Beneficiary Visit Protocol
Listening to beneficiary voice helps state leaders consider how individuals with different backgrounds, experiences, and identities experience the programs and services created within state early childhood systems. This protocol provides guidance for setting up a beneficiary visit to collect information on what families’ goals are for their young children, what programs and services work or do not work well, and where opportunities to meet family needs simply do not exist.
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Informal and Formal Supports May Affect Hispanic Early Educators’ Physical and Mental Well-Being
Report September 13, 2024
This brief, published by National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families, aims to improve our understanding of the well-being of the Hispanic ECE workforce and how ECE programs may play a role in their well-being (or “wellness”).
Reducing Disparities for Latino Children and Families: A National Latino Infant Policy Agenda Provides Solutions
Blog April 10, 2024
BUILD believes that to effectively meet the needs of young children and their families, we must recognize existing disparities, including opportunity and achievement gaps. Therefore, we see the urgent need to support policy solutions to better serve Latino infants, toddlers, and families.
Operationalizing High-Quality Dual Language Programming: From the Early Years to the Early Grades
Report April 9, 2024
The aim of this brief, from Children's Equity Project and The Century Foundation, is to operationalize what high quality dual language immersion looks like for infants/toddlers, preschoolers, and students in Kindergarten through second grade. The brief provides an overview important context and core concepts foundational for this work, including a description of emergent bilinguals in the United States, a strength-based approaches to bilingualism, a historical account of bilingual education, and a description of how DLI education is part of a broader, equitable child serving system.