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iii. [ ] Enhanced licensing system. iv. [ ] Meeting Head Start/Early Head Start Program Performance Standards. v. [ ] Meeting pre-Kindergarten quality requirements. vi. [ ] School-age standards. vii. [x] Quality framework or quality improvement system. viii. [x] Other. Describe: Family engagement practices. The Lead Agency used funds from its PDG-5 renewal grant to develop The Family Friendly Licensing Dashboard. The dashboard was created to provide families with an overview of child care programs and allow them to review more information if they desired. The foundation of the dashboard is compliance and prominently displays the program’s most recent compliance zone determination of Good Standing, Support, or Deficient. There are definitions and explanations of the regulatory language throughout the dashboard to help families understand the rules child care programs are required to follow daily and to provide an analysis of the overall rules within that chapter, how many are out of compliance, etc. b. For what types of child care providers is quality information available? i. [x] Licensed CCDF providers. Describe the quality information: A provider’s QRIS star level, national accreditations, and family engagement practices are displayed. Families can search Quality Rated providers as a search parameter. ii. [x] Licensed non-CCDF providers. Describe the quality information: : A provider’s QRIS star level, national accreditations, and family engagement practices are displayed. Families can search Quality Rated providers as a search parameter. iii. [x] License-exempt center-based CCDF providers. Describe the quality information: For certain licensed-exempt center-based providers eligible to participate in the QRIS, including those associated with the Department of Defense, technical colleges, and public universities, a provider’s QRIS star level, national accreditations, and family engagement practices are displayed. Families can search Quality Rated providers as a search parameter. iv. [ ] License-exempt FCC CCDF providers. Describe the quality information: v. [x] License-exempt non-CCDF providers. Describe the quality information: A provider’s QRIS star level, national accreditations, and family engagement practices are displayed. Families can search Quality Rated providers as a search parameter. vi. [ ] Relative child care providers. Describe the quality information: vii. [ ] Other. Describe: 9.2.5 Aggregate data on serious injuries, deaths, and substantiated abuse Lead Agencies must post aggregate data on serious injuries, deaths, and substantiated cases of child abuse that have occurred in child care settings each year on the consumer education website. This aggregate data must include information about any child in the care of a provider eligible to receive CCDF, not just children receiving subsidies.