Over the course of this grant, FOI: (1) is producing professional development materials to help staff representing multiple state agencies better understand the basic science of child development generally and the promotion of executive function and self - regulation
skills more specifically; (2) is supporting the creation of small learning communities, building
on existing relationships at the
site and policy level and connecting to other learning communities across North America; (3) is supporting the Washington cross-agency working group to sustain its current gains and momentum during the upcoming executive branch transition in January and to share lessons learned with the broader national FOI community of states and Canadian provinces; and (4) is beginning conversations with stakeholders at the community level to
explore mutual interests and is beginning to chart a path toward enhanced collaboration within the state.
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