Explore a growing collection of trusted resources designed to support families, child care providers, businesses, and communities. Find practical tools, guides, and information to help you navigate every stage of the early childhood journey.
This toolkit helps child care providers understand the value of marketing their business and offers tools and resources to help them promote their programs, reach families, and grow their business.
KOEC exists to strengthen early childhood systems by improving efficiency, transparency, and safety in state programs, funding, and policy implementation.
This online tool guides policy and helps measure the impact of early childhood services across Kansas, including child care, home visiting, Pre-K, and Part C early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
This toolkit explains how to become a recognized Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Provider. Achieving this designation shows parents and your community that your program follows national breastfeeding and infant feeding standards.
The Local Area I Workforce Development Board exists to connect employers to a motivated workforce having skills to obtain and maintain meaningful employment throughout its 96-county community.
Our annual Supply Demand Report tracks child care capacity across Kansas, including provider counts, available openings, and counties experiencing critical shortages. It’s the most comprehensive look at child care supply and demand in the state.
Kansas has made meaningful investments to strengthen the child care workforce and the early childhood system. This environmental scan identifies existing Kansas resources that child care providers can use to access support, develop partnerships, meet specific quality indicators (as identified by Links to Quality or L2Q), pursue accreditation or use accreditation standards when appropriate, and increase overall program quality.
Learn how to prevent nicotine poisoning in young children by safely storing vaping products, nicotine pouches, e-liquids, and other tobacco products, recognizing the signs of poisoning, and knowing what to do in an emergency.
Learn how to take advantage of federal tax credits and benefits that support employees’ child care needs, including employer child care tax credits, Dependent Care Assistance Plans (DCAPs), and paid family and medical leave credits.
Infant and early childhood mental health lays the foundation for lifelong well-being. Use this simple handout to show why early relationships, responsive care and supportive policies matter from the very beginning.
Learn how Kansas and federal child care tax credits can benefit your business. This resource includes eligibility information, examples, and a tax credit calculator to help estimate your potential savings.
