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Policy Paper

Moving to High Quality Child Care for All: Addressing Inequities through CCDBG State Plans

October 2018

As States begin implementing their required CCDBG triennial plans for 2019-2021, Child Care Administrators and other State policy leaders should use this opportunity to improve the quality of, and expand access to, child care for low-income families of color.
(10pp)

Report

Early Childhood Data in Action: Stories from the Field

October 2018

In these three case studies, CSSP and the National Institute for Children's Health Quality (NICHQ) profile communities using their early childhood data in clear and important ways to tailor more effective interventions and yield better results. Taken together, they illuminate the remarkable range of benefits communities have begun to realize from careful and sustained efforts to collect, refine, analyze, and above all, use their data.
(38pp)

Report

Pediatrics Supporting Parents: Program and Site Selection Process and Results

October 2018

This report  describes the Pediatrics Supporting Parents project background and provides detail about CSSP’s process for identifying 12 outstanding programs and initiatives from across the country that will be studied through site visits.
(33pp)

Policy Paper

Family First Prevention Services Act: Pregnant & Parenting Youth FAQs

October 2018

The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) was signed into law on February 9, 2018. The FAQs in this brief provide responses to the most commonly asked questions related to this population.
(2pp)

Brief

Making the Link: FAST

October 2018

This brief describes how Families & Schools Together, Inc. (FAST) uses the Strengthening Families Framework and the Protective Factors.
(2pp)

Brief

Tools to Support Strengthening Families Implementation

This brief provides a quick summary of six different tools that can be helpful when implementing Strengthening Families.
(1 p)

Brief

Strengthening Families Evaluation Portal (SFEP)

2015

This brief explores Mosaic’s re-designed evaluation portal, which launched in conjunction with CSSP’s four new program self-assessments. The system addresses the needs of programs, state or national leaders, and evaluators.
(3 pp)

Brief

Strengthening Families Through the Title IV-E Waiver Demonstration Projects

This brief encourages state development of waiver proposal and plans, as well as the exploration of possibilities to support current and future demonstration projects that incorporate Strengthening Families.
(12 pp)

Brief

State Approaches to Integrating SF into Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS)

This brief demonstrates the advantage of Strengthening Families, highlights state approaches to integrating Strengthening Families into QRIS, and shares information about implementation tools available from CSSP and its nation partners.
(12 pp)

Brief

Executive Summary: State Approaches to Integrating SF into Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS)

This brief summarizes the advantages of Strengthening Families, summarizes how states approach integrating Strengthening Families into QRIS, and shares information about implementation tools available from CSSP and its nation partners.
(5 pp)