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-- Financing. Describe: The Lead Agency provides CCDF funding to support T.E.A.C.H Early Childhood Scholarship. There are other private and public funding sources who support TEACH Scholarships.

b) The following are optional elements, or elements that should be implemented to the extent practicable, in the training and professional development framework. Continuing education unit trainings and credit-bearing professional development

to the extent practicable Describe:

Engagement of training and professional development providers, including higher education, in aligning training and educational opportunities with the state/territory's framework Describe: Nebraska's seven regional Early Learning Connection Partnerships (ELCs) cover the entire state and are comprised of a coordinator, employed by an Educational Service Unit (and paid for by CCDF subgrant funds) and partners who are stakeholders in the early childhood education and care system of Nebraska. The partners include representatives from 2 and 4 year institutions of higher education, school district early childhood/primary/and out of school time programs, Head start grantees, community child care providers (both center-based and family child care), health care providers, trainers, and other related service providers. All training that is advertised in ELC partnership newsletters or on the statewide training calendar, lists the area of core competency that the training relates to as well as the level of complexity of the training.

Other Describe:

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