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The Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the law that authorizes the federal subsidy known as Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). CCDF provides funds to support child care subsidies and improve child care quality at the state level. CCDF regulations dictate the rules that states must comply with in order to receive federal funds. Over the next four months, our e-news will focus on a few topics addressed in the CCDBG. This month, we'll explore early childhood homelessness. The CCDBG includes provisions to increase access to child care for homeless families.
Who Is Homeless?
The McKinney-Vento Act was created to ensure educational rights and protections for homeless children and youth. This resource discusses the definition of homelessness, as well as the primary causes of homelessness and society's stereotypes regarding homeless children.
Starting Life Without a Home
This video from Zero to Three describes how to support homeless families in nurturing their young children.
Early Childhood Homelessness in North Dakota
Take a look at this fact sheet on early childhood homelessness in our state from the Administration for Children & Families' Early Childhod Homelessness in the United States: 50-State Profile.
News + Happenings
Child Care Aware® maintains a database of all of the licensed child care programs in North Dakota. Information from this database is distributed to legislators, families and you. To keep this data as current, meaningful and accurate as possible, we request that you update information about your rates, hours and other aspects of your child care business annually.
Compare pay rates and benefits of child care facilities across North Dakota.
We've complied a list of all current and upcoming Child Care Aware® training events to help you plan training and professional development that will help you thoughtfully advance along the Growing Futures Career Pathways. Check our website often, as this document is frequently updated.  
 
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