Office of Child Care Technical Assistance Network

What is the Child Care Technical Assistance Network?

Through the Office of Child Care's Child Care Technical Assistance Network (CCTAN) and federal leadership, the Office of Child Care provides training and technical assistance to states, territories, tribes and local communities.
Learn more about CCTAN.

CCTAN Projects

Technical Assistance Topics

• Infant and Toddler Care
  • Safe Sleep & Crib Safety
• Program Administration and Program Integrity
  • Program Integrity
  • Data Management Tools/Integrated Data Systems
  • Emergency Preparedness
• Quality Improvement Systems
  • Program Standards
  • Supports to Programs
  • Financial Incentives
  • Quality Assurance and Monitoring
  • Outreach and Consumer Education
  • System Planning and Implementation
  • Data Collection and Evaluation

• School-Age Care
• Health and Safety and Licensing
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Immunizations
  • Healthy Weight & Nutrition
  • Social-Emotional Health, Developmental & Behavioral Screenings
  • Safe Sleep & Crib Safety
  • Injury Prevention, Transportation & Playground Safety
  • Environmental Health
  • Oral Health
  • Background Checks
  • Monitoring
  • Licensing Standards
  • Ratios & Groups Size
  • Staffing Requirements
  • Types of Facilities & Exemptions

• Consumer Education
• Early Learning and Development Standards (ELGs)
  • Development/Application of ELGs
  • ELG Developmental Domains
  • Implementation of ELGs
  • Alignment of ELGs with Other Standards
  • School Readiness Assessment
  • Data Collection and Evaluation
• Subsidy Innovations
  • Consumer Education and Parental Choice
  • Eligibility Policies
  • Payment Rate Policies
  • Sliding Fee Scale Structure
  • Subsidy Administration

• Professional Development Systems
  • Core Knowledge and Competencies
  • Career Pathways (Lattice)
  • PD Capacity
  • Access to PD
  • Compensation, Benefits and Workforce
  • PD System Alignment
  • PD System Implementation
  • Workforce Data
• Cross-Systems
  • Governance and Leadership
  • Finance Strategy
  • Recruit and Engage Stakeholders
  • Ensure Accountability
  • Create and Implement Improvement Strategies