Sentences with phrase «aligned early childhood policies»

Well - aligned early childhood policies, regulations, resources, and quality improvement support at national, state, and local levels

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Comprehensive research on what parents want from early childhood education provides valuable insight on how to align public policies with public expectations.

As federal, state, and local policymakers debate next steps in aligning the nation's early childhood education systems and policies, the following recommendations should be considered:

Aligning early childhood programs to create a seamless trajectory of high - quality, well - funded child care, Head Start, and preschool programs for children from birth to age 5 should be a federal and state policy goal.

The goal of the ZERO TO THREE convening is to identify state strategies to align healthcare finance policy, specifically Medicaid, with infant and early childhood mental health practice.

In our program and policy work, NBCDI supports federal, state and local efforts to provide increasing numbers of low - income children with access to quality early education and care; efforts to create a strong and supported early childhood workforce; and efforts to promote developmentally and culturally - appropriate standards, curriculum, instruction and assessment that are aligned within and across the early childhood to early grades continuum.

In addition, these policy changes will help align Maryland's investment criteria with requirements for the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, which makes an unprecedented $ 1.5 billion available to support states» home visiting systems.