STEPS to Family Child Care Success: A Unique Professional Development Program
STEPS is a comprehensive professional development training program designed to increase
immigrant and refugee family child care (FCC) providers’ skills related to operating
a successful business. Services are provided by trusted ethnic community-based organizations(ECBOs)
and cultural navigators who share providers’ cultural and linguistic heritage. Research
and evaluation data collected since 2019 by the CEED consistently indicate that public
investments in the STEPS model—especially for immigrant, refugee, and historically
disadvantaged communities—strengthens child care quality and accessibility in these
communities.