Financing

NACCRRA supports CCR&R state networks and local agencies in their collaborations with states’ development and implement of quality rating and improvement systems and works with State Child Care Administrators upon request.

Early Childhood Policy Research has supported states through facilitating planning and designing of standards, assessments, monitoring procedures, financial incentives and outreach. They have also provided comparative information and cost estimations.

The content of the direct technical assistance NCCIC provides to States and Territories touches on each of the areas regarding the planning and implementation of QRIS. The NCCIC central office also has a full time researcher/writer dedicated to QRIS as a content area who answers requests from states and policy makers.

The NC Division of Child Development has conducted peer-to-peer technical assistance on the following topics: the structure of North Carolina

The Finance Project supports state and local leaders in developing strategic financing and sustainability plans. This technical assistance and related tools and materials can be used to support the financing of a QRIS, and includes fiscal mapping, costing out infrastructure and services, and utilizing a range of financing strategies.

The Alliance for Early Childhood Finance focuses on QRIS as a tool for system reform. The Alliance has supported states through facilitating planning and designing of standards, assessments, monitoring procedures, financial incentives and outreach. They have also provided comparative information and cost estimations.