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ZERO TO THREE’s Policy Center is holding a series of webinars/web-based conference calls for state policymakers, early childhood advocates, and infant and toddler professionals across the country. If you have any questions regarding these webinars please direct them to Ki Lagomarsino.
Webinar 10/7/09
Creative State Financing Structures for Infant-Toddler Services Read More.
Recording
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Powerpoints
Creative State Financing Structures for Infant-Toddler Services
Barbara Gebhard, ZERO TO THREE
Ann Kirwan, Ounce of Prevention Fund
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Resources
Inspiring Innovation: Creative State Financing Structures for Infant-Toddler Services
This paper, a joint product of ZERO TO THREE and the Ounce of Prevention Fund, highlights the work of four states—Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma—that have developed innovative financing structures to support services for at-risk infants and toddlers. It reveals key policy elements that cut across all four states, as well as strategic decisions, lessons, and recommendations critical to the establishment of particular financing structures that support high-quality programs for infants and toddlers.
To request printed copies, e-mail pubs@ounceofprevention.org with the quantity desired and the purpose for which they will be used.
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Webinar 4/15/09
Region I Consultants in Child Care Settings Serving Infants & Toddlers: An Overview of Types, Requirements, Initiatives, Standards, and Supports Read More.
Recording
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Resources
1) Dianne Stetson, State Technical Assistance Specialist, National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative [ 843 KB ] [ 96 KB ]
2) Rhode Island’s Mental Health Consultation Initiative Blythe Berger, RI Department of Health & Susan Dickstein. Ph.D., Brown University
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3) Maine’s Collaborative Consultation Initiative & QRS Connection- Kristen Slefinger, Early Childhood Division, Office of Child and Family Services, Maine Department of Health and Human Services
4) Connecticut’s Multi-Disciplinary Consultant Initiatives- Peter Palermino, Program Manager, Family Services Unit, Connecticut Department of Social Services
5) Overview of Region I Infant Toddler Modules for Consultants Project- Grace Whitney, Ph.D., M.P.A., Connecticut Head Start State Collaboration Office, Department of Social Services
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Conference Call 3/18/09
Infants and Toddlers in the Economic Stimulus: Planning Tools for States Read More.
Resources
Infants and Toddlers in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Planning Tools for States
This document provides a menu of planning tools and resources to aid states in their efforts to quickly but wisely address the challenges faced with accepting and administering these new funds. [ 48 KB ]
Recording
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Webinar 1/29/09
Focusing on Infants and Toddlers in State Advisory Councils on Early Childhood Education and Care
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Recording
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Powerpoints
1) What About the Babies? A Focus on Infants and Toddlers in State Advisory Councils
Barbara Gebhard, ZERO TO THREE
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2) New Mexico’s Child Development Board
Dan Haggard, New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department
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3) A Framework for Children: The Connecticut Structure
Joy Staples, Connecticut Office of the Early Childhood Education Cabinet
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4) Early Childhood Advisory Council Development
Rachel Demma, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
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Resources
What About the Babies? A Focus on Infants and Toddlers in State Advisory Councils
This paper provides an overview of federal requirements for the creation of State Advisory Councils on Early Childhood Education and Care under the 2007 reauthorization of Head Start. It offers guidance to states on including a focus on infants and toddlers as they make decisions about the formation of State Advisory Councils and the activities of those Councils. The State Advisory Councils in four states—Connecticut, New Mexico, Ohio, and Virginia—are profiled as examples of varying approaches taken to meet the requirements in the law. [ 504 KB ]
Webinar 12/2/08
Finding, Engaging and Supporting Family, Friend and Neighbor Caregivers: Promising Approaches.
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Recording
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Agenda
Powerpoints
1) Ruth Mayden, MSS, LSW, Director of Programs for Families with Young Children at the Annie E. Casey Foundation
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2) Doug Powell, PhD, Author, Who’s Watching the Babies? Improving the Quality of Family, Friend and Neighbor Care
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3) Eva Marie Shivers, PhD, Director for the Institute for Child Development Research & Social Change, at the Indigo Cultural Center
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Webinar 10/23/08
Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care. Read More.
Recording
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Resources
1) A Strategic Plan for Maine
The attached is a summary of the planning process surrounding the state’s strategic plan for supporting Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care.
2) Minnesota Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care Strategic Planning Initiative
This is a brief history of the Minnesota Family, Friend and Neighbor Child Care Strategic Planning Initiative.
Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) Strategic Planning Tool Kit
The materials and process suggestions included in this tool kit are intended to help assist States & Territories to engage in a strategic planning process to support quality child care for infants and toddlers in family, friend, and neighbor (FFN) settings. The process is modeled on the early care and education system model (ecomodel) and planning process used by the National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative. The process is designed to maximize involvement of planning committee members and other stakeholders while minimizing face-to-face meeting requirements. The tool kit includes the following materials:
FFN Tool Kit Instructions
This document walks you through each step and provides instructions on how to use the tool kit.
1. FFN Strategic Planning Overview
The PowerPoint provides an overview of the strategic planning process. It can be used to explain the process to stakeholders, members of the planning design group, and strategic planning committee members.
2. Task Matrix
The Task Matrix is a table that provides a check list of tasks that support the strategic planning process. It includes columns that list the task, who will complete it, when, and a comment column.
3. FFN Member Invitation
This document is a sample invitation to potential strategic planning committee members that can be adapted for your State/Territory.
4. FFN Member Wecome
The welcome document provides information to confirmed members about the meetings, interviews, and technical assistance provider and can be adapted for your State/Territory.
5. FFN Key Elements
The FFN Key Elements tool is intended to be used to develop a scan of the current, planned, and potential supports for FFN care in the State/Territory. It is structured around key elements of the early care and education system and for each element provides:
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statements about potential impact & links with FFN care
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questions for consideration
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blank status/plans column to be completed
An initial draft of the Key Elements document is prepared prior to the first meeting, Changes can be made to it throughout the planning process and as strategies are implemented.
6. Strategic Planning Logic Model
The PowerPoint provides an overview and guide for developing a logic model that can be incorporated into the strategic planning process to help States/Territories define and track outcomes, outputs, strategic activities, inputs and resources. It can be used to help define the type of information that will need to be collected to track the progress and evaluate the impact of the strategic planning efforts over time.
7. Sample Definition Vision Mission
The definitions of FFN care, goals, strategies, planning process vision and mission are samples that can be adapted for your State/Territory. They are drafted prior to the member interviews, can be edited based on the members’ comments and are adopted during the first meeting.
8. FFN Member Interview Questions
The document provides sample questions for interviews with strategic planning committee members prior to the initial face-to-face meeting. The definitions of FFN care, strategic planning vision, and mission provided in the document are samples and can be adapted for your State/Territory. The Child Care Bureau FFN Bulletin (http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/ccb/issue34.pdf) provides a helpful discussion of the definition of FFN care and corresponding CCDF terminology.
9. Sample 1st Meeting Agenda
The sample initial full committee meeting agenda is designed for a 3 hour meeting but can be adapted for a longer meeting if desired. It can also be combined with the 2nd meeting agenda for one full-day meeting, however, two meetings separated by 4 to 6 weeks are recommended. The 1st meeting includes an overview of the planning process, review of national and state information about FFN care, completion of planning process vision & mission, member interview results and review of the draft FFN key elements tool.
10. FFN Quiz Icebreaker
The sample ice breaker includes five questions regarding State/Territory specific facts about FFN care. The questions can be changed as desired. The icebreaker is used in the first full committee meeting.
11. Sample 2nd Meeting Agenda
The 2nd full committee meeting agenda is designed for a 4 hour meeting. It focuses on goal, strategy and action plan development. NITCCI uses a process for these activities but States/Territories may use other goal, strategy & action plan development processes if they desire.
Webinar 9/29/08
What Implications Do Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Hold for Infant and Toddler Care?
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Agenda
Recording
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Powerpoints
1) Opening Remarks and Overview of QRIS White Paper
Kathie Boling, State Program Specialist
National Infant Toddler Child Care Initiative
@ ZERO TO THREE
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2) Issues in Making QRIS Inclusive of Infants and Toddlers
Marty Zaslow, Vice President for Research & Early Childhood Development Child Trends, Inc.
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3) Illinois QRIS
Linda Saterfield, Bureau Chief, Bureau of
Child Care and Development Illinois Department
of Human Services
[ 71 KB ]
4) Maryland QRIS
Elizabeth Kelley, Director, Division of Early
Childhood Development Maryland State
Department of Education
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Resources
Including Infants and Toddlers in Quality Rating and Improvement Systems National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative - QRIS Issues Meeting White Paper, August, 2008
The White Paper highlights key discussion points from the Issues Meeting related to the inclusion of infants and toddlers in QRIS and summarizes key recommendations. Issues organized into four themes: defining quality, measuring quality, supporting quality, and QRIS within the larger early childhood system.
