QUALITYstarsNY Stands with Buffalo
The QUALITYstarsNY community stands in solidarity to acknowledge the loss of lives in Buffalo. As the community comes together to care for one another, we reach out to offer [...]
New Requirement for Training Standards Starting April 1, 2022
QUALITYstarsNY has several Quality Standards related to staff trainings that can earn programs points during the rating process. As of April 1, 2022, trainings must be entered into The [...]
QUALITYstarsNY Receives $40 Million Investment in NYS Budget
We have exciting news! The New York State budget, passed last week, made historic investments in New York’s early childhood system. QUALITYstarsNY will receive $40 million funding to sustain [...]
QUALITYstarsNY Launches New Website
QUALITYstarsNY has launched a newly redesigned website! As New York State’s Quality Rating & Improvement System for early childhood, QUALITYstarsNY strives to provide critical information to the early childhood community [...]
Help Ensure All Children are Counted in the 2020 Census!
There's less than one month left to ensure that ALL children and families across New York are counted in the 2020 Census. The 2020 Census will be used to [...]
ERS Observations in QUALITYstarsNY Rating Process Temporarily Suspended Due to COVID-19
Update September 28, 2021: QUALITYstarsNY is working with our independent assessment team to resume ERS observations for eligible Provisionally Rated programs beginning in early 2022. Visitor protocols will be [...]
NYC Comptroller Releases New Plan to Improve Infant and Toddler Child Care
New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer has released a new plan to improve services for children from birth through age 3 in NYC. The plan, NYC Under 3, examines [...]
New Report Explores Relationship Between Early Learning Work Environment and Program Quality in New York State
QUALITYstarsNY is one of three early childhood Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) profiled in a new report series, Teachers' Voices, published this week by Center for the Study [...]
QUALITYstarsNY Director Discusses Importance of High Quality Early Child Care on Capitol Pressroom
QUALITYstarsNY Director Leslie Capello and Sherry Cleary, Executive Director of the New York City Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, discuss the importance of high quality early child care and [...]
Leslie Capello Appointed New Director of QUALITYstarsNY
QUALITYstarsNY is pleased Leslie Capello as the new Director of QUALITYstarsNY. After a national search, Leslie stood out as the candidate who could best lead QUALITYstarsNY into the future. [...]