Project Thrive

Strengthening State Systems to Promote Early Childhood Development

January 18–19, 2007

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Washington DC: A Joint Meeting Convened by the Federal Head Start, Child Care, and the Maternal and Child Health Bureaus

This meeting was designed to provide 53 state and territorial teams with a variety of learning opportunities, including: plenary presentations, content-focused workshops, peer-to-peer sharing in clusters, and individual state team planning sessions.

Meeting goals:

1. To strengthen state interagency teams in order to accelerate early childhood systems development.
2. To enhance collaboration and strengthen partnerships among child care, Head Start, and MCH, as well as education and other partners.
3. To explore strategies for institutionalizing state-level partnerships, to ensure the sustainability of integrated early childhood systems in a dynamic environment.

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Meeting Materials

• Meeting Agenda (142K)

Plenary Presentations

• Assuring the Health and Well-being of Young Children and Their Families (1M)
  Renee R. Jenkins, MD, FAAP

State Presentations

• Partnering to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect and Promote Family Strengthening: Hawaii (184K)

Meeting Materials

• State Team Planning Worksheet: January 2007 Grantee Meeting (94K)

Plenary Presentations

• Synthesis of State Strategies and Key Actions: January 2007 Grantee Meeting (184K)
  Kay Johnson

State Presentations

• Community Empowerment: Designing systems in the context of local control: Iowa (854K)

Meeting Materials

• System and Core Elements (36K)

Plenary Presentations

• Building a system of support for young children and their families: Moving to the Next Level (819K)
  Joan Lombardi, Ph.D.

State Presentations

• Massachusetts Early Childhood Linkage Initiative: Taking CAPTA Pilot to Scale (144K)

Meeting Materials

• Stregthening Systems: A Framework to Assess Readiness (106K)

Plenary Presentations

• The Science of Early Childhood Development: Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do (216K)
  Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D.

State Presentations

• Partnering for Early Childhood Mental Health Services: Comprehensive Mental Health in Child Care Model: Massachusetts (179K)
• Collaboration and Crosswalking: Walking the Fine Line: Tennessee (28K)
• Tendercare Brochure (3M)
• Tennessee Counties with Health Department Dental Clinics (46K)
• Tennessee Disorders Screened (92K)
• Tennessee Fluoride Varnish Bill (22K)
• Tennessee Early Learning Advisory Committees (47K)
• Early Childhood Regional Networks & Community Collaboration Coaches: Wisconsin (331K)