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Braiding Federal Funding to Expand Access to Quality Early Care and Education and Early Childhood Supports and Services: A Tool for States and Local Communities

Publication Date
Authors
Katie Gonzalez and Pia Caronongan

This tool was developed to assist states and local communities in braiding, blending, or layering multiple federal funding streams (for example, Head Start and the Child Care and Development Fund) to increase the supply of quality early care and education and increase access to comprehensive early childhood and family support services within a coordinated, comprehensive early childhood system and will specifically help those interested in braiding better understand what the process entails and how to find existing resources that can help with the process.

Tools:

Files
Early Childhood Braiding Toolkit (pdf, 1.13 MB)
Topics
Early Childhood Development
Product Type
Report
Program
Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) | Head Start