Infant and Toddler Incentive Program

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  Kansas' Early Childhood Associate Apprenticeship Program

  The Kansas Early Childhood Associate Apprenticeship Program (ECAAP) is an innovative, employer-based certification program that serves individuals working in child care centers, preschools or for a g…

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  A new multimedia toolkit is helping home visitors and other early childhood professionals engage diverse populations and improve practice in cross-cultural settings.

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  Washington Takes on the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge

  In December 2011, Washington was awarded a four-year Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant and proposed the following targets to improve its early learning and development (ELD) sy…

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  Private Funders in Colorado Invest in Children’s Social and Emotional Health

  Four communities in Colorado were each awarded a four-year, approximately $2 million LAUNCH Together implementation grant this month to advance children’s social and emotional health.

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  Sixpence: Nebraska Early Childhood Endowment Fund

  In 2006, the Nebraska Legislature stepped up to the challenge of ensuring that more of Nebraskas youngest, most vulnerable children would arrive at school ready to learn by establishing the Nebrask…

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  Inspiring Innovation: Creative State Financing Structures for Infants and Toddlers

  States can and should be investing in infants and toddlers as they work to build their birth-to-five systems. The four states highlighted in this policy brief exemplify such models of state investmen…