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STRONG LICENSING The Foundation of Quality – FOR ALL

STRONG LICENSING The Foundation of Quality – FOR ALL . NARA LICENSING SEMINAR – September 13. TODAY’S PRESENTERS. Ann Ditty, NARA President Jana Martella, NARA Executive Director. http:// www.naralicensing.org/Call_to_Action. Recommendations for consistent protection in child care.

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STRONG LICENSING The Foundation of Quality – FOR ALL

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  1. STRONG LICENSINGThe Foundation of Quality – FOR ALL NARA LICENSING SEMINAR – September 13

  2. TODAY’S PRESENTERS • Ann Ditty, NARA President • Jana Martella, NARA Executive Director

  3. http://www.naralicensing.org/Call_to_Action

  4. Recommendations for consistent protection in child care To create a consistent level of essential quality for all children in regularly operating, remunerated care, irrespective of sponsorship, geographic location, and state or federal agency service boundaries, NARA recommends that federal agencies:

  5. Recommendations for consistent protection in child care • Adopt common funding standards and/or guidelines required of regulatory agencies, modeled along the characteristics of strong licensing programs described in the previous section, as a condition for states to receive child care funds.

  6. Recommendations for consistent protection in child care 2. Include a reasonable set-aside in states’ federal funding for effective licensure at these quality performance standards.

  7. Recommendations for consistent protection in child care 3. Fund the development and maintenance of model statutes and regulations. This would reduce an ongoing, time-consuming, and redundant workload on the states and would further narrow disruptive variability in these foundational documents.

  8. Recommendations for consistent protection in child care 4. Extend invitations to NARA and other knowledgeable groups to consult and assist with the final drafting of these funding requirements, with the selection of implementation methods, and with the design of efficient methods to monitor states’ timely and conscientious adherence to federal standards.

  9. Recommendations for consistent protection in child care 5. Request states to implement these same performance standards in their laws, regulations and regulatory operations as the baseline for all child care settings whether or not federal funds are used. This promotes equal protection and expanded benefits for children while achieving fair competition for providers – outcomes that are in every state’s best interest.

  10. Recommendations for consistent protection in child care 6. Request states to adjust their QRIS criteria, incentives, and supportive services as effective regulatory thresholds materialize.

  11. www.wordle.net • The “Word Clouds” at the beginning of the presentation were created by cutting and pasting text from the following into the “wordlesofteware” above: • The CCDF Plan Preprint • Strong Licensing – NARAs research paper • NARA’s Call to Action

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