by WHSA | Apr 9, 2012
The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, and the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education recently released Safe Sleep Practices and SIDS/Suffocation Risk Reduction (2012). The document...
by WHSA | Mar 27, 2012
Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (WPRI) Issues Report on the Positive Impact of Investing in Early Learning and Development; Sees YoungStar as a Promising Mechanism for Change The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (WPRI), a free-market “think tank,” has...
by WHSA | Mar 16, 2012
The YoungStar child care quality rating and improvement system is a breakthrough policy initiative that has great promise to transform child care in Wisconsin by helping parents make good choices and by providing incentives and assistance for child care programs to...
by WHSA | Aug 5, 2011
On August 4th, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) Secretary Eloise Anderson announced DCF’s statewide campaign to raise awareness among working parents about YoungStar, the state’s childcare quality rating and improvement system. YoungStar...
by WHSA | Apr 20, 2011
The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) has released its draft 2011-13 Wisconsin Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) Plan for public comment. The public has the opportunity to comment on the proposed plan through Monday, May 16, 2011. BACKGROUND Every...
by WHSA | Oct 7, 2010
The Office of Child Care (OCC) has released a draft of the FY 2012-2013 Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) plan for public comment. States, territories, and others may comment on the proposed plan until Tuesday, November 23, 2010. OCC reorganized the CCDF plan to...
by WHSA | Oct 6, 2010
On October 4, 2010 the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announced a reorganization that established an Office of Child Care (OCC) to support low-income working families through childcare financial assistance...
by WHSA | Sep 29, 2010
The Office of Child Care (formerly the Child Care Bureau) Pathways and Partnerships Initiative has published its first Pathways and Partnerships Priorities Newsletter (vol. 1, August 2010) which offers highlights from the technical assistance and child care resources...
by WHSA | Aug 31, 2010
The National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC), a service of the Child Care Bureau at the Administration for Children and Families, has released the full Child Care Development Fund Report of State and Territory Plans FY 2010-11. CCDF is...
