1. Office of Early Learning Quality Initiatives Overview Erin Smeltzer, M
Office of Early Learning Quality Initiatives Overview Erin Smeltzer, M.S. Ed. Director, School Readiness Program

2. CCDF Reauthorization
What is it?
Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act of 2014 signed into law 11/19/14
Reauthorizes Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program for first time since 1996
CCDF is $5.3B block grant that gives funds to states to provide access to child care services; in Florida - School Readiness Program
Source: ACF Office of Child Care

3. CCDF Reauthorization States must establish…
Standards for maximum group sizes and appropriate staff-to-child ratios
Establish pre-service training requirements appropriate to provider settings that meet all health and safety areas (on prior slide) (Should be part of Professional Development Progression)
Training requirements should focus on social-emotional behavioral intervention models and incorporate the state’s early learning and development guidelines
Establish annual, on-going training requirements
Certify that providers comply with child abuse and neglect reporting requirements
Source: ACF Office of Child Care
REQUIRED IMPLEMENTATION DATE: Sept. 30, 2016

4. CCDF Reauthorization
Monitoring and regulatory requirements for CCDF providers:
Licensed CCDF providers – conduct pre-licensure and annual unannounced inspections for health and safety standards
License-exempt CCDF providers – conduct annual inspections for compliance with health and safety standards
Child care inspectors - must be qualified, receive appropriate training, and ratio of inspectors to providers must be sufficient to conduct timely visits
REQUIRED IMPLEMENTATION DATE: Nov. 19, 2016
Results of monitoring and inspection reports must be user-friendly and maintained on public website
Source: ACF Office of Child Care
REQUIRED IMPLEMENTATION DATE: Nov. 19, 2017
Increased Background Screening Requirements

5. CCDF Strategy Contracted Slots Increased Quality Funding Rates Review
12 Month Eligibility

7. Early Learning Performance Funding Project
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3

8. Infant/Toddler Subsystem

9. Infant/Toddler Subsystem
Steering committee and coalition team meetings
Gaps – Professionalism of workforce, access to quality care, and partnerships
Website design
Network will design system work which is appropriate for the age group
Coaching pilots to create interventions

10. Inclusion Subsystem

11. BPIECE
Created to help self-assess inclusive practices above and beyond fundamental quality
Alignment to K-12 BPIE
Creates streamlined team for support throughout early learning
Pilots occurred in 13 areas
Released to the field 9/17
BPIECE
Practitioners
Best Practices in Inclusive
Early Childhood Education

12. Unified Service Delivery Model

13. Professional Development
Career Pathway adopted
Advanced Credential Development
Registry
CLASS capacity building

14. Professional Development

15. Professional Development

16. Cultural Responsiveness Task Force
Core Competencies expansion
Philosophy development

17. Child Care Resource and Referral

18. Child Care Resource and Referral
Daily Vroom - Free app for smartphones
Includes daily activities for parents and their children
Activities targeted toward children birth – 5
Developmentally appropriate
Includes information on science behind the activities
Designed to enhance family engagement by turning everyday activities into brain-building moments between parents and children

19. Child Care Resource and Referral

20. Goals of Creating One System
CCDF charge
Continue to connect all initiatives to one centralized system
Increase efficiency by not duplicating efforts
Streamlines early learning expectations across the state
Collect meaningful data to target goals

21. Questions?