Entries for the 'Infant Toddler Resources' Category

This paper provides an overview of the Wisconsin Early Learning Coalition's position on the Governor's 2011-13 budget.

A letter dated March 15, 2011 from the Washington State Senate regarding $1.87 million budget request for the Home Visiting Services Account.

A presentation about home visiting from March 23, 2011 by the Washington State Department of Early Learning and Thrive by Five Washington.

Letter dated February 24, 2011 from Deb Daro to Governor Cuomo urging him to restore home visiting funding (the advocates solicited similar letters from Pew, Prevent Child Abuse America, and local programs).

Letter dated February 15, 2011from the new York Home Visiting Coalition to Governor Cuomo urging him to restore home visiting funding.

"One-pager" on the costs/benefits of New York's home visiting programs.

Here is an example of a customized market analysis done for a specific area on how the cuts would impact it.

An op-ed published in the Wichita Eagle on February 18, 2011.

The Missouri Infant/Toddler Responsive Caregiving Checklist is designed to measure caregiving practices for groups of children ages from birth up to age 3.

As Washington moves forward with implementing its Early Learning Plan (ELP) to address the needs of children prenatally to age 9, a focus on infants and toddlers is essential. During these earliest years, infants and toddlers are developing the foundations for growth and learning that will impact them throughout their lives.

The National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative reviewed 22 State Quality Rating and Improvement Systems to identify states that explicitly include infant and toddler quality indicators and summarizes the findings in the following table.

This fact sheet is intended to highlight QRIS that include specific I/T indicators to promote discussions as States, Territories and Tribes begin to develop, revise, and implement QRIS for quality I/T care.

Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) are being implemented in States to establish a means to both define and promote quality in child care settings. These rating systems include five common elements: 1) standards, 2) accountability measures, 3) program and practitioner outreach and support, 4) financial incentives, and 5) parent/consumer education.

This self-assessment checklist is based on research about effective policies and best practices in states. The following questions are intended to spark discussion about the needs of infants, toddlers, and their families and to lay the foundation for building an effective early childhood development system in your state.

This report draws upon nationally available data to expand the analysis on public investments for children from birth through 18 across the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Since the first child care Quality Rating System (QRS) was implemented in Oklahoma 11 years ago (in 1998), 16 additional statewide systems have been launched and numerous states are piloting or developing a QRS. As QRS stakeholders across the nation look ahead to the next decade, it is important to take stock of what has been learned and identify priorities for generating new research and information about QRS.

An effective early childhood system is multi-faceted, as are the needs of young children and their families. Such a system aims to promote healthy child development by advancing early learning, health, and family support, and embracing all children.