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ERIC Number: EJ1186043
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jul
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0736-8038
EISSN: N/A
What May Be: Financing Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Services and the Child Care and Development Block Grant. Perspectives
Muenchow, Susan; Pizzo, Peggy Daly
ZERO TO THREE, v38 n6 p48-52 Jul 2018
A $2.37 billion increase in the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) provides an opportunity to address the mental health needs of young children in child care. While the CCDBG increase is the largest ever, states must navigate many legitimate and competing claims for these funds, particularly those set aside to improve quality. One important claim is for the expansion of early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC). In this article, the authors define ECMHC and discuss opportunities for financing its expansion. They focus on the CCDBG, which at the state level are called the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) plans. States can elect to use a portion of the CCDBG Quality Set-Aside to help finance ECMHC. State plans for the CCDBG can also be a vehicle for taking stock of the other potential funding streams, such as Medicaid, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, Head Start, and state appropriations, to support ECMHC.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: California; Colorado; Connecticut; Illinois; Michigan; North Carolina; Pennsylvania
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Child Care and Development Block Grants
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A