Greetings colleagues:
Ensuring the early learning and development of our country's youngest children is essential to our nation's early care and education providers. Supporting the well-being of these young children and their families is an important task and one that is critical to improving the long-term educational outcomes of children nationwide. With this in mind, North Carolina's Child Care Services Association (CCSA), in partnership with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has released the validated and revised
Early Childhood Self-Assessment Tool for Shelters. This tool is designed to guide shelter staff in creating safe, developmentally appropriate environments for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families who are experiencing homelessness.
We hope this information is helpful.
Best,
Jacinda Goodwin
National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE)
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