These tools and publications inform strategies to increase wages and benefits, support family child care providers, and increase fiscal stability in early care and education programs.
Increasing Wages and Benefits
ECE Program Highlights: Workforce Benefits Exemplars (PDF)
This resource highlights early childhood education programs from across the country that, as of January 2025, are implementing various approaches to providing competitive benefits packages and additional supports to their employees.
Early Care and Education Workforce Salary Scale Playbook: Implementation Guide
The Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Child Care (OCC), along with the Office of Head Start (OHS) and Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD), and with support from the National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance (ECQA) released the Early Care and Education Workforce Salary Scale Playbook: Implementation Guide on April 25, 2024. This resource is designed for state, local and ECE program leaders and provides practical guidance on the essential actions necessary to build and implement a comprehensive salary scale for early educators and caregivers in ECE system and program contexts.