Comprehensive Early Childhood System-Building: A Tool to Inform Discussions on Collaborative, Cross-Sector Planning
The purpose of this tool is to help state and community leaders improve the capacity of their early childhood system. Comprehensive early childhood systems require work across the Health, Early Learning and Development, and Family Support and Leadership sectors in order to achieve agreed-upon goals for thriving children and families. The tool is based on the framework and accompanying graphic developed by the Early Childhood System Working Group (ECSWG).
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Ensuring Children in Foster Care get the Supports They Need: Innovating Our Way to Solutions
Blog November 26, 2024
Since 2020, BUILD Initiative has explored how the child welfare system and other early childhood systems (i.e., health, mental health, housing, early intervention, transportation, economic support, early care and education and all the child-and-family serving systems) can align and work together to achieve better outcomes for children and families. According to Dr. Cynthia Tate, who leads the project, several states are developing promising programs, policies, and strategies that can inspire other states.
Authentic Family & Community Engagement CoP: Part 2
Blog November 26, 2024
This is part 2 of 2 of the blog series on Collaborative Leadership and Power Building through Family and Community Partnerships.
Using a Continuous Quality Improvement Collaborative Approach in Indigenous Contexts: Lessons Learned from Tribal Home Visiting
Report November 25, 2024
This new brief from OPRE and James Bell Associates presents findings from the process study of the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (THV) Continuous Quality Improvement Collaborative (CQIC)