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The purpose of this policy statement is to provide guidance to State Advisory Councils on Early Childhood Education and Care on sustaining federal and state investments, and advancing work that supports the coordination of quality, comprehensive systems of early care and education at the state level.
The purpose of this guidance document is to support states and early childhood programs by providing recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for developing and implementing career pathways to support the professional learning, practice, and compensation of early childhood educators and program directors.
This policy statement from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education (ED) provides recommendations1 to early childhood systems and programs on family engagement.
This guidebook describes the steps and best practices for successfully selecting and implementing a parenting intervention. The purpose of this guidebook is to provide you, as program, state, and network leaders, an easy-to-use tool for implementing a parenting intervention.
This guidebook describes the steps and best practices for successfully selecting and implementing a parenting intervention. The purpose of this guidebook is to provide you, as program, state, and network leaders, an easy-to-use tool for implementing a parenting intervention.
The purpose of this guidance document is to support families, early childhood programs, and States by providing recommendations from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education (ED) for preventing and severely limiting expulsion and suspension practices in early childhood settings.
This document will provide background information on Head Start and Early Head Start programs; share highlights of how strong partnerships have addressed family homelessness; offer resources to encourage Head Start grantees and housing service providers to work together to expand services for children experiencing or at-risk of experiencing homelessness; and present resources to help providers connect families to other services they may need.
This document discusses The Strong Start for America’s Children Act which builds on the framework put forward by President Obama in his 2013 State of the Union Address and reflects Chairman Tom Harkin’s longstanding commitment to ensuring that learning begins at birth.