Illinois Early Childhood Collaboration

Bibliography

ILEarlyChildhoodCollab.org Bibliography

Early Education and Care Collaboration:

  • Children’s Defense Fund provides information on investing in the overall development of all children and provides extensive research annually on the state of our children. www.childrensdefense.org/publications
  • Council of Chief State School Officer includes information on state initiatives to support early childhood education at the state and local level. www.ccsso.org/publications
  • Head Start/Early Head Start Collaboration site has numerous documents that have been developed to provide the user with tools to locate and develop early care & education and community collaborations.www.ecklc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov.hslc/rescources/ECKLC/Bookstore
  • National Network for Collaboration presents information that utilizes the knowledge and expertise of specialists in providing guidance for starting, strengthen, and sustain the collaborative journey, for the building and sustaining of positive change. http://crs.uvm.edu/nnco
  • National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) a service of the Child Care Bureau, is a national clearinghouse and technical assistance (TA) center that provides comprehensive child care information resources and TA services to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators and other key stakeholders. http://www.nccic.org (go to Partnership Alliances and Coordination Techniques (PACT)

Funding Early Education and Care:

  • The Institute for Women’s Policy Research conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies. http://www.iwpr.org
  • National Women’s Law Center, “A Catalog of tax-Based Approaches for Financing Child Care.” 2001. This report examines some of these tax-based approaches and identifies some of the advantages and disadvantages of each model.http://www.nwlc.org
  • National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) a service of the Child Care Bureau, is a national clearinghouse and technical assistance (TA) center that provides comprehensive child care information resources and TA services to Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators and other key stakeholders. http:/www.nccic.org
  • The Finance Project is a specialized non-profit research, consulting, technical assistance and training firm for public and private sector leaders nationwide. We help leaders make smart investment decisions, develop sound financing strategies, and build solid partnerships that benefit children, families and communities. http://www.financeproject.org
  • Alliance for Early Childhood Finance is dedicated to seeking more rational financing of early care and education in America through inquiry, analysis and communication among early care and education policy activists.www.earlychildhoodfinance.org
  • Making Dollars Follow Sense policy paper highlights the most innovative approaches states and communities are currently using to finance early childhood mental health services and explores what else might be done to mix, match, and leverage all available resources. The focus is on prevention and early intervention services to not only help children directly, but equally important, to help their families and other caregivers address the social and emotional challenges children face. To see full report, go to: www.nccp.org/pblications
  • CLASP produces policy solutions that work for low income people supports policies that expand resources for child care and early education initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels. We also study the relationships between child care subsidy systems, Head Start and Early Head Start, state pre-kindergarten programs, and other birth to five early education efforts, to advance ideas that ensure these systems address the full range of needs of children and families. www.clasp.org/earlychildhood
  • The Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education conducts economic research on the benefits and costs of alternative educational policies and interventions. More details at: www.cbcse.org

Partnering for Early Education and Care:

  • Strengthening Families is a recognized approach to building relationships with families by recognizing signs of stress and helping them to build protective factors with the family unit. www.strengtheningfamilies.net
  • National Head Start Association demonstrates the benefits of a variety of successful Head Start partnership initiatives around the country. Focuses on how to facilitate partnership success. www.nhsa.org
  • Center for Children and Families offers a research brief that covers early care and education partnerships and highlights state actions and local lessons. www.ccf.edu.org
    Building Universal Preschool a policy paper which looks at the essential elements for partnership between public and private early care and education systems. www.ececonsortium.org