Goal Two: Promote Healthy Development and School Readiness for Children in Low-income Families and Other Special Populations

2.1 Promote positive outcomes for children’s development and learning across a variety of early childhood settings

- 2.1.1 To disseminate and train on the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework - Office of Head Start

- 2.1.2 To provide technical assistance on comprehensive early learning guidelines to states in the context of Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) plans and Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge - Office of Child Care

- 2.1.3 To increase the number of states with Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) that meet high quality benchmarks for child care and other early childhood programs developed by Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Department of Education  - Office of Child Care

- 2.1.4 To reduce the proportion of Head Start grantees receiving a score in the low range on any of the three domains on the basis of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System - Office of Head Start

2.2 Promote high quality, accountable early care and education programs

- 2.2.1 To implement the Head Start Designation Renewal System - Office of Head Start

- 2.2.2 To implement the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) program quality measure as part of Head Start monitoring - Office of Head Start

- 2.2.3 To provide research and technical assistance to states and tribes on implementing effective child care quality improvement systems through the new National Center on Child Care Quality Improvement and Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation research consortium  - Office of Child Care

- 2.2.4 To implement policy reform in Child Care Development Fund through new regulation and data collection - Office of Child Care

- 2.2.5 To support efforts to improve knowledge, skills, and qualifications of the early childhood workforce by providing technical assistance through the Head Start National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning and the National Center on Child Care Professional Development and Workforce - Office of Child Care

- 2.2.6 To jointly administer the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge with Department of Education and disseminate lessons and best practices around the country Early Childhood Development

- 2.2.7 To support state, tribal, and program efforts to create better continuity and transitions across early childhood and the early primary grades Early Childhood Development

2.3 Facilitate family engagement and strengthen families

- 2.3.1 To disseminate and train on the Head Start Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework; and disseminate best practices from the National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement - Office of Head Start

- 2.3.2 To establish a Tribal Home Visiting Technical Assistance Center Early Childhood Development

- 2.3.3 To build child welfare and early childhood partnerships to strengthen protective factors for families Early Childhood Development

- 2.3.4 To apply lessons learned from Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge states’ efforts to strengthen family engagement and inform parents about early childhood program quality to other states through Child Care technical assistance and State Advisory Councils Early Childhood Development

- 2.3.5 To identify models and best practices that improve coordination of parenting time and child support procedures, and strengthen family violence safeguards - Office of Child Support Enforcement

2.4 Leverage programs to improve health care access

- 2.4.1 To establish the Office of the Chief Medical Officer to oversee health communication, collaboration, and coordination of health-related initiatives within the Administration for Children and Families and between other elements of the Department of Health and Human Services, other agencies, and nongovernment stakeholders - Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary

- 2.4.2 To reengage the Affordable Care Act (ACA) workgroup to assess the impact of the Act and maximize access for human service programs Early Childhood Development

- 2.4.3 To increase tribal participation in child and adult care food programs - Office of Child Care

- 2.4.4 To enhance the concurrent Healthy Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Overweight/Obesity Prevention initiatives, such as Let’s Move! Child Care and Let’s Move! Indian Country Early Childhood Development

- 2.4.5 To enhance the Asthma Prevention initiatives, with special emphasis on tobacco exposure prevention Early Childhood Development

- 2.4.6 To enhance Health Literacy initiatives Early Childhood Development

- 2.4.7 To enhance Oral Health initiatives, including increased access to dental homes Early Childhood Development

- 2.4.8 To update medical child support policy and programmatic practices to improve access to health care coverage for children and their parents, and to align with the Affordable Care Act and Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act - Office of Child Support Enforcement

- 2.4.9 To reconvene the Administration for Children and Families/Environmental Protection Agency Task Group to make the Asthma Toolkit available to all Head Start, Early Head Start, and child care centers across the country in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency  - Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary

- 2.4.10 To increase access by low income parents and children to health care coverage through medical child support policies, outreach, and technical assistance efforts - Office of Child Support Enforcement