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7.5.2 Describe the measureable indicators of progress relevant to this use of funds that the state/territory will use to evaluate its progress in improving the quality of child care programs and services for infants and toddlers within the state/territory and the data on the extent to which the state or territory has met these measures Nebraska tracks the number of infant and toddler caregivers who have taken training through the Early Learning Connections each quarter. That information is reported on quarterly reports. Step Up to Quality tracks the number of programs participating in Step Up to Quality and the step rating of each. Sixpence has an outside evaluation completed each year by the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Munroe-Meyer Institute.

Effective Date: 10/01/2018

7.6 Child Care Resource and Referral

A Lead Agency may expend funds to establish or expand a statewide system of child care resource and referral services (98.53(a)(5)). It can be coordinated, to the extent determined appropriate by the Lead Agency, by a statewide public or private non-profit, community- based, or regionally based lead child care resource and referral organization (658E(c)(3)(B)(iii)). This effort may include activities done by local or regional child care and resource referral agencies, as discussed in section 1.7.

7.6.1 Describe the measureable indicators of progress relevant to this use of funds that the state/territory will use to evaluate its progress in improving the quality of child care programs and services within the state/territory and the data on the extent to which the state or territory has met these measures The Lead Agency and the Nebraska Department of Education will review monthly data tracked by the CCR&R as it relates to referrals and inquiries about child care programs and provider’s inquiries about available child care throughout Nebraska and quality child care inquires. Inquires of the ETCT and CCR&R from providers and family are used in assessing planning for community specific trainings and other community. Indicators of progress are Nebraska Page 287 of 314