Resources
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State Scan of Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) Policies and Supports
This report provides a state-by-state overview of Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) policies and supports. It identifies states that allow home-based child care providers to unionize, those that have allowed FFN providers to receive stabilization grants, and includes examples of local models of FFN supports. Readers are provided with examples of statewide approaches to supporting…
Published 2022
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Improving Child Care Compensation Backgrounder 2021
The BUILD Initiative developed this policy brief for state, community, and Tribal leaders to provide them with information on policy levers that they can leverage to support early educator compensation. Federal investments in child care and an increased awareness of the importance of child care provide an opportunity to raise and address issues of under-compensation…
Published 2021
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A Look at Salary/Wage Scales for the Early Childhood Educator Workforce
This brief from Child Care Services Association provides states and cities with background knowledge to develop early childhood workforce salary scales. With early educators earning less than a living wage despite being credentialed, a salary scale can serve as a tool for state and local early care and education leaders to base compensation, increase wages,…
Published 2024
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Unifying Framework for the Early Childhood Education Profession
This report is a “consensus” document developed by Power to the Profession, a national collaborative of leading organizations. It outlines a vision and unifying framework for high-quality early care and education with recommendations to achieve it. Readers will understand the frameworks for career pathways, preparation, competencies, responsibilities, and compensation and how they all work together…
Published 2020
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Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age Eight
This seminal report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies explores the science behind early childhood learning and offers methods to turn the science into practice. This report provides early childhood professionals with a unified overview of the essential components of early childhood learning and of the principles behind…
Published 2015