NAEYC Chart: States with Tiered Reimbursement Programs | National Association for the Education of Young Children

States with Tiered Reimbursement Programs Linked to Accreditation*

State	Child Care Centers and/or Family Child Care?	Accreditation Systems Approved for Higher Reimbursement**
Arizona	Both	NAEYC, AMS, ASCI, COA, NAC, NACECPP, NAFCC
Arkansas	Both	NAEYC, Arkansas Early Childhood Accreditation/Quality Approval Status, NAFCC
Connecticut	Both	NAEYC, COA, NAFCC
Delaware	Both	NAEYC
District of Columbia	Both	NAEYC, COA, NAFCC
Florida	Both	NAEYC, ACSI, COA, NAC, NACECPP, NECPA, NAFCC, and others
Hawaii	Both	NAEYC, NECPA, NAFCC
Illinois	Both	NAEYC, COA, NAC, NECPA, NAFCC
Kentucky	Both	NAEYC, COA, NACEPP , NECPA, SACS, NAFCC
Maine	Both	NAEYC, COA, NAFCC
Maryland	Both	NAEYC, AMI, AMS, CES-MSE, COA, MSDE NECPA, NAFCC
Mississippi	Centers	NAEYC
Missouri	Both	NAEYC, CARF, COA, Missouri Center for Accreditation System, NECPA, NAFCC
Montana	Both	NAEYC, COA, NAFCC
Nebraska	Both	NAEYC, COA, NAFCC
Nevada	Both	NAEYC, NAFCC
New Hampshire	Both	NAEYC, COA, NAFCC
New Jersey	Both	NAEYC, COA, NECPA, NAFCC
New Mexico	Both	NAEYC, ASCI, COA, ICAA, NAC, NECPA, NAFCC
Oklahoma	Both	NAEYC, ASCI, COA, NECPA, NAFCC
Pennsylvania	Both	NAEYC, COA, NECPA, NAFCC
South Carolina	Both	NAEYC, NAFCC
Tennessee	Both	NAEYC, COA, NAC, NAFCC
Utah	Both	NAEYC, COA, NECPA, NAFCC
Vermont	Both	NAEYC, COA, NECPA, NAFCC
West Virginia	Both	NAEYC, COA, NAFCC
Wisconsin	Both	NAEYC, Madison Accreditation, NAFCC

*As of January 2012

**Key to Accreditation Systems
ACSI = Association for Christian Schools International

AMI = American Montessori Internationale

AMS = American Montessori Society
CARF = Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

CES-MSE = Middle States Commission on Elementary Schools – Early Ages

COA = Council of Accreditation for Services to Families and Children
FACCM = Florida Association for Child Care Management

ICAA = International Christian Accreditation Association

MSDE = Maryland State Department of Education Accreditation

NAC = National Accreditation Commission for Early Care and Education Programs

NACECPP = National Accreditation Council for Early Childhood Professional Personnel and Programs
NAEYC = Academy for Early Childhood Program Accreditation, National Association for the Education of Young Children

NAFCC = National Association for Family Child Care
NECPA = National Early Childhood Program Accreditation

SACS = Southern Association of Colleges and Universities

Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children—www.naeyc.org/policy/tieredprograms