http://www.clasp.org/issues/filter.xml?type=presentations Resources and Publications from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:17:43 -0500 info@clasp.org webmaster@clasp.org 40 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Charting-Progress-NAEYC-PDI-2013.pdf This presentation, given at the 2013 National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Professional Development Institute in San Francisco, CA, outlined the findings of a recent 50-state survey, explaining infant/toddler child care subsidy, licensing, and quality enhancement policies, and how state policies can promote conditions that foster developmentally appropriate practice. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Charting-Progress-NAEYC-PDI-2013.pdf Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Charting-Progress-Smart-Start-2013.pdf This presentation, given at the 2013 National Smart Start Conference in Greensboro, NC, outlined the findings of CLASP's Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care survey project, looking at policies and trends across states and research-based recommendations for state policies that promote high quality child care and early education experiences for infants and toddlers. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Charting-Progress-Smart-Start-2013.pdf Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Data-Presentation-Smart-Start-2013.pdf This presentation, given at the 2013 National Smart Start Conference in Greensboro, NC, introduced participants to a range of state and federal data on young children and their families--including data on employment, nutrition, and income. The presentation demonstrated how to put various demographic information together to understand the state of children and families in their states and nationally, and how to merge this data with information on participation in state child care programs, Head Start, and other early education programs. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Data-Presentation-Smart-Start-2013.pdf Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/OK-Smart-Start-2013-Home-Visiting.pdf This presentation, given at the 2013 Oklahoma Smart Start Conference in Oklahoma City, presented questions states may want to consider as they implement their home visiting programs, and suggestions for adapting their home visiting models to reach children and families in these settings. The presentation discussed examples of state and local home visiting initiatives that include both FFN and FCC and their strategies for partnering with other early care and education programs. Additionally, this presentation outlined policy implications and considerations related to licensing, child care subsidy programs, data systems and financing. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/OK-Smart-Start-2013-Home-Visiting.pdf Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/OK-Smart-Start-2013-financing.pdf This presentation, given at the 2013 Oklahoma Smart Start Conference in Oklahoma City, discussed ways that states have used a variety of federal funding streams, including the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems funds and Medicaid funds, to finance services including child care health consultants, developmental screening, and preventive health outreach in child care settings. The presentation also outlined the potential opportunities and challenges of specific financing strategies, providing state and community-based examples. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/OK-Smart-Start-2013-financing.pdf Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Comprehensive-Services-Smart-Start-2013.pdf This presentation, given at the 2013 National Smart Start Conference in Greensboro, NC, discussed strategies for reaching vulnerable children with comprehensive services like preventive health resources, developmental services, and family support in their child care and early education settings. The presentation outlined recent CLASP research to highlight potential funding streams to support comprehensive services in child care settings, and ideas for building partnerships that can make comprehensive services more accessible to children and families. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Comprehensive-Services-Smart-Start-2013.pdf Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /admin/site/publications/files/Smart-Start-EHS-PPT-5.2.2013.pdf This presentation, given at the 2013 National Smart Start Conference in Greensboro, NC, discussed the findings of interviews with state Head Start leaders in all 50 states regarding the ways states are using innovative funding, policies, and partnerships to expand the critically important EHS program and better meet the needs of more low-income children and pregnant women living in their states. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Smart-Start-EHS-PPT-5.2.2013.pdf Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1245&list=publications Do urban poor dads live up to their image as "dead-beats" or do they really care about their kids? Often vilified across the political spectrum, unwed fathers in the inner city are the subject of a paradigm-shifting study and book, Doing the Best they Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City. The authors Kathryn Edin, professor of public policy and management, and Timothy J. Nelson, lecturer in social policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, conclude that we all should take another look at the father-child bond in the inner city and its critical importance to our nation. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1245&list=publications Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1244&list=publications Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, the Northwest Area Foundation, and the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs hosted the final audio conference in their series highlighting the Ideas for Action Award winners. This call explored programs focused on breaking the cycle of poverty through training, education and support programs. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1244&list=publications Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1224&list=publications This national audio conference discusses the intersections between worker safety issues and earned sick days policies. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1224&list=publications Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1234&list=publications Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity hosted a national audio conference, in partnership with the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, the Northwest Area Foundation and the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs, to explore programs that help families build financial assets. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1234&list=publications Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/Earned-Sick-Days-Business-Outreach-Presentation.pptx Earned sick days advocates across the country are increasingly aware of the importance of cultivating business support for sick days legislation. This presentation is a tool for advocates in the early stages of business outreach for earned sick days campaigns. It presents the business case for earned sick days laws and can be adapted to fit the needs of particular campaigns. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Earned-Sick-Days-Business-Outreach-Presentation.pptx Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/amchp-2013-financing-final.pptx This presentation, given at the 2013 AMCHP conference, drew upon CLASP's recently published Putting it Together guide to financing comprehensive services, to discuss ways that states have used a variety of federal funding streams, including the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems funds and Medicaid funds, to finance services including child care health consultants, developmental screening, and preventive health outreach in child care settings. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/amchp-2013-financing-final.pptx Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1205&list=publications The Department of Labor (DOL) recently released the results of two new surveys on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). These are the first surveys conducted by the DOL on the FMLA in over a decade. Released just in time for the 20th anniversary of the passage of the FMLA, the results give us significant insight into both employer and employee experiences with this pivotal legislation. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1205&list=publications Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1201&list=publications By 2014 millions of Americans will be able to access affordable health care for the first time. ObamaCare is historic legislation that will help workers who could not get affordable care through their employers or were unable to bear the costs of self-insurance. While there is a lot to celebrate, advocates, low wage workers and others are concerned that the law's focus on coverage for full-time employees might lead some employers to cut workers' hours. Press reports have fueled this worry. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1201&list=publications Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1199&list=publications CLASP's Hannah Matthews, NWLC's Helen Blank, and NAEYC's Adele Robinson discuss the many uncertainties that early childhood programs face as we move toward the next round of fiscal negotiations. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1199&list=publications Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600 /admin/site/publications/files/NAEYC-Financing.pdf This presentation, given at the 2012 National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia, looks at opportunities and strategies for using federal funding streams to support the availability of comprehensive services for young children in child care and early education settings. http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/NAEYC-Financing.pdf Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1181&list=publications This audio conference explores how STEP UP is promoting opportunity and ways businesses can make a real difference in local anti-poverty efforts. The Employers in Savannah are increasingly at the forefront of new steps to provide opportunity and remove barriers to success. It's the third of a three-part "Cities Promote Opportunity" audio conference series. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1181&list=publications Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1172&list=publications This audio conference highlighted how Providence, R.I. is carrying forward the work of its Poverty, Work and Opportunity Task Force and its recommendations for how the city could build opportunity for its residents. The event was sponsored by Spotlight on Poverty, which CLASP manages, and National League of Cities, Institute for Youth, Education & Families. It's the second in the three-part "Cities Promote Opportunity" audio conference series. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1172&list=publications Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 /resources_and_publications/publication?id=1163&list=publications CLASP's Hannah Matthews alongside representatives from National Women's Law Center (NWLC) and National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) discuss the latest on federal developments that will impact child care and early education programs and funding. http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=1163&list=publications