Public Engagement and Political Will Building
It is critical that states and communities build broad and diverse constituencies to support investment in comprehensive early childhood systems.
Strategic communications can be used to increase understanding of the requirements and benefits of such a system. Stakeholders, including parents, should be engaged in leading, planning, evaluating, and improving the comprehensive early childhood system.
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Infant and Toddler Messaging Guide
This paper shares the results of a national scan of message trends in infant and toddler advocacy and offers guidance on how to develop effective infant-toddler messages.
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Kentucky's Born Learning Academy Program
Born Learning® Academies are helping Kentucky parents of children prenatal to five understand how to turn everyday experiences into learning opportunities.
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Florida Increases Public Awareness about the Importance of the First 1,000 Days
Together, Florida and the First 1000 Days Collaborative developed a common agenda for improving outcomes for young children and families through expansion of critical services and increased cross-sys…
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Indiana Group Brings Attention to the Needs of Infants and Toddlers
Indiana's Happy Babies Brain Trust, a work group of public and private leaders, released an issue brief in November 2015 laying out recommendations for state action to support early childhood develop…
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Chicago Increases Access to High-Quality Early Learning Opportunities
Learn how Illinois has developed a universal quality rating and improvement system to rate early learning programs quality so parents can compare programs.
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Colorado's Early Childhood Framework Leads to Opportunities for Infant and Toddler Planning
Learn how thirty-one local Early Childhood Councils across the state are tasked with implementing an Early Childhood Colorado framework at the community level.
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Alaska Promotes Early Learning with "Babies on Track"
Learn how Alaska is supporting parents of children under age two with an informational DVD and related events.
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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 State Early Childhood Governance and Advocacy
In 2006, Washington state passed important pieces of legislation that increase the capacity of the state to provide sound early childhood services. Among the legislation passed was a bill to create t…
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Texas MIECHV Engages Fathers in Home Visiting Programs
The Texas Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) team committed to engaging fathers in the home visiting programming based on research that supports father involvement for positiv…
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Pennsylvania's Infant Early Learning GPS
Pennsylvania's Promise for Children created a web-based, online interactive tool that helps families learn what they can do to help their young children learn and grow.
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Family Engagement, Public Engagement & Political Will Building resource information on state policies and initiatives that impact infants, toddlers and their families
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Family Engagement resource information on state policies and initiatives that impact infants, toddlers and their families
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Kentucky is engaged in cross-system collaboration to meet the needs of young children with substance-abusing parents involved with the child welfare system.
