Head Start PIR
Child Care Spending
State Early Head Start
Community-Based Pre-K
Infant/Toddler Initiatives
Below are individual in-depth descriptions of the state initiatives highlighted in CLASP's report Starting Off Right: Promoting Child Development from Birth in State Early Care and Education Initiatives. This project provides illustrative state examples of specific policies to promote child development birth to 3, as well as ideas for state funding and governance structures that provide attention and resources for all children birth to age 5.
The Executive Summary and Additional Project Resources are also available.
Arkansas Framework for Infant and Toddler Care – Using Early Learning Guidelines to promote development for children from birth to three.
Connecticut Early Childhood Consultation Partnership – Building a network of trained mental health consultants available to providers and parents.
Georgia Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning – Combining agencies to coordinate governance birth to five.
Illinois Infant Toddler Set-Aside – Setting aside infant and toddler funds within a preschool funding stream.
Iowa Program for Infant and Toddler Caregivers (IA-PITC) System – Promoting a strong workforce and supported caregivers for infants and toddlers.
Kansas Early Head Start – Implementing comprehensive Early Head Start Program Performance Standards in child care settings.
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North Carolina Smart Start – Creating a birth to five funding stream to expand and improve services for children and their families.
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North Carolina T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® and Child Care WAGE$® – Using scholarship and wage-enhancement strategies that include infant-toddler teachers.
Pennsylvania – Sharing governance for birth to five policies .
Tennessee Child Care Evaluation and Report Card Program and Star-Quality Child Care Program – Promoting high standards for programs and guidelines for early learning for infants and toddlers.
Wisconsin Infant and Toddler Professional Credential – Promoting a strong workforce and supported caregivers for infants and toddlers.