Driving Change for Children and Families in the District of Columbia

Slide Deck September 1, 2019

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.

Increasing Access, Quality, and Affordability of Early Care and Education through Systems Building and Change Management

Slide Deck July 1, 2019

This article highlights the work of three states, Connecticut, Washington, and New York, focused on making meaningful progress towards implementing a long-term vision for a comprehensive 5-5 system.

Trauma Informed Services and Policies to Support Immigrant and Mixed Status Families in Early Care and Education: TraumaInformed Approach to Working with Children and Families

Slide Deck July 1, 2019

This slide deck from the webinar, Trauma-informed Services and Policies to Support Immigrant and Mixed-Status Families in Early Care and Education, outlines a trauma-informed approach to working with providers and families and ways to promote resilience in the workforce and address the impacts of this work on providers.

Preparing for Immigration Raids: What Early Childhood Stakeholders Can Do

Blog July 1, 2019

This blog from the Center for the Study of Social Policy is titled: Preparing for Immigration Raids: What Early Childhood Stakeholders Can Do. Out of deep concern about the harm of such enforcement actions on young children, families, and communities, the blog offers several steps early childhood programs can take to prepare for impending raids.

QRIS National Conference Report

Report June 1, 2019

This report describes the impact and participant feedback from the 2019 QRIS National Meeting in New Orleans.

Child Care and Early Education Equity: A State Action Agenda

Website May 23, 2019

This resource outlines the important role state policymakers can play to ensure equity in their states’ early education efforts.

The Ethics of Perinatal Care for Black Women: Dismantling the Structural Racism in “Mother Blame” Narratives

Research April 1, 2019

This article describes the ethics of perinatal care for black women, including how social determinants of health, health disparities, and health inequities affecting women contribute to poor outcomes among their children. This resource provides tools to dismantle structural racism specific to “mother blame” narratives.

The Need For Trauma Informed Services And Policies In Early Care And Education: A Webinar Series

Blog April 1, 2019

This blog describes four BUILD webinars, offered from April through July 2019, that provide important areas for consideration in the provision of trauma-informed care as it relates to immigration and US immigration policies. Topics covered include: the effect of trauma on children’s development, the unique threats facing mixed-status families, how current immigration policies have increased the need for trauma-informed care, and the trauma-informed approach needed for the early childhood workforce.

Reflections On QRIS 2018: Dr. Sara Lawrence Lightfoot

Blog February 22, 2019

This blog article reflects on Dr. Sara Lawrence Lightfoot's keynote speech at the 2018 QRIS conference about the promise of equal educational opportunity for all of our children.

Early Childhood System Performance Assessment Toolkit

Planning Tool January 1, 2019

The purpose of the Early Childhood System Performance Measure Toolkit is to provide: 1. a framework that identifies the key contributions of a well-functioning early childhood system; 2. a set of performance measures to assess those key contributions, either directly or by proxy; 3. new tools, when needed and possible, that enable system stakeholders to measure system performance in areas that have historically not had tools for measurement; 4. guidance for early childhood system stakeholders on how they can implement the performance measures; and, 5. an ongoing research agenda to continue to improve existing system performance measures or tools or to develop tools, where lacking.