Resources

Helpful information!
Below is a listing of resources and information that you may find helpful. Click the links to visit their websites.
Food Program Resources
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Playbook and CQI Toolkit
The CQI Playbook is a comprehensive guide offering a step-by-step approach, frameworks, and actionable strategies to help strengthen program practices and support your ongoing improvement efforts. The CQI Toolkit provides templates, tools, and resources to help document progress and integrate continuous quality improvement and professional development into regular program planning and operations. Together, these materials offer a structured, streamlined way to collect and review data, test small changes, and commit to meaningful improvements.
Continuous Quality Improvement is an ongoing process that uses program data to guide enhancements in classroom practices and program operations. It encourages thoughtful reflection, openness to change, and intentional planning. By starting with small, manageable steps, programs can test new strategies, learn from outcomes, and gradually expand improvements to other areas of operation.
- Continuous Quality Improvement Playbook
- Continuous Quality Improvement Plan PDF
- Continous Quality Improvement Plan Word Doc.
- Fillable Program Self Assessments
- Category 1 Responsive & Supportive Interactions
- Category 2 Curriculum & Assessment
- Category 3 Family and Community Engagement
- Category 4 Environment
- Category 5 Leadership and Professional Learning
- Category 6 Business Practices
- CQI Professional Development Plan
Provider Resources
- Child Passenger Safety Link
- Dept. of Children and Families (D.C.F)
- Dept. of Early Education and Care
- IRS - Apply for an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
- Kennedy Donovan Center
- Early Intervention Referral
- Umass Memorial Community Healthlink
- Early Childhood Mental Health Resources & Services
- Kids Unlimited Provider Attendance Login
- Login for EEC PQ Registry
- Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health
- Massachusetts Strong Start Professional Development System
- Amherst Insurance (Child Care Insurance)
- New England Insurance Services, Inc.
- Civitas Strategies Early Start formerly Tom Copeland’s Taking Care of Business
- WIC (Women, Infants, Children)
Software Downloads
