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This report presents results of in-depth interviews with technical assistance providers in 17 states that have statewide QRISs. The results highlight features of quality assistance they are providing as part of a QRIS.

This Thrive report describes the current status of the medical home concept and explains how it has been broadly defined, applied to children, and measured.

Other Publications

• Racial Gaps in Early Childhood
  Socio-emotional Health, Developmental, and Educational Outcomes Among African-American Boys
  Report, May 2011
• Who Are America’s Poor Children?
  Examining Health Disparities Among Children in the United States
  Report, January 2011
• Environmental Health in Early Childhood Systems Building
  Opportunities for States
  Brief, December 2010
• Features of Professional Development and On-site Assistance in Child Care Quality Rating Improvement Systems
  A Survey of State-wide Systems
  Report, October 2010
• Improving Supports for Parents of Young Children
  State-level Initiatives
  Report, September 2010
• Key Readings on Children’s Development of Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity
  Bibliography, July 2010
• An Annotated Bibliography on Children’s Development of Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity
  Bibliography, July 2010
• Key Readings on Policy Levers to Promote Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  Bibliography, July 2010
• An Annotated Bibliography on Policy Levers to Promote Social Inclusion and Respect for Diversity in Early Childhood
  July 2010
• English Language Proficiency, Family Economic Security, and Child Development
  Brief, June 2010
• Promoting the Social-emotional Wellbeing of Infants and Toddlers in Early Intervention Programs
  Promising Strategies in Four Communities
  Report, June 2010
• Promoting Young Children’s Health and Development
  Taking Stock of State Policies
  Brief, May 2010
• Indicators for Social-emotional Development in Early Childhood
  A Guide for Local Stakeholders
  Report, November 2009
• Promoting Social-emotional Wellbeing in Early Intervention Services
  A Fifty-state View
  Report, September 2009
• Social-emotional Development in Early Childhood
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Brief, August 2009
• Testimony on the State of State Early Childhood Policies
  Testimony, June 2009
• Making Parents' Health Care a Priority
  Fact Sheet, April 2009
• Paid Leave in the States
  A Critical Support for Low-wage Workers and Their Families
  Brief, March 2009
• State-based Home Visiting
  Strengthening Programs Through State Leadership
  Report, March 2009
• Making Maternal and Child Health Care a Priority
  Fact Sheet, March 2009
• Towards Better Behavioral Health for Children, Youth and their Families
  Financing that Supports Knowledge
  Report, February 2008
• Reducing Maternal Depression and Its Impact on Young Children
  Toward a Responsive Early Childhood Policy Framework
  Brief, January 2008
• Strengthening Policies to Support Children, Youth, and Families Who Experience Trauma
  Report, July 2007
• State Early Childhood Policies
  Executive Summary
  Brief, June 2007
• State Early Childhood Policies
  Report, June 2007
• National Early Childhood Policy Profile
  Fact Sheet, June 2007
• Common Purpose
  Sharing Responsibility for Child and Family Outcomes
  Brief, October 2006
• Developing Fiscal Analyses and Children’s Budgets to Support ECCS and Children
  Short Take No. 3
  Brief, September 2006
• Toward a National Strategy to Improve Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care
  Brief, September 2006
• Maximizing the Use of EPSDT to Improve the Health and Development of Young Children
  Short Take No. 2
  Brief, June 2006
• The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
  Short Take No. 1: Opportunities and Challenges for ECCS Initiatives
  Brief, June 2006
• Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems that Spend Smarter
  Maximizing Resources to Serve Vulnerable Children
  Report, February 2006
• Helping the Most Vulnerable Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families
  Report, January 2006
• Spending Smarter
  A Funding Guide for Policymakers and Advocates to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness
  Report, November 2005
• Resources to Promote Social and Emotional Health and School Readiness in Young Children and Families
  A Community Guide
  Report, November 2005
• Infant and Toddler Child Care Arrangements
  Brief, August 2005
• Infant and Toddler Child Care Quality
  Brief, August 2005
• Impact of Training and Education for Caregivers of Infants and Toddlers
  Brief, August 2005
• Parental Employment Does Not Guarantee Health Insurance for Children
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• Depression, Substance Abuse, and Domestic Violence
  Little is Known About Co-Occurrence and Combined Effects on Low-Income Families
  Brief, June 2004
• Making Dollars Follow Sense
  Financing Early Childhood Mental Health Services to Promote Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children
  Report, August 2002
• Ready to Enter
  What Research Tells Policymakers About Strategies to Promote Social and Emotional School Readiness Among Three- and Four-Year-Old Children
  Report, July 2002