Meeting Materials

Strengthening State Systems to Promote Early Childhood Development: Moving to the Next Level
January 18-19, 2007

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

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General Materials:

• Meeting Agenda (PDF, 143K)
• State Team Planning Worksheet (PDF, 94K)
• System and Core Elements (PDF, 36K)
• Framework for Assessing School Readiness (PDF, 106K)

Plenary Presentations:

• Assuring the Health and Well-being of Young Children and Their Families (PDF, 1.1MB) Renee R. Jenkins, MD, FAAP
• Synthesis of State Strategies and Key Actions (PDF, 184K) Kay Johnson
• Building a system of support for young children and their families: Moving to the Next Level (PDF, 819K) Joan Lombardi, Ph.D.
• The Science of Early Childhood Development: Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do (PDF, 217K) Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D.

State Presentations:

• Partnering to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect and Promote Family Strengthening: Hawaii (PDF, 184K)
• Community Empowerment: Designing systems in the context of local control: Iowa (PDF, 854K)
• Massachusetts Early Childhood Linkage Initiative: Taking CAPTA Pilot to Scale (PDF, 144K)
• Partnering for Early Childhood Mental Health Services: Comprehensive Mental Health in Child Care Model: Massachusetts (PDF, 180K)
• Collaboration and Crosswalking: Walking the Fine Line: Tennessee (PDF, 29K)
• Tenndercare Brochure (PDF, 2.7M)
• Tennessee Counties with Health Department Dental Clinics (PDF, 46K)
• Tennessee Disorders Screened (PDF, 93K)
• Tennessee Fluoride Varnish Bill (PDF, 23K)
• Tennessee Early Learning Advisory Committees (PDF, 47K)
• Early Childhood Regional Networks & Community Collaboration Coaches: Wisconsin (PDF, 331K)