Arizona

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Arizona's Child Care and Development Fund Quality Infant/Toddler Targeted Fund:

FY: 2008: The Federal CCDF Quality Infant and Toddler Targeted Funds allocation is $2,485,048.

FY: 2006: The Federal CCDF Infant and Toddler Targeted Funds allocation was $2,448,617.

According to the 2007-2009 CCDF State Plans, the funds are used in the following ways to enhance Arizona's infant and toddler child care system (additional funds may be used to support these activities):Child care training specific to infants and toddlers, include the:

• Infant/Toddler child care training that utilizes the following, including expenses associated :
  • PITC
  • Creative Curriculum
• Home Recruitment Contracts for Family Child Care (Niños en Mi Casa).
• Enhanced rates to licensed child care centers and licensed family child care programs that achieve national accreditation.
• Continue work around compensation and competency based training.

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