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This report provides information from the 14 States about the impressive progress they are making in reforming their early learning and development systems.

This document is an Autism Spectrum Disorders fact sheet in English and Spanish

Al ser un proveedor de cuidado y educación en los primeros años, usted está al frente de la observación del desarrollo del niño. También es un socio de las familias. Como proveedor y socio, es importante que se asegure de hablar con las familias acerca del desarrollo de sus hijos. Debido a que comparte muchas horas de actividad con los niños, es probable que usted sea el primero en notar posibles retrasos. Si los problemas de desarrollo se detectan a tiempo, usted puede ayudar a garantizar que los niños reciban el apoyo adicional que necesitan mientras están bajo su cuidado y que se vinculen con los servicios apropiados. Asociarse con las familias y los especialistas en la campaña Aprenda los Signos: Reaccione Pronto garantizará que los niños tengan el mejor comienzo posible hacia un futuro brillante.

This joint letter between HHS and ED discusses how the policy statement on family engagement indicates the increasing families' involvement in children;'s learning and development can positively affect lifelong health, developmental, and academic outcomes.

This report explores how career pathways can offer an effective approach to address some of these challenges and support the current and evolving landscape of the ECE sector and its most disadvantaged professionals. Comprehensive and flexible education and training programs can make it easier for individuals to acquire industry-recognized credentials and higher education degrees to advance on a career trajectory. Effective career pathways approaches can also better serve workers that may experience significant barriers to education and employment advancement (i.e., low-skilled adults, and adults with limited English proficiency).

Through the Preschool Development Grants (PDG) program, 18 states are expanding access to high-quality programs for 4-year-olds from low- to moderate-income families in over 230 high-need communities. Data from all grantees and subgrantees, as reported in the Annual Performance Reports (APRs) covering January 1 to December 31 of 2015, found that over 28,000 additional children benefited from high-quality preschool in their local communities because of these grants.

The purpose of this policy statement is to support early childhood programs and States by providing recommendations that promote the development and learning of young children, birth to age five, who are dual language learners (DLLs).2 The statement also provides support to tribal communities in their language revitalization efforts within tribal early childhood programs.

This document summarizes the Federal policy recommendations released in December 2014, and profiles innovative policies and workforce supports adopted by States and local leaders around the country who are leading the way by proactively addressing expulsion and suspension in early childhood settings. Though no State or community highlighted here considers their work finished, they are taking important steps forward to address the issue and have a series of planned next steps they intend to pursue. Their innovative ideas and valuable lessons learned can support and guide localities similarly alarmed by- and committed to addressing- this issue.

This document provides a summary of Birth to 5: Watch me Thrive!

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.