Financing
States must develop fiscal policies that move systems toward delivery of services in a comprehensive manner and that provide financial incentives for ongoing quality and system improvement.
Strategic financing strategies allow and incentivize braiding and blending of funding streams; leverage federal, state, local, and private dollars across systems; and secure sufficient and sustainable funding to support progress toward common goals. Thinking creatively about how to prioritize infants and toddlers in state budgets – through set-asides or specific line items – can ensure their needs are not overlooked.
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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…
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Arkansas Amends Medicaid Rules to Strengthen Infant Mental Health Diagnosis and Treatment
The Arkansas legislature approved a Behavioral Health Transformation package in 2016 that included changes to Medicaid aimed at improving diagnosis and treatment of very young children with mental he…
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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 in 2016 to advance children’s social and emotional health.
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Arizona's Enhanced Rate for Accredited Programs
Enhanced rates for accredited programs assist with the costs associated in meeting higher standards such as implementing developmentally appropriate practices, providing lower staff/child ratios, and…
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Funding for Home Visiting Protected in New York
The evidence-based program offers in-home services to 5,000 expectant families and new parents in New York's highest-need communities each year.
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Washington Is Using Collaborative Planning and MIECHV Funds to Strengthen Home Visiting Strategies
The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program has provided the funding necessary for Washington to realize home visiting strategies included in the state's early learning p…
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Infant and Toddler Incentive Program
The purpose of the Infant/Toddler Incentive Program is to increase the number of infant/toddler child care spaces available to low-income families.
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Portland's Children's Investment Fund
Financing resource information on state policies and initiatives that impact infants, toddlers and their families
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Washington Budget Includes Big Wins for Infants and Toddlers
In June 2015, Washington passed a two-year state budget that included a $6.18 million increase for home visiting.
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Maine's Child Care Investment Tax Credit
Maine has a unique tax credit created to improve the quality of child care.
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Louisiana's School Readiness Tax Credits
In 2007, the Louisiana Legislature passed Act 394, which enacted Revised Statutes 47:6101-6109 to provide a package of tax credits known as the School Readiness Tax Credits.
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A History of Creative Financing Puts Kansas on the Map
Since 1998, Kansas has used creative state financing approaches to supplement federal funding for the Early Head Start (EHS) program.