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Infant Toddler Indicators in State QRIS
The National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative reviewed 17 State Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) to identify states that explicitly include infant and toddler quality indicators and summarizes the findings in the following table.
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Designing Quality Rating Systems Inclusive of Infants and Toddlers
This document offers suggestions for intentional inclusion of quality indicators for infants and toddlers in State QRS, Many of the elements
included in QRS are program-wide in scope, and apply to the care of all children. Given the developmental needs of babies and toddlers, however, specific aspects of care can be defined that speak to quality for the very youngest children in child care.
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Maryland Division of Early Childhood Development Mission
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Presenter Biographical Sketches
Webinar 6/5/08
The Illinois Infant- Toddler Set Aside and the Nebraska Endowment: Lessons Learned. Read More.
Recording
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Powerpoints
1) Financing to Support Infant and Toddler Services
Joan Lombardi, Birth to Five Policy Alliance
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2) Illinois’ Infant Toddler Set-Aside
Karen Yarbrough, Ounce of Prevention Fund
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3) Nebraska Early Childhood Education Endowment
Jessie Rasmussen, Buffett Early Childhood Fund
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Resources
Illinois’ Infant Toddler Set-Aside: What It Is and How It Works to Promote School Readiness
This brief paper describes Illinois’ infant toddler set-aside, through which a portion of their Early Childhood Education Block Grant is used to fund programs for children ages birth to three. The paper focuses on the creation of the set-aside, types of services funded, and operational details.
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Nebraska Early Childhood Education Endowment
This fact sheet presents an overview of Nebraska’s endowment to fund programs and services for at-risk children birth to age three. The purpose, structure, and grant process are described.
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Webinar 4/22/08
Building on the Promise: State Initiatives to Expand Access to Early Head Start for Young Children and their Families. Read More.
Recording
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Powerpoints
1) Building on the Promise: State Initiatives to Expand Access to Early Head Start for Young Children and their Families
Elizabeth DiLauro, ZERO TO THREE
Rachel Schumacher, Center for Law and Social Policy
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2) Kansas Early Head Start
Mary Weathers, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
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3) Iowa Early Head Start Project
Tom Rendon, Iowa Head Start State Collaboration Office
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Resources
Building on the Promise: State Initiatives to Expand Access to Early Head Start for Young Children and their Families
This joint report by ZERO TO THREE and the Center for Law and Social Policy draws on newly conducted research on state efforts to expand or enhance access to Early Head Start services for infants, toddlers and their families. The federal Early Head Start program was created to help minimize the disparities caused by poverty by supporting the healthy development of expectant mothers and low-income infants and toddlers in the context of their families and communities. However, less than 3 percent of babies and toddlers who are eligible for Early Head Start are currently being reached. This report is an in-depth study of current state initiatives to build upon Early Head Start, and includes an analysis of the lesson learned from state experiences, as well as recommendations to help other states expand the reach of Early Head Start.
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Profile on Kansas Early Head Start
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Profile on the Iowa Early Head Start Project
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NOTE: For more information on federal Early Head Start programs, read the Center for Law in Social Policy's brief, Supporting Families, Nurturing Young Children: Early Head Start Programs in 2006.
Webinar 2/28/08
Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers: Recommendations to States. Read More.
Recording
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Powerpoints
1) Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers: Recommendations to States: Lynn Jones, ZERO TO THREE
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2) Inside the Content of Infant-Toddler Early Learning Guidelines: Catherine Scott-Little
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Resources
Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers: Recommendations for States
This report by ZERO TO THREE, drawing on the expertise of national and state leaders, offers recommendations and examples to states as they embark on an inclusive process to develop or refine research-based early learning guidelines for infants and toddlers. This report focuses on the unique and foundational nature of the infant and toddler period and addresses issues related to both process and content. It is offered as a road map for states as they develop policies and programs that lay a strong foundation for child development and future learning through responsive, appropriate, and high-quality early experiences.
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The first research on the content of early learning guidelines (ELGs) for infants and toddlers has been conducted by Catherine Scott-Little, at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and colleagues at Teachers College, Columbia University. The resulting report provides a content analysis of 21 states’ infant-toddler ELGs and recommendations to improve content. To access the report click here.
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