EHS-CC Partnerships (EHS-CCP) combine the strengths of child care and Early Head Start programs. By layering funding, EHS-CCP provide comprehensive services and high-quality learning environments to low-income working families with infants and toddlers. Long-term benefits of the program include:

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• Sustained, mutually respectful and collaborative partnerships

• A more fully-qualified workforce providing high quality infant-toddler care and education

• An increased supply of high-quality learning environments for infants and toddlers

• Well-aligned early childhood policies, regulations and resources, with quality improvement support at national, state, and local levels

• Improved family and child well-being and progress toward school readiness.

Source: Office of Early Childhood Development, Administration for Children and Families. (2016). Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships: Growing the Supply of Early Learning Opportunities for More Infants and Toddlers. Year One Report. January 2015–January 2016. Washington, DC: Office of Early Childhood Development, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.