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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Charting Progress for Babies Policy Framework
In the first year of the multi-year Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care project; The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) collaborated with ZERO TO THREE to develop a Policy Framework. The Framework offers four fundamental principles which form a basis for the supports that all babies and toddlers in child care need. In addition, the Policy Framework offers 15 recommendations that should be tackled in state child care licensing, quality, and subsidy policies.
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Common Vision, Different Paths:  Five States’ Journeys toward Comprehensive Prenatal-to-Five Systems
A joint report from ZERO TO THREE and Pre-K Now articulates a common vision for early childhood systems in which programs work effectively with each other to provide high-quality early learning and comprehensive services.  The report reveals lessons learned from five states’ unique journeys toward such prenatal-to-five systems and identifies four cornerstones that have helped states succeed in this work.  Advocates and policymakers will also find guidance on building on the momentum around individual programs for the larger push toward a system that works for all young children and families. To request printed copies, e-mail Kimberly Lagomarsino. 
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State Early Childhood Development System Powerpoint
A set of powerpoint slides developed by the Early Childhood Systems Working Group, a collaborative group of national organizations including ZERO TO THREE. The Slides are visual representations of the parts and core elements of an early childhood development system.
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Prenatal through PreK: Building Bright Futures
Explores how policymakers can include infants and toddler policies in prekindergarten initiatives.
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Building Bridges from Prekindergarten to Infants and Toddlers: A Preliminary Look at Issues in Four States
Joint publication from the ZERO TO THREE Policy Center and The Trust for Early Education was prepared for a meeting held in October, 2003, From Prekinderagarten to Babies: Opportunities and Challenges, sponsored by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the A.L. Mailman Family Foundation, the Irving Harris Foundation, and The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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Birth to 5 and Beyond: A Growing Movement in Early Education
An abridged version of the article, Birth to 5 and Beyond: A Growing Movement In Early Education, published in the July 2006 issue of the Zero to Three Journal.
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Babies and Toddlers in the Policy Picture:  A Self-Assessment Checklist for States and Communities
A self-assessment checklist based on research about effective policies and best practices in states.  The questions are intended to spark discussion about the needs of infants, toddlers and their families and to lay the foundation for building an early childhood development system in a state.
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