Quality Improvement

Supporting Babies Through QRIS is a series of documents developed by ZERO TO THREE’s Policy Center to help ensure that Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) are supporting the unique developm…

This webinar presented ZERO TO THREE’s newly created Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) self-assessment tool and discussed ways to help states and jurisdictions identify QRIS components th…

Pennsylvania recently completed an 18-month process to update Keystone STARS, the state’s quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), to make it more flexible while maintaining rigor.

Georgia launched a voluntary quality rating and improvement system in January 2012 with the expectation that 700 child care programs would begin participating in the first year.

As of 2016, Mississippi Building Blocks worked with 29 centers across the state, and over 500 early childhood programs in 31 counties have benefitted from free equipment, a research-based curriculum,…

State leaders in Minnesota are building an early childhood mental health system that connects evidence to practice, training, and policy.

In July 2015, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment with the Center for Public Partnerships and Research at the University of Kansas released a website and online toolkit aimed at strengthe…

Learn how the state is focusing on training of staff and foster parents demonstrates a commitment to the very youngest vulnerable children.

Better Baby Care Indiana is a statewide initiative to promote the healthy development of infants, toddlers, and their families.

Read this brief summary of the full report, "Modeling Quality Costs for Delaware Stars: Report on the Program Cost of Quality."

In recent years the Colorado legislature has taken several steps to improve the accessibility of high quality child care in the state.

In California, the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program has been a catalyst for collaborative planning and systems building across programs serving young children and t…

Learn about California's collaborative effort to increase the use of standardized developmental screening tools and referral into early intervention services for all young children.

Here's how California is strengthening family engagement, investing in the early childhood workforce, and supporting local Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS).

Resource information on state policies and initiatives that impact infants, toddlers and their families

In June 2015, Washington passed a two-year state budget that included a $6.18 million increase for home visiting.

The Childrens Trust of South Carolina is South Carolinas Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) grantee.

Oklahoma's Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) team prioritizes centralized intake in its collaboration, planning, and system-building efforts.

"T.E.A.C.H. MISSOURI (Teacher Education And Compensation Helps) is an educational scholarship opportunity for early childhood providers in licensed child care center-based, group-based and family chi…

STARS for KIDS NOW is Kentucky's voluntary quality rating system for licensed Type I and Type II child care centers and certified family child care homes.

To coordinate state efforts to improve children's readiness for school, Ohio Governor John Kasich created an Early Education and Development Officer position within the Governors Office of 21st Centu…

In early May 2008, former New Jersey Governor John S. Corzine signed into law paid family-leave legislation (A873), taking a major step forward in supporting the states working families. The legislat…

The Nebraska Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (N-MIECHV) programs in Nebraska, including the Nebraska Panhandle region, metro areas of Lincoln and Omaha, rural counties in both nort…

Missouri's Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) team is comprised of the Nurse-Family Partnership Program, Parents as Teachers and the Early Head Start Home Based Option.

"Look for the STARS" is a five-level quality rating improvement system (QRIS) designed by New Mexicos Office of Child Development under the Child, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) to help parents…

In November 2009, Lakes & Prairies Child Care Resource and Referral received a grant from United Way of Cass-Clay and the Fargo-Moorehead Area Foundation to implement a pilot Early Childhood Quality …

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) have improved coordination between the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) and Head Start/Early Head Star…

In 2014, Massachusetts conducted a thorough study of the state’s subsidized child care system in order to more efficiently and effectively manage the provision of child care services.

Due, in part, to regional diversity and the importance of local control over improvement processes, California implemented a unique Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) approach that built upon t…

In 2005, Rhode Island Kids Count brought partners together to begin the conversation about creating a QRIS in the state.

In December 2013, Georgia became one of six states to receive a Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant in Phase 3 of the program.

In 2012, Illinois reapplied for and was awarded the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant and proposed the following targets to improve its early learning and development (ELD) sys…

Learn how Colorado is implementing the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant.

In 2012, Wisconsin reapplied for and was awarded the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant and proposed the following targets to improve its early learning and development (ELD) sy…

In December, 2013, New Jersey became one of the six newest states to receive a Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant.

In December 2013, Michigan received a four-year Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant.

Funding from the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant has allowed Massachusetts an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate early childhood education so that the state’s children h…

In December 2011, Maryland 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) syst…

In December, 2013, Kentucky became one of six states to receive a Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grant. Through this grant, the state is directing substantial resources to support…

Learn how the EQ initiative provides training, technical assistance, and support for three primary components.

This webinar featured the findings from a joint report entitled Expanding Access to Early Head Start: State Initiatives for Infants and Toddlers at Risk and highlighted two states’ efforts to expand …