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New Report Shows Smart Start Improves Outcomes for Children, but Significantly Fewer Children and Families Benefitting

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Whileparticipation inseveral home visiting programs is effective at improving children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes (e.g., Early Head Start, The Nurse Family Partnership and The Infant Health and Developmental program), few home visiting programs have been able to significantly improve pregnancy outcomes and reductions in child maltreatment have been found for some models, but not for others.

The increased amounts of sunlight prior to school start only modestly reduces absence rates — and more for young children than for teenagers — indicating that these improved student outcomes are probably due to increased alertness, rather than to more time in school.

The overarching aim of this project is to contribute to East Africa region - wide efforts to improve outcomes for all children, starting in Kenya.

For example, Head Start has been and continues to be a leader in its focus on family engagement and comprehensive services, on children with disabilities, and on children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds; in its commitments to accountability for program quality; in its investments in the professional development of the early childhood education workforce that led to the development of the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential; and in its commitment to and investment in research and evaluation to strengthen quality, improve child outcomes, and reduce the achievement gFor example, Head Start has been and continues to be a leader in its focus on family engagement and comprehensive services, on children with disabilities, and on children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds; in its commitments to accountability for program quality; in its investments in the professional development of the early childhood education workforce that led to the development of the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential; and in its commitment to and investment in research and evaluation to strengthen quality, improve child outcomes, and reduce the achievement gfor program quality; in its investments in the professional development of the early childhood education workforce that led to the development of the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential; and in its commitment to and investment in research and evaluation to strengthen quality, improve child outcomes, and reduce the achievementChild Development Associate (CDA) credential; and in its commitment to and investment in research and evaluation to strengthen quality, improve child outcomes, and reduce the achievementchild outcomes, and reduce the achievement gap.

Imagine if Connecticut's elected and appointed officials actually stopped denigrating teachers, the teaching profession and public schools and started listening to teachers and providing the resources necessary to improve educational outcomes, especially for Connecticut children living in poverty, facing English language challenges or requiring special education services.

Acorn Evaluation is a full - service data science partner for local Head Start grantees, providing external evaluation services as well as training and technical assistance to develop and support a successful system of data collection and analysis in support of improved outcomes for children and families.

Whileparticipation inseveral home visiting programs is effective at improving children's cognitive and behavioural outcomes (e.g., Early Head Start, The Nurse Family Partnership and The Infant Health and Developmental program), few home visiting programs have been able to significantly improve pregnancy outcomes and reductions in child maltreatment have been found for some models, but not for others.

Innovating in Early Head Start: Can Reducing Toxic Stress Improve Outcomes for Young Children?

While a number of countries have implemented area - based interventions designed to improve outcomes for children in disadvantaged areas, few have been rigorously evaluated.2 An exception in the UK is Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLP), which was an area - based intervention that targeted all children aged under 4 years and their families.

Impact Findings from the Head Start CARES Demonstration: National Evaluation of the Three Approaches to Improving Preschoolers» Social and Emotional Competence Morris, Mattera, Castells, Bangser, Bierman, & Raver U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (2014) Describes the impact of the CARES demonstration, focusing on outcomes during the spring of the preschool year in: (1) teacher practices; (2) classroom climate; (3) children's behavior regulation, executive function, emotion knowledge, and social problem - solving skills; and (4) children's learning behaviors and social beChildren and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (2014) Describes the impact of the CARES demonstration, focusing on outcomes during the spring of the preschool year in: (1) teacher practices; (2) classroom climate; (3) children's behavior regulation, executive function, emotion knowledge, and social problem - solving skills; and (4) children's learning behaviors and social bechildren's behavior regulation, executive function, emotion knowledge, and social problem - solving skills; and (4) children's learning behaviors and social bechildren's learning behaviors and social behaviors.

The Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation - Strong Start (MIHOPE - Strong Start) is examining the effectiveness of home visiting services on improving birth and maternal health outcomes for women who are enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), as well as their effectiveness at reducing costly health care encounters.

Improving outcomes for young children and their families may start with choosing evidence - based curricula, interventions, and practices — but it doesn't end there.

