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Providers Participating in Step Up To Quality Reaching Step 3 or Higher

Childcare providers continue to enroll in the step up to quality program

In 2013, Nebraska passed the Step Up to Quality Child Care Act.¹² This act provides training and subsidies to encourage childcare providers’ participation in a quality rating system. The program’s first year of operation was 2015.

• As of 2024, 36 childcare providers in Lincoln reached Step 3 in the Step Up to Quality program. This is an increase from 27 childcare providers in 2021, and an increase from 14 childcare providers in 2017.
• As of 2024, there were 145 listed childcare providers within a 15-mile radius of Lincoln. As such, one-quarter (25%) of childcare providers in Lincoln reached Step 3 in the Step Up to Quality program.

Notes

Nebraska Department of Education, Step Up to Quality Program.

Reports on numbers of SUTQ providers were not publicly available for 2022 or 2023.

Footnotes

12. Step Up to Quality Child Care Act, Nebraska Revised Statute 71-1961.