North Carolina has two education-based salary supplement programs to help support the early care and education workforce. The Child Care WAGE$® Program provides education-based salary supplements to eligible educators working with children birth to age five through a collaboration between local Smart Start partnerships who choose to participate, the North Carolina Partnership for Children and… Continue reading WAGE$ & AWARD$: Spread the Word!
Topic: Workplace
Crafting Your School Age Workplace Culture Part II: Implementing Your Workplace Culture
Making a Shift for the Better… “It’s always just been done this way.” Have you ever caught yourself repeating this to someone? Sometimes it’s easy to fall back on old practices, especially when dealing with difficult changes and larger workplace shifts. perfecting an effective workplace culture requires constant reflection, action, and implementation. Factor in the… Continue reading Crafting Your School Age Workplace Culture Part II: Implementing Your Workplace Culture
NC Rated License Assessment Project (ncrlap.org)
B-3QI Quarterly Newsletter – July 2024
The NC Birth-to-Three Quality Initiative (B-3QI) is pleased to share our quarterly newsletter to provide relevant information to birth-to-three teachers and administrators committed to high-quality care and education.
Stabilization Grant Quarterly Update Now Available!
To get stabilization grant funding for Quarter 9: October-December 2023, you must complete both the Quarterly Update AND the Recertification Application.
NC CCR&R Council Releases Stabilization Grants Provider Survey Findings
The N.C. CCR&R Council has released the findings of a child care provider survey regarding the effects of the Stabilization funds. Click to read more!
Bank of America Example of Benefits
Example of the comprehensive benefits and programs offered, including back-up childcare, free research and referral, and educational resources for children.
Family Forward NC: Sample Family-Friendly Policies for the Workplace
This site contains a sample list of policies and benefits that companies can offer to help employees and their families thrive. Family Forward NC ™ is an initiative of the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation. It was founded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and is fueled by the North Carolina Institute… Continue reading Family Forward NC: Sample Family-Friendly Policies for the Workplace
The US and the High Price of Child Care 2019
More than 12 million children younger than age five are in some form of child care in the United States. The US and the High Price of Child Care: An Examination of a Broken System provides a review of how child care is an issue for all of us and shares our policy recommendations for supporting families… Continue reading The US and the High Price of Child Care 2019
On-Site/Consortium Sponsored Child Care
On-site child care is located at an employers’ workplace. For consortium sponsored child care, employers join forces to finance child care run, often run by a contracted operator. Employers can subsidize the cost of care so employees can pay below-market rates, or employers can ask employees to pay full cost for care.