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Quality Initiatives
National, State, or local initiatives that increase access to quality programs by providing parent education/consumer education and quality enhancements or improvements, including training and technical assistance; grants, scholarships, and other financial incentives; and other supports.
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The Library collection contains summaries and availability information for published documents of interest to policymakers, administrators, practitioners, researchers and other members of the child care community. Links to full-text publications about child care and school-age issues are provided when available.
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Brightstart: The Early Childhood Comprehensive System, Strategic Plan for Louisiana (PDF) 
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This report presents the Early Childhood Comprehensive System (ECCS) Strategic Plan for Louisiana. The ECCS initiative is designed to build a comprehensive system that will ensure that innovative and effective... [view more] | Library |
| Bringing It Together: State Driven Community Early Childhood Initiatives | This report describes state-driven comprehensive early childhood initiatives in 9 states: California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and South Carolina. These... [view more] | Library |
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Bringing the Community into the Process: Issues and Promising Practices for Involving Parents and Business in Local Smart Start Partnerships (PDF)
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This study examined parent and business involvement in the local partnerships of Smart Start, North Carolina’s Early Childhood Initiative. The nature and level of parent and business involvement was documented... [view more] | Library |
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Bruised Inside: What Our Children Say About Youth Violence What Causes It, and What We Need to Do About It (PDF)
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In 1999, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) sponsored four national listening conferences regarding youth violence. Students, teachers, school administrators, and parents were invited... [view more] | Library |
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Build: Strong Foundations for Ohio's Youngest Children (PDF)
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This brochure indicates that the Build Alliance was created to work on improving Ohio’s early care and education system. The goals of Build Ohio include: (1) prepare young children to enter school ready... [view more] | Library |
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Building Better Preschools (HTML)
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This document describes the creation of Early Learning Property Management (ELPM) in Atlanta, Georgia, to build and/or renovate preschools. ELPM has raised more than $30 million in capital funds to build... [view more] | Library |
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Building Connections Cross-State Summary Matrix (Word)
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This 2006 matrix provides a cross-state comparison between Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Vermont of early childhood system-building initiatives aimed at making connections at... [view more] | Library |
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Building Connections: Six State Case Studies of Early Childhood System Building at the State and Local Levels (Word)
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This report describes six State case studies of early childhood system building at the State and local levels. The case studies include: (1) Colorado Consolidated Child Care Pilots, (2) Iowa Community... [view more] | Library |
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Building Early Childhood Facilities: What States Can Do to Build Supply and Promote Quality (PDF)
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This policy brief explores common facility issues and outlines strategies policy-makers can implement to address early childhood facility needs. Despite the public sector’s efforts to increase access to... [view more] | Library |
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Building Effective Community Partnerships for Youth Development: Lessons Learned from ACT For Youth (PDF)
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This report discusses lessons learned in partnership development in a community-based, public health youth development (YD) initiative across New York State called Assets Coming Together (ACT) for Youth.... [view more] | Library |
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