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Supporting the First 1,000 Days of A Child’s Life: An Anti-Racist Blueprint for Early Childhood and Well-being and Child Welfare Prevention

Part of the Resource Collection: Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families Report
By: Alexandra Citrin, Siri Anderson, Valery Martinez, Ngozi Lawal, Shadi Houshyar, The Genter for the Study of Social Policy February 1, 2021
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To support the health and well-being of children and families of color, we must implement comprehensive strategies that address systemic and institutional racism. This report offers a blueprint for creating equity-centered, anti-racist policies that support the health and well-being of children and families of color.

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Advocating for Early Intervention Our Passion, Our Future

Archived Webinar April 12, 2024

Parents, advocates, early interventionists, and their partners in four very different states will share their experiences to discuss how they formed new partnerships to strengthen Early Intervention and their struggles and solutions. Key themes including equitable access, adequate funding, workforce recruitment/retention, and family voice in decision-making will be highlighted.

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.