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.
CLASP (The Center for the Study of Social Policy) knows that society is better off when everyone— including parents and children, citizens and non-citizens—has access to health care. A blog, What Does "Healthcare for All" Mean for Immigrant Families?, explores current law and policies.
This slide deck from the webinar, Trauma-Informed Services and Policies to Support Immigrant and Mixed-Status Families in early Care and Education, provides promising strategies and practice for policy and legislation.
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.
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.
In our July 11, 2019 webinar, A Trauma-Informed Approach to Working with Providers and Families, we discussed strategies for supporting providers as well as the need for reflective supervision. We review some of that information here.
In the fourth and final webinar in the BUILD Initiative webinar and blog series on the provision of trauma-informed care as it relates to immigration and US immigration policies, we discussed strategies direct service providers and advocates can use to support and welcome immigrant families in early childhood programs, mitigate the effects of trauma, and engage in administrative and legislative advocacy toward better policies for immigrant families. We present some of that information here.
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.
This link to the Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance Website shows the latest national, state, and territory data profiles on school-age child care. The profiles are created by the National Center on Afterschool and Summer Enrichment (NCASE).