The Team

Page March 19, 2021

The BUILD Initiative is a team of early childhood professionals who are committed to building and sustaining high-quality, comprehensive, early childhood systems that are equitable for marginalized children and families, many of whom have faced discrimination based on race, ethnicity, language, or immigration status.

Mapping The Family Child Care Network Landscape

Report January 1, 2019

This research report examines a specific quality improvement approach – family child care networks. It describes findings from a survey-based scan of the landscape of staffed family child care networks across the U.S. and draws on examples from in-depth interviews with a sub-sample of network directors. Findings from this study contribute new information about the types of services networks offer to providers and families and set the stage for future examination of network effectiveness.

New Jersey’s Early Childhood Integrated Data System: Slide Deck

Fact Sheet October 1, 2018

This slide deck, from BUILD’s 2018 Meeting, Making the Most of It – Birth to Five Preschool Development Grant Meeting, outlines New Jersey’s Early Childhood Integrated Data System, NJ-EASEL.

Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers

Planning Tool January 1, 2019

This booklet, Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Children, a Guide for Parents and Caregivers, is from the Illinois Childhood Trauma Coalition. It provides information on how to recognize signs of trauma in children and suggestions on where to get help.