Head Start Collaboration Project
Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS)
Obtaining quality child care is difficult for all families. It is especially difficult for low-income working families who may work irregular hours and cannot afford the cost of care let alone high quality child care. Recognizing the importance of quality child care, New York is developing and implementing a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), QUALITYstarsNY. For more information, see www.qsny.org. This site contains general information on the initiative, answers to frequently asked questions, the program standards for both center-based programs and family child care providers as well as a survey to provide feedback on both sets of standards. Additionally, through the website, people are able to sign up to receive electronic notification of periodic updates to QUALITYstarsNY.
Head Start Collaboration Project Resources
- Head Start Needs Assessment - (2023)
- Guide to Early Childhood Special Education Support Services in NY
- 2020 NYS Early Learning Alignment Crosswalk.pdf
- Prekindergarten Learning Standards
- Disparate Access: Head Start & CCDBG Data by Race & Ethnicity (2016)
- Early Learning Guidelines
- Early Learning Guidelines (NYS) Companion
- La Guia de Aprendizaje Infantil de ENY
- Developmental Screening Poster
- MOU NYS Education Department & US Dept. of HHS
- SED and HeadStart Think Tank Tip Sheet for Collaboration
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice - Leadership
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice - Curriculum
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice - Environment
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice - Interactions
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice - Assessment
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice - Family Engagement
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice - Behavior
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice - Play
- EHSCC Possible Partners Summer 2018
- 2019HeadStartChart.jpg
