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This brief explores work we have done to understand work requirements in Montgomery County, MD. Our goal is to learn what was required of families to apply for, and receive, TANF and SNAP.
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(8 pp)
David Willis, MD, spoke with attendees about the importance of relationships as healing and also shared examples of early relational health being uplifted in programs across the country. He answered questions about how to increase the adoption of early relational health in general pediatric practice as well as among non-medical practitioners such as parents, families, child care providers, and in broader communities.
Nearly half of children under age three in the United States get their health insurance through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance program (CHIP). With such broad reach, these programs can play a powerful role in steering the course of care delivery by helping to finance effective practices. This report describes a set of strategies and tools that state Medicaid and CHIP agencies, managed care plans, pediatric care providers, and others can use to optimize the social and emotional development of young children through pediatric practice.
(57 pp)
Dr. Jill Sells, MD, FAAP spoke to attendees about how to more effectively engage the pediatric community in early childhood partnerships which help families connect to prenatal-to-three supports. She shared ways in which medical providers could be unique assets in the work and helped participants understand realities of the pediatric practice. Dr. Sells explained barriers to medial provider engagement and provided ideas for different roles medical providers could play in the work such as service providers, content experts, advocates, systems connectors, or initiative partners.
This webinar is part of the summer webinar series presented by CSSP with support from the National Collaborative for Infants and Toddlers (NCIT), a project of the Pritzker Children’s Initiative.
This report tells the story of how communities across the U.S. came together to advance equity through family engagement in early childhood systems.
(26 pp)
The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) marks a substantial movement toward child welfare reform by bringing child welfare financing into alignment with what research tells us is best for children and families—keeping children in their homes whenever safe and possible. This brief provides an overview of key opportunities for DULCE to better support families as a part of a state’s prevention continuum.
(2 pp)
On November 6, 2018, the residents of Kent County, MI voted to pass a ballot initiative that created new dedicated, sustainable funding for early childhood programs through a millage (property tax). This video details the work that went into accomplishing such a momentous milestone.
View an accompanying brief that further details this important work.
This brief summarizes our EC-LINC Outcomes and Metrics Initiative.
(5 pp)
This resource, based on the Parent Engagement and Leadership Assessment Guide, is designed to offer questions that stakeholders can ask of grantmakers, policy advocates and capacity builder to help chart a course toward an expanded approach to family engagement.
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(4 pp)
This is an abridged version of the Parent Engagement and Leadership Assessment Guide, which is designed to help agencies, systems, and collaboratives working with young children and their families to chart a course toward an expanded approach to family engagement.
Supplementary resources:
(6 pp)