Braiding Federal Funding To Expand Access To Quality Early Care & Education & Early Childhood Supports & Services: A Tool For States & Local Communities

In August 16, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a toolkit with the goal to states and local communities in braiding, blending, or layering multiple federal funding streams (for example, Head Start and the Child Care and Development Fund) to increase the supply of quality early care and education (ECE) and increase access to comprehensive early childhood and family support services within a coordinated, comprehensive early childhood system . . .