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Brief

Strengthening Families in Early Care and Education Programs

May 2021

This report explores Strengthening Families’ four big ideas and protective factors and how they interplay with ECE programs.

(2 pp)

Brief

Strengthening Families State Profile: South Carolina

May 2021

This profile offers an overview of the Strengthening Families work in South Carolina as well as additional information on key aspects, evaluation, and evolving work.

(2 pp)

Webinar

Concrete Support at the Federal Level: What You Need to Know about the American Rescue Plan’s CTC

May 2021

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 includes a historic one-year expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC), providing much-needed concrete support to families with children. This webinar discussed the benefit as well as steps to take to ensure that this expanded benefit reaches the children who need it most, including children in Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and immigrant communities, and is made permanent. 

Concrete Support at the Federal Level May 13 webinar: Child Tax Credit thumbnail.
Webinar

Strengthening Families Webinar: Using the Updated Standards of Quality to Help Families Build Protective Factors

April 2021

What is included in the NEW version of the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening and Support? Learn about what it means to be a quality Family Strengthening and Support Program building the Protective Factors, and how the revised Standards support programs to advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. 

Brief

Overview of State Implementation 2021

April 2021

This infographic is a map that charts the implementation strategies for ECE, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, Child Welfare Systems, and Home Visiting across the country.

(3 pp)

Audio

The New Neighborhood Podcast

October 2024

This podcast explores some of the dramatic changes taking place across the country as people work to reinforce a sense of community, support young children and families, and work to build equity within communities. 

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Webinar

A Prenatal to Three Blueprint for Child Well-Being and Child Welfare Prevention

February 2021

This webinar focuses on the report, "A Prenatal to Three Blueprint for Child Well-being and Child Welfare Prevention: Building a Primary Prevention Continuum to Support the Health and Well-Being of Children Prenatal to Three," including guiding principles and strategies for building and enhancing a comprehensive continuum that meets the needs of young children and their families.

Download the publication discussed in this webinar here.

Prenatal to 3 Blueprint for Child Well-Being and Child Welfare Prevention Jan. 14 webinar thumbnail.
Policy Paper

Supporting the First 1,000 Days of A Child’s Life: An Anti-Racist Blueprint for Early Childhood Well-Being and Child Welfare Prevention

February 2021

To support the health and well-being of children and families of color, we must implement comprehensive strategies that address systemic and institutional racism. This report offers a blueprint for creating equity-centered, anti-racist policies that support the health and well-being of children and families of color.

(31 pp)

Brief

Coalition-Building, Fast and Slow: The Early Childhood Alliance of Onondaga County

February 2021

In this brief, we see how the Early Childhood Alliance (ECA) of Onondaga County both capitalized on early momentum to quickly unroll a diverse menu of programs, and also started to undertake the slow, difficult work of making sure their efforts include and reflect the people these programs seek to help.

(7 pp)

Brief

Expanding Prevention Partnerships to Become an Early Learning Community: Two Counties’ Experiences in West Virginia

February 2021

This brief tells how two Partner in Prevention teams used tools from Early Learning Nation, CSSP, and the National League of Cities to develop and begin implementing an Early Learning Community Action Plan.

(8 pp)