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Looking for festive and healthy snack ideas to make your Valentine’s Day classroom celebration extra special? From heart-shaped treats to...

Discover the Child Care Cost Model—a key resource for accurate budgeting and strategic planning in early education programs.

NICCA's Dream Program at ISSA 2024: Bridging personal growth and professional success for early childhood professionals.

NICCA supports new CCDF rules for categorical eligibility for Tribal child care, promoting sovereignty and cross-agency collaboration.

Food sovereignty and access to healthy, nutritious food are vital concerns for many Native American communities. Traditionally, Native...

The Tribal Early Childhood Research Center Virtual Learning Circle on Land-Based Learning in Indigenous Early Childhood Settings Save the...

NICCA's upcoming events are open for registration -- the COVID Response Roundtable on August 4 and the 2021 National Academy on Early...

During May and June, NICCA held a 4-part webinar series on responding to COVID-19. The series focused on the funding opportunities...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a recent urgent warning to consumers and health care providers about hand sanitizer products.

Linked below are resources from the CDC for handwashing -- both for child and adult spaces. Child spaces: Middle school PDF -...

Learn about the Child Care Protection Plan to support programs and providers during COVID-19.

OCC provides guidance on CARES Act. NICCA shares Tribal CCDF COVID allocation estimates based on OCC guidance.

The Federal government has issued a number of supports for small businesses, which include child care and child care professionals.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), which the U.S Senate and the U.S. House passed and President signed...

Make sure you do the five and practice social distancing. It's important because we must flatten the curve.

On Wednesday evening, the President signed into a law a second COVID-19 stimulus package, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act...

As the country and states individually are making determinations about what is required to address COVID-19, we wanted to make sure that...

On March 6, 2020, the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act became law. This bill provides $8.3 billion...

These materials help Tribes be better informed about the importance that child care plays for building self-sufficiency for their...

The National Indian Child Care Association held a workshop for all Oklahoma Tribal CCDF programs – CCDF 101: Implementing the Final Rule...