Communications Strategies for Expanding Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS): A Primer for Reaching Policy Audiences
As state early learning leaders continue to improve and expand their QRIS, having policymakers understand and value the integral role it plays in a state early learning system is essential – especially as their support is critical for investment of public resources. This primer was developed to help with creating strategies and messages to effectively reach out to and communicate with policymakers.
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Supporting Prenatal-to-Three with Federal Relief Funds
Planning Tool August 13, 2021
This planning tool showcases how the federal relief funds can be used to support infant, toddler, and family well-being through strategies to expand, improve, target, and make early care and education, family support, and maternal and infant/toddler health services more accessible and responsive.
Advancing a More Just and Humane Child Care System: The Promise of Cooperatives
Website August 1, 2021
The child care landscape is a complex, ever-changing environment. Cooperatives -- businesses owned and run by their members -- can be a vital solution many issues. This web page lists a series of resources that show how cooperatives can help build the long-term resilience of child care programs and provide an array of benefits to all stakeholders within the system.
Supporting Informal Child Care Providers in Detroit
Article July 1, 2021
Transforming children's early care and education into a high-quality learning experience is central to making the city of Detroit a world-class city for its children and families. This article highlights learnings from a formative evaluation of a collaborative effort by a funder, a research organization, and three community partners that set out to shed light on the strengths, limitations, and needs of informal child care providers in southwest Detroit.