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System Design: Applying 21st Century Science to Improve Outcomes for Children

Archived Meeting Resources
By: Debi Mathias, BUILD Initiative, Let's Talk Quality, QRIS National Learning Network June 10, 2019
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This slide deck supports the Let’s Talk webinar featuring Tien Ung and Susan Crowley from the Harvard Center for the Developing Child. It reviews current advances in brain science and offers strategies and rationale for applying them to early childhood system design.

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About BUILD

Report April 28, 2022

The BUILD Initiative is a national effort that advances state work on behalf of young children (prenatal through five), their families, and communities. BUILD staff partner with early childhood state leaders focused on early learning, health and nutrition, mental health, child welfare, and family support and engagement to create the policies, infrastructure, and cross-sector connections necessary for quality and equity. BUILD provides consultation, planning, and tailored implementation assistance, learning opportunities, resources, and cross-state peer exchanges. These efforts help state leaders improve and expand access to quality and promote equitable outcomes for our youngest children.

Increase in Maternal Mortality During COVID Underscores Need for Policy Changes

Article February 25, 2022

This article looks at how the rate of women who died during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth increased significantly during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics, and Black women continued to experience maternal death at rates more than twice the national average. The need for policy change is emphasized.