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From the President
CCSA Staff

It’s Time to Bring Child Care Assistance and Safe and Secure Housing Together for Young Children in Families Experiencing Homelessness

Additional federal funds have arrived. Guidance documents are now available. It’s time to expand the partnerships necessary to ensure young children in families experiencing homelessness have access to high-quality child care and housing. It’s doable. It’s time to prioritize it.

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Homelessness
CCSA Staff

Bringing Shelters and Early Childhood Communities Together: A Pilot Project to Increase ECE Access for Families Experiencing Homelessness

Child Care Services Association, in collaboration with North Carolina State University, is piloting the Increasing ECE Access for Families Experiencing Homelessness program. Funded as part of North Carolina’s Preschool Development Grant, the project is designed to build an increased understanding of the needs of families with young children experiencing homelessness.

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CCSA
CCSA Staff

Children Need Access to High-Quality Child Care and Teacher Education & Training from Birth to Third Grade

There is a direct relationship between the education of the early childhood workforce and the ability to support and promote healthy child development, which includes all of the building blocks for later learning-to-read readiness. North Carolinian children need teachers with early childhood education to help them learn. Just say no to SB570.

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