Summary of South Dakota's Work as Part of the Initiative (2004-2005):
South Dakota completed an initial strategic planning session and
worked to: understand infant/toddler child care supply; develop a plan to improve quality; increase public will to support quality care in the first three years of life; assure a well-trained, stable infant/toddler workforce; assure that the star-rating system included quality indicators for infant/toddler care; and, strengthen state and local
regulations to improve the quality of infant and toddler care.
South Dakota's Child Care and Development Fund Quality Infant/Toddler Earmark:
FY 2006: The Federal CCDF Quality Infant and Toddler Earmark is $280,509.
The funds are used in the following ways to enhance the South Dakota infant and toddler child care system (additional funds may be used to support these activities):
- Infant Toddler Training Program , a training delivery system that uses WestEd certified trainers to deliver training statewide. This initiative includes a mini-grant for regulated caregivers that complete the training.
- Infant/Toddler Program Improvement Plan
- Parent Infant Welcome Box and Responsive Parenting Training , as part of the Bright Start initiative.
- Stipends as incentives for centers and family day care providers who complete the ITERS or FDCRS.
- Infant/Toddler Certificate
FY 2004:
The Federal CCDF Quality Infant and Toddler Earmark was $290,743.
The funds were used in the following ways to enhance the South Dakota infant and toddler child care system (additional funds may have been used to support these activities):
- Infant Toddler Training Program , a training delivery system that uses WestEd certified trainers to deliver training statewide. This initiative includes a mini-grant for regulated caregivers that complete the training.
- Parent Infant Welcome Box and Responsive Parenting Training , as part of the Bright Start initiative.
- Stipends as incentives for centers and family day care providers who complete the ITERS or FDCRS.
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