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Jor'dan, Jamilah R.; Wolf, Kathy Goetz; Douglass, Anne – Young Children, 2012
Strengthening Families is a relationship-based child abuse and neglect prevention initiative started nationally in 2001 through a partnership between the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) in Washington, DC. Thirty-five states and several thousand early childhood programs nationwide implement…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Early Childhood Education, Community Organizations
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Hostetler, Lana – Young Children, 1991
Urges early childhood professionals to build partnerships with parents and with other teachers. Points out that agencies and individuals, like children, can demonstrate different cooperative styles. Barriers to collaboration and benefits of cooperative partnerships are discussed. (GH)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Advocacy, Coordination, Early Childhood Education
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Squires, James H.; Torncello, Susan A.; Mitchell, Cheryl; Goldhaber, Jeanne – Young Children, 2003
Describes the Vermont Autumn Showcase Tour for Early Care and Education as a strategy to reengage legislators and community leaders in early childhood education/care. Notes that regions that had previously hosted a community event focusing on early childhood issues had higher attendance than initial implementers, and that unexpected benefits…
Descriptors: Action Research, Agency Cooperation, Change Agents, Change Strategies
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Flis, Deborah – Young Children, 2002
Describes use of accreditation facilitation projects (AFP) begun in the 1990s to provide varying levels and types of support to early childhood programs engaged in the self-study process for accreditation with the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Presents insights about the early childhood program/AFP relationship related…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Early Childhood Education