| Summary of Louisiana's Work as Part of the Initiative (2004-2005):
Louisiana completed their strategic planning process and worked on:
- Reviewing and revising the current draft of early learning guidelines for children birth to 3 years;
- Developing recommendations/strategies to improve staff/child ratios for infants and toddlers;
- Developing a comprehensive system for infant/toddler caregiver professional development; and
- Developing a public awareness campaign on the importance of quality infant/toddler child care.
Louisiana's Child Care and Development Fund Quality Infant/Toddler Earmark:
FY 2006:
The Federal CCDF Quality Infant and Toddler Earmark is $2,302,812.
FY 2004:
The Federal CCDF Quality Infant and Toddler Earmark was $2,367,008.
The funds are used in the following ways to enhance the Louisiana infant and toddler child care system (additional funds may be used to support these activities):
- Training contracts with certified trainers to provide infant and toddler training.
- Rate increase for providers of infant and toddler care (effective May 2004).
*Louisiana reported these uses of the earmark funds in both the FY 2004 and the FY 2006 plan. |
