Youth and Families
Child Care Bureau
Switzer Building, Room 2046
330 C Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20447
Phone Number: (202) 690-6782
Fax Number: (202) 690-5600
Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
Child Care Acronyms and Abbreviations
Information for this topic was drawn from the Child Care Bureau website at:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/ta/
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