About Us
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Vision
Infants and toddlers experience high quality care in all settings, and their unique needs are addressed in early care and education (ECE) systems.
Mission
To move forward system initiatives that improve the quality and supply of infant/toddler child care.
Project Overview
The National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative (NITCCI) provides customized technical assistance (TA) to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) lead agencies to support broad-based strategic planning activities to improve the quality of early care and education for infants and toddlers. Individualized TA can be delivered through limited on-site visits or off-site consultation via phone conference or webinar to support initiatives such as systems-level strategic planning; roundtables; materials development and dissemination; or facilitation of peer-to-peer learning. State and Territory profiles, initiatives, and other materials, located on the NITCCI website, will continue to be updated.
NITCCI continues to build on past TA efforts that support quality infant/toddler (I/T) initiatives using the systems-based eco-model, Early Care and Education Systems that Support Quality Care for Babies and Toddlers. The eco-model was the framework used to support States and Territories in developing I/T Credentials, I/T Specialist Networks, and including infants and toddlers in quality rating systems. The eco-model will continue to be the foundation of our comprehensive system planning TA approach.
Topics
Technical assistance activities are individualized to the needs of States, Tribes, Territories and Regions. The following list represents examples of topics and activities NITCCI is prepared to support:
- Strategic planning on the use of CCDF targeted funds for infants and toddlers
- Effective use of Infant/Toddler Specialist Networks
- Development of Infant/Toddler Credentials to support professional development
- Including infant/toddler indicators in quality rating and improvement systems
- Quality for infants and toddlers in family, friend and neighbor care
- Development of early learning guidelines for infants and toddlers
Target Audience
NITCCI serves Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) administrators and their designees or partners.
To Request TA from the NITCCI:
Requests for TA are processed collaboratively among NITCCI staff, the CCDF Administrator, and the Child Care Bureau. To request technical assistance, please contact:
Karen Heying, Project Director
National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative
ZERO TO THREE
2000 M Street, N.W., Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20036-3307
Phone: 202-638-1144, ext 618
Fax: 202-638-0851
Email: Kheying@zerotothree.org
Web: http://nitcci.nccic.acf.hhs.gov/
Contact Us
National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative
ZERO TO THREE
2000 M Street, N.W.
Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20036-3307
Phone: 202-857-2673
Fax: 202-638-0851
Email: itcc@zerotothree.org
Web: http://nitcci.nccic.acf.hhs.gov/
Staff Contacts:
Karen Heying, Project Director
kheying@zerotothree.org
Kavita Kothari, Program Associate
kkothari@zerotothree.org
Dianne Stetson, Senior Technical Assistance Specialist
dstetson@zerotothree.org
Kathie Boling, Technical Assistance Specialist
kboling@zerotothree.org
Linda Gillespie, Technical Assistance Specialist
lgillespie@zerotothree.org
Tracie Dickson, Writer/Analyst
tdickson@zerotothree.org
Tracey Harding, Information Specialist
tharding@zerotothree.org