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