At ACF, we work to ensure that all children – especially children who experience poverty and other challenging circumstances – have early...

Photo courtesy of Ilse Wilson, Fairyland Family Child Care Congratulations to Ilse Wilson and the staff at Fairyland Family Child Care in...

Dear Colleagues: The Office of Child Care (OCC) is pleased to announce the Federal Register publication of the Second Notice of the...

This week the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Education released a policy statement highlighting the importance of...

The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (CCDBG Act) makes several references to children’s social-emotional and behavioral...

2015 Biennial Conference | Washington, DC NICCA held its 2015 biennial conference in Washington, DC. Attendees heard from renowned...

The Packard Foundation is partnering with Let’s Move! Child Care (LMCC) to award toolkits to support early care and education (ECE)...

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is excited to reveal its new online evaluation training pipeline program, Leaders in Equitable Evaluation...

On Monday, August 25, 2015, NICCA participated in a live discussion on Native American Calling to discuss early childhood education and...

Resources from the 2015 State and Territory Administrators Meeting (STAM 2015) are now available on the Child Care Technical Assistance...

Photo provided by Kristy Whitley and used with permission. Arlington, Va. – Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA), National Association...

Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to share this Information Memorandum (IM), which provides policy and program guidance for the Early Head...

Equity Leaders Action Network (ELAN) Dear Colleagues, The BUILD Initiative is launching an Equity Leaders Action Network (ELAN) to...

Today, the Senate will begin deliberations on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Senator Bob Casey...

Child Care Aware of America, a NICCA partner, has published the Child Care in American: 2015 State Fact Sheets. These resources provide...