Best Practices Criteria

NACCRRA Quality Assurance means that a local community or state agency has demonstrated to the national organization that they meet Best Practices Criteria for delivering outstanding Child Care Resource & Referral services to parents, providers, businesses, and communities. The Best Practices Criteria are all based on research; they include outcomes, rationales, and indicators for meeting each criterion.

Click on the links below to view the NACCRRA Quality Assurance Best Practices Criteria:

State Network Best Practices - Full: All the State Network Best Practices (18.1 MB)
State Network Best Practices - Section 1: About NACCRRA, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, Preface, and Glossary of Terms (1.5 MB)
State Network Best Practices - Section 2: Element 1: Services for Local CCR&Rs and Element 2: Stakeholder Relationships (4.8 MB)
State Network Best Practices - Section 3 Element 3: Data Analysis and Reporting, Element 4: Public Policy, and Element 5: Child Care and Early Education Systems Building (4.4 MB)
State Network Best Practices - Section 4: Element 6: Public Awareness and Element 7: Strengthening and Supporting CCR&R through Direct Services (3.1 MB)
State Network Best Practices - Section 5: Element 8: Administration and Element 9: Governance (4.3 MB)

CCR&R:

Core Competencies Best Practices (134 KB)
Parent Services Best Practices (180 KB)
Provider Services Best Practices (94 KB)
Business & Community Services Best Practices (currently in development phase)
Subsidy management (development to begin in 2009)

For additional information, contact:

Gail Upton
703-341-4100 ext. 213
gail.upton@naccrra.org