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Child Trends, 2019
Among families with an infant or toddler, health and high-quality care are top concerns. How those who study children think about these needs has evolved in recent years, especially with recent understandings from brain science. In the first three years of life, more than one million brain connections are formed every second. This remarkable brain…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Well Being, Child Health
Cohen, Julie; Stark, Deborah Roderick – ZERO TO THREE, 2020
This article describes some of the extraordinary accomplishments of the second cohort of states to participate in the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Financing Policy Project (IECMH-FPP). The purpose of the IECMHFPP is to support states' advancement of IECMH assessment, diagnosis, and treatment policies that will contribute to the healthy…
Descriptors: Mental Health, State Policy, Infants, Young Children
Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2012
The Oklahoma Early Childhood Program uses public and private funds to enhance and expand high quality early care and education opportunities for children birth through age 3. The George Kaiser Family Foundation initiated the pilot in 2006 by matching state general revenue with private donations. Since that time, other private funders and providers…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2012
Since 1999, Nebraska's Early Head Start Infant/Toddler Quality Initiative has supported Early Head Start (EHS) and community child care partnerships to improve the quality and professionalism of infant and toddler care. EHS programs apply to receive funding to establish partnerships with center-based or home-based child care.The initiative has…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disadvantaged Youth, Governance, Family Programs
Danaher, Joan; Goode, Sue; Lazara, Alex – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2010
"Part C Updates" is a compilation of information on various aspects of the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This is the eleventh volume in a series of compilations, which included two editions of Part H Updates, the former name of the…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Early Intervention, Poverty, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Macomber, Jennifer; Isaacs, Julia; Vericker, Tracy; Kent, Adam; Johnson, Paul – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
Research suggests that investing in young children can help build a strong future workforce, improve children's educational success and health, and potentially reduce some of the social ills that drain the nation's resources and will. To have an informed conversation about future investments, it is important to start from an understanding of the…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Toddlers, Infants, Federal Government