Child Care Services Association
Child Care Services Association
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About this organization
Mission
Child Care Services Association (CCSA) leads efforts to strengthen accessible and affordable quality early care and education by providing support for families, communities and the workforce.
About
1) CHILD CARE WAGE$ AND INFANT-TODDLER EDUCATOR AWARD$:CHILD CARE WAGE$THE KEY GOAL OF THE CHILD CARE WAGE$ PROGRAM IS TO IMPROVE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION SERVICES. THROUGH INCREASED COMPENSATION, WAGE$ HELPS ATTRACT AND RETAIN EDUCATED EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALS, AND ENCOURAGES PARTICIPANTS TO REACH HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION THROUGH A GRADUATED SUPPLEMENT SCALE. THE PROGRAM'S PRIMARY OUTCOME FOR FY19 WAS THAT THE TURNOVER RATE OF WAGE$ PARTICIPANTS FOR THE YEAR WOULD BE LESS THAN 25%. RESULTS: OUTCOME MET. THE TURNOVER RATE FOR WAGE$ PARTICIPANTS WAS ONLY 14%, WELL BELOW THE BENCHMARK OF 25%. THIS REPRESENTS INCREASED STABILITY FOR CHILDREN IN THE YEARS WHEN IT IS MOST NEEDED.IN ADDITION TO INCREASED RETENTION, WAGE$ PARTICIPANTS ALSO HAD OR OBTAINED HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION. EIGHTY-EIGHT PERENT (88%) HAD AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, ITS EQUIVALENT OR HIGHER BASED ON THE WAGE$ SCALE OR SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION DURING THE YEAR TO VERIFY THEIR PURSUIT OF ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK. WAGE$ PAID 4,144 EARLY EDUCATORS, SURPASSING THE EXPECTED OUTPUT. THESE PARTICIPANTS WORKED IN 1,577 FACILITIES SERVING APPROXIMATELY 70,754 CHILDREN AND THEY RECEIVED AN AVERAGE SIX-MONTH SUPPLEMENT OF $974. NINETY-NINE PERCENT (99%) OF EVALUATION RESPONDENTS REPORTED SATISFACTION WITH WAGE$.INFANT-TODDLER EDUCATOR AWARD$INFANT-TODDLER EDUCATOR AWARD$ PROVIDES EDUCATION-BASED SALARY SUPPLEMENTS TO LOW-PAID EARLY EDUCATORS WORKING FULL-TIME IN INFANT-TODDLER CLASSROOMS IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO BETTER COMPENSATE AND RETAIN WELL-EDUCATED TEACHERS WORKING WITH OUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN. THE PRIMARY GOAL WAS THAT THE TURNOVER RATE OF AWARD$ PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE LESS THAN 25%. THE OUTCOME WAS ACHIEVED; THE TURNOVER RATE OF AWARD$ PARTICIPANTS WAS ONLY 13%. BRAIN DEVELOPMENT IS AT ITS PEAK IN THESE YOUNGER YEARS, AND STABILITY IS KEY TO SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN. NINETY-NINE PERCENT (99%) OF EVALUATION RESPONDENTS STATED THAT AWARD$ SUPPLEMENTS HELP TO EASE FINANCIAL STRESS, WHICH IS ANOTHER KEY GOAL FOR THE INITIATIVE.AWARD$ PAID 1,124 EARLY EDUCATORS WITH THE FUNDING AVAILABLE, SURPASSING THE EXPECTED OUTPUT. THESE PARTICIPANTS WORKED IN 591 FACILITIES SERVING APPROXIMATELY 17,718 CHILDREN BIRTH THROUGH AGE TWO. PARITICPANTS RECEIVED AN AVERAGE SIX-MONTH SUPPLEMENT OF $1,295. NINETY-NINE PERCENT (99%) OF EVALUATION RESPONDENTS REPORTED SATISFACTION WITH AWARD$.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing outlines the non-profit's goal as “Ccsa's primary purpose is to provide services, research, and advocacy at the local, state, and national levels. ccsa, as the local child care resource and referral agency, provides family support services including helping families find and identify resources to pay for quality child care. ccsa provides services for child care providers to help improve the quality of child care, including support, training, on-site consultations, nutrition services, salary supplements, and college scholarships. nationally and statewide, ccsa has addressed the issues of under-education, poor compensation, and high turnover in the early childhood workforce through innovative programs such as the t.e.a.c.h. early childhood program, the child care wage$ program and the infant toddler educator award$ program. nationally, the t.e.a.c.h. early childhood national center provides leadership in the early childhood education field to states across the country and to our policymakers.”.
When explaining its purpose, the activities were outlined as: “Ccsa's mission is to ensure that affordable, accessible, high quality child care is available for all young children and their families.”.
- As per legal reporting requirements, the state of operation for the non-profit is NC.
- The non-profit's address for 2020 is listed as PO BOX 901, CHAPEL HILL, NC, 27514 in the filing.
- As per the non-profit's form, they have 132 employees as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$187,179.
- The organization has 17 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1986.
- The organization pays $6,812,648 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $52,518 in fundraising expenses.
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