State Early Head Start Initiative Profiles

Aug 14, 2008  |  Rachel Schumacher and Elizabeth DiLauro (ZERO TO THREE)

CLASP and ZERO TO THREE conducted in-depth interviews with 10 states taking actions to build on Early Head Start. These individual profiles of state initiatives include data on the approaches used to build on Early Head Start, the state program, funding and supports, governance and coordination, and monitoring and evaluation.  See also Building on the Promise: State Initiatives to Expand Access to Early Head Start for Young Children and Their Families for an analysis of all 20 states building on Early Head Start (EHS) and recommendations for states. (Executive Summary also available.)

The following state profiles are available:

• Illinois - Child Care Collaboration Program
• Illinois - Prevention Initiative
• Iowa - EHS Pilot Project to Expand the Home-Based Model to Child Care Providers
• Kansas - Kansas Early Head Start
• Maine - EHS Supplemental Funding and Extend the Day Initiatives
• Maryland - EHS Supplemental Funding and Extend the Day Initiatives
• Minnesota - EHS Supplemental Funding
• Missouri - EHS/Child Care Partnership Project
• Nebraska - EHS Infant/Toddler Quality Initiative
• Oklahoma - Pilot Early Childhood Program
• Vermont - Child Care Reserved Spaces Agreement