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Marshall, Jennifer; Hume, Emma; Prieto, Concha; Ade, Cedrick; Delva, Jennifer; Geffrard, Carlene; Dias, Emanuelle; Elger, Rafaella Stein – Infants and Young Children, 2023
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (ECCS) grants help states and communities improve early childhood systems to support child development, equitable access to quality services and supports, and family well-being. Truly interdisciplinary, ECCS promotes cross-sector systems change initiatives that focus on integrating health care, mental health,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Infants
Kaufmann, Katherine; Brookhiser, Laura; Seeman, Bradley – Bridgespan Group, 2018
In mid-2016, two years after 12 leading funders had launched an ambitious early childhood development collaborative, the group still had not settled on any investments. Noting the lack of progress, the group's principal convener, asked the group, "Should we stop meeting?" Posing this question helped prompt the collaborative to alter…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Teachers, Caregivers, Pediatrics
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Daelmans, Bernadette; Nair, Mahalakshmi; Hanna, Fahmy; Lincetto, Ornella; Dua, Tarun; Hunt, Xanthe – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2021
The estimated number of forcibly displaced persons around the globe is at a record high--nearly 70.8 million (UNHCR 2019)--75 percent of whom are women and children. This includes 34 million adolescent girls and young women, who are among the groups with the highest risk for health concerns. Indeed, many of the countries with the worst maternal…
Descriptors: Mothers, Mental Health, Parent Child Relationship, Refugees
Banghart, Patti; Cook, Maya; Zaslow, Martha – Child Trends, 2020
In 2014, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) distributed 250 grants across states and localities in the United States and its territories to establish Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships (EHS-CCPs) to expand access to high-quality child care. A cornerstone of Early Head Start (EHS) is the provision of comprehensive services.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Partnerships in Education, Child Care
Early Childhood Data Collaborative, 2017
States provide a variety of public services to support the healthy growth and development of young children. These services are often administered by several different agencies within a state, and it isn't unusual for young children to receive services from multiple agencies simultaneously. This can lead to challenges for policymakers, agency…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Agency Cooperation, Health Services
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O'Farrelly, Christine; Guerin, Suzanne; Victory, Gerard – Infants and Young Children, 2017
Infant mental health (IMH) is best promoted through a continuum of services underpinned by strong service capacity. However, service providers often lack fundamental IMH knowledge and skills. Using the Ready, Steady, Grow (RSG) initiative as a case study of a capacity-building model (P., Hawe, L., King, M., Noort, C., Jordens, & B., Llyod,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Capacity Building, Infants, Case Studies
Holmes, Venita R. – Houston Independent School District, 2019
This program evaluation assessed the implementation of Project PEAS toward improving health care and related outcomes for students and their families at Fonwood, Laurenzo, and Mistral early childhood centers. Among the 1,170 students enrolled at targeted schools during the 2018-2019 academic year, 356 were provided health-related services, such as…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, School Districts
Holmes, Venita R. – Houston Independent School District, 2019
This program evaluation assessed the implementation of Project PEAS toward improving health care and related outcomes for students and their families at Fonwood, Laurenzo, and Mistral early childhood centers. Among the 1,170 students enrolled at targeted schools during the 2018-2019 academic year, 356 were provided health-related services, such as…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Partnerships in Education
Estes, Elizabeth; Davis, Jeff; Shilton, Adrienne; Stoner-Mertz, Christine; Funk, Michael; Eisenberg, Lisa; Weller, Teneh; Knecht, Richard S.; Kelley, Veronica; Kain, Lara; Peck, Jennifer; Rosario, Aleah; Lombardo, Michael; Kimner, Hayin; Jacobs, Melissa; Dickey, Amanda; Epstein, Ken; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alcala, Lupita; Caparas, Ruthie; Coley, Aressa; Justus, Marianne; Willis, Jason; Larsen, Karen – WestEd, 2022
This field guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving education, health, and social service experts and leaders to further California's current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The guide includes guidance for both local education agencies (LEAs) and state leaders,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, School Districts, Public Officials
Children Now, 2024
Over the last decade, California leaders have made tremendous progress on supporting kids in some crucial areas. They have vastly increased the percentage of children enrolled in health insurance and made paid family leave available for most workers. They have also invested in free school meals, committed to universal transitional kindergarten,…
Descriptors: Well Being, Futures (of Society), Child Development, Racial Differences
Daily, Sarah; Tout, Kathryn; Douglass, Anne; Miranda, Brenda; Halle, Tamara; Agosti, Jenifer; Partika, Anne; Doyle, Stephanie – Administration for Children & Families, 2018
This literature review examines the evidence base of the Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC) to better understand its outputs and outcomes, as well as the contextual factors that may support success. The review's findings will be incorporated into the next phase of the "Culture of Continuous Learning (CCL) Project," which includes a…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Early Intervention, Child Care, Early Childhood Education
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Selekman, Janice; Wolfe, Linda C.; Cole, Marjorie – Journal of School Nursing, 2016
School nurses collect data to report to their school district and state agencies. However, there is no national requirement or standard to collect specific data, and each state determines its own set of questions. This study resulted from a joint resolution between the National Association of State School Nurse Consultants and the National…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Data Collection, School Health Services, Questionnaires
Glink, Phyllis – Zero to Three (J), 2012
Phyllis Glink, the executive director of the Irving Harris Foundation, describes the Foundation's strategic approach to grantmaking in the infant and early childhood field. The Harris Professional Development Network evolved out of Irving Harris's growing appreciation for the importance of supporting very young children's mental health and…
Descriptors: Leadership, Professional Development, Young Children, Grantsmanship
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Currie, Janet; Rossin-Slater, Maya – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2015
Mounting evidence across different disciplines suggests that early-life conditions can have consequences on individual outcomes throughout the life cycle. Relative to other developed countries, the United States fares poorly on standard indicators of early-life health, and this disadvantage may have profound consequences not only for population…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Well Being, Child Health, Adults
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Hirani, Shela Akbar Ali – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Pakistan is a developing country with the second highest infant and child mortality rates in South Asia. During the past years this region has undergone several humanitarian emergencies that have negatively affected all the aspects of health and development of young children. During these emergencies relief camps are set up by governmental and…
Descriptors: Refugees, Cognitive Development, Child Development, Coping
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