Action is needed to ensure that family child care remains a strong, healthy component of the early childhood education system. This brief examines the reasons family child care homes close and offers information that your state, territory, or tribe can use to solve this problem.
Read this blog from a Washington DC leader to learn more about how the federal Family First Prevention Services Act is keeping at-risk children safe in Washington DC and nationally. The act provides federal funds, beginning in FFY2020, to support evidence-based mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services, as well as skill-based services parenting programs.
This slide deck, supporting a Let’s Talk webinar, provides information on advancing nationwide equity through reformed language and literacy ecosystems.
Overview
• This moment in state and federal child care
policy – federal context
• The current state of access and equity
• Opportunities in CCDBG to support infants
and toddlers
• First steps and next steps
This presentation by Geoffrey Nagle, Erickson Institute, discusses brain development and the importance of early childhood experiences, and the policy and program opportunities that can make a difference in outcomes.
This presentation by the Otero Strategy Group discusses building a comprehensive prenatal – to-three strategy to drive change for children and families in Washington, DC.
This presentation by Anna Strong, Arkansas Children’s, explores ways to leverage public health and health care in prenatal-to- three policy. She also covers the “magic” and “frustrations” of cross-sector work.
This presentation featuring Gina Adams, Urban Institute, Shayna Cook, Bainum Family foundation and Natalie Renew, Home Grown, focuses on strategies to improve the supply and quality of family child care for infants and toddlers.