Smart Start strives to improve outcomes for children by increasing young children's access to healthcare and by working with providers, health departments, families, and communities to improve the health and safety for young children, prevent childhood obesity, and ensure that more children are screened for developmental delays and referred to services for help before they start scStart strives to improve outcomes for children by increasing young children's access to healthcare and by working with providers, health departments, families, and communities to improve the health and safety for young children, prevent childhood obesity, and ensure that more children are screened for developmental delays and referred to services for help before they start scstart school.

MDRC develops and studies strategies that intervene with both parents and children — conditional cash transfers, home visiting, and Head Start, for instance — to improve outcomes for whole families.

McDonough is a data manager who has worked on several projects at MDRC: Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) is an evaluation of marriage education programs targeting low - income, racially and ethnically diverse married couples; Head Start CARES (Classroom - based Approaches and Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion) is a national evaluation of three evidence - based strategies to improve the social and emotional development of children in Head Start; the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE) aims to build knowledge about the effectiveness of the new federally funded Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home - Visiting Program (MIECHV) in improving outcomes for at - risk children and families.

The HERO Project is a strategy to join service providers and various programs (partners across LAUNCH, MIECHV, Head Start and Early Head Start, school districts, health care, and child care) into a seamless continuum of services and interventions aimed at improving overall outcomes for children — with mental health as the central focus.

Healthy Start is a national capacity building strategy which aims to improve health and well - being outcomes for children whose parents have learning difficulties (www.healthystart.net.au).

Starting with a steering group of just 6 disability charities and a remit to improve outcomes for disabled children the Council for Disabled Children began an ambitious journey to remove barriers to inclusion and bring equality of opportunity to all disabled cchildren the Council for Disabled Children began an ambitious journey to remove barriers to inclusion and bring equality of opportunity to all disabled cChildren began an ambitious journey to remove barriers to inclusion and bring equality of opportunity to all disabled childrenchildren.

On June 26, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed into law a measure that strengthens the state's home visiting programs and establishes a system of accountability that will help ensure strong outcomes such as improved health for mothers and infants, and children being better prepared to learn when they start school.

Led by the Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions, Inc., the goal of the initiative is to improve health and developmental outcomes for at - risk children through evidence - based home visiting programs.

Head Start is by no means perfect, but that should not rule out efforts to improve the program's quality and surround it with other high - quality birth - to - five programs that will deliver better outcomes for children, families and society.

Teaching Strategies is pleased to see the changes in the new Head Start Program Performance Standards and applauds the Office of Head Start for using research to improve the standards that will support greater outcomes for children.

Research shows that starting an intervention program as soon as possible can improve outcomes for many children with autism.

In the UK, there have been only a few attempts to deliver and evaluate area - based services to families living in deprived locations with the aim of improving outcomes for children under 3 years of age, perhaps most notably being Sure Start.9 This programme was based on the US Head Start10 and Early Head Start Programmes, 10 which found mixed although mostly positive evidence of benefits in terms of education and parenting outcomes.

The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning is a national center focused on strengthening the capacity of child care and Head Start programs to improve the social and emotional outcomes of young children.

The goals and activities of the Center were designed to strengthen the capacity of childcare agencies and Head Start to improve outcomes for young children and their families through: a) a focus on promoting the social emotional development of children as a means for preventing challenging behaviors, b) a comprehensive, culturally sensitive approach that is inclusive of and responsive to the needs of programs, families, other professionals, and communities, c) the dissemination of evidence - based practices: d) the ongoing identification of the training needs and preferred delivery formats of local programs and training and technical assistance providers, and e) collaboration with existing training and technical assistance providers for the purpose of ensuring the implementation and sustainability of practices at the local level.

«Moneyball for Head Start: Using Data, Evidence, and Evaluation to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families» was written by Sara Mead and Ashley LiBetti Mitchel and released in partnership by Results for America, Bellwether Education Partners, The Volcker Alliance, and the National Head Start Association.

Improving Outcomes for Children Exposed to Violence: Safe Start Promising Approaches, OJJDP - Sponsored, 2017 PDF