Hope Starts Here: Detroit’s Early Childhood Partnership
This report provides an overview of the Detroit Initiative called Hope Starts Here. An alliance of advocates and champions for early childhood systems, the project presents a framework to make Detroit a city that puts its young children and families first. There are six imperatives and 15 specific strategies to achieve this goal by 2027.
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Data as a Tool for Creating Racial Equity
Article October 7, 2021
This article from the summer 2021 issue of Kansas Child focuses on the use of data as a tool for creating racial equity.
Overview of HOPE State Efforts
Article July 22, 2021
HOPE, a BUILD Initiative project, works to ensure that each child, regardless of race, neighborhood, or family income, has equitable opportunities to achieve positive health and education outcomes. This overview looks at HOPE efforts underway in Alabama, California, Minnesota, and New Jersey.
Philadelphia’s Early Learning Community Speaks Out: An Action Plan for Quality Improvement
Report June 1, 2021
This report explores opportunities to further develop and improve a system of quality improvement and supports in Philadelphia. Based on input from more than 300 early childhood providers, 16 quality improvement organizations, and four public and private funders, the report offers 17 recommendations for quality improvement.