Resource Type: Guidance

COVID-19 Flexibility in Child Care Policy and Regulatory Requirements

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With the closure of North Carolina’s public schools, DCDEE knows the demand on the state’s licensed child care facilities is elevated. In order to provide relief and flexibility to child care facilities, DCDEE has been actively working to identify policy and regulatory requirements that can be temporarily waived, while still ensuring the health, safety, and… Continue reading COVID-19 Flexibility in Child Care Policy and Regulatory Requirements

Food & Nutrition Service for FCCHs

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CACFP provides nutritious meals and snacks to infants and children as a regular part of their day care. A variety of public or private nonprofit child care centers, Head Start programs, outside-school-hours care centers, and other institutions which are licensed or approved to provide day care services participate in CACFP. For-profit centers that serve lower… Continue reading Food & Nutrition Service for FCCHs

Resources for Families with Young Children in North Carolina

Looking for information and resources that may be available to help your child and you? This brochure is intended to highlight information about: 1) financial assistance programs to help you support your child and family 2) child development, developmental milestones, and developmental services 3) children’s healthy social-emotional development and 4) services to support families with… Continue reading Resources for Families with Young Children in North Carolina

Child Care in North Carolina

Choosing a child care program is one of the most important early decisions one can make for a child. This brochure provides valuable information about licensing, the types of care available, how to pay for it, and more.

The Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS)

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Family child care providers who utilize effective business and professional practices are more likely to provide a high-quality learning environment and interact more sensitively with children. The Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS) is the first valid and reliable instrument for measuring and improving the overall quality of business and professional practices in… Continue reading The Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS)

Framework for N.C. Technical Assistance Practitioner Competencies

This guide covers the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed by early care and education and school-age child care TA practitioners who work to improve or support developmentally appropriate experiences for young children, ages birth through age 12 years by supporting, informing and building the knowledge and skills of early educators and their program administrators.