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Stay up to date on news from the ECDHS: Evidence to Impact Center, along with other key updates from the early childhood developmental health systems-building field.

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June 12, 2025

June 2025 Newsletter: Transforming Pediatric Care – Guide and Insights From the Field

Our June 2025 newsletter includes a developmental screening planning worksheet, blogs about early relational health and trust-building, and additional resources.

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June 9, 2025

Identifying What Builds Family Trust in Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems

This piece highlights takeaways from research with pediatricians focused on strengthening early childhood systems and building trust with families.

May 5, 2025

National Maternal Mental Health Hotline

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s National Maternal Mental Health Hotline (1-833-TLC-MAMA) is free, confidential, and available 24/7.

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June 12, 2025

June 2025 Newsletter: Transforming Pediatric Care – Guide and Insights From the Field

Our June 2025 newsletter includes a developmental screening planning worksheet, blogs about early relational health and trust-building, and additional resources.

Family Engagement and Leadership, Pediatric Care, Surveillance and Screening

Center Insights

June 9, 2025

Identifying What Builds Family Trust in Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems

This piece highlights takeaways from research with pediatricians focused on strengthening early childhood systems and building trust with families.

Family Engagement and Leadership, Pediatric Care

From Around the Web

May 5, 2025

National Maternal Mental Health Hotline

The Health Resources and Services Administration's National Maternal Mental Health Hotline (1-833-TLC-MAMA) is free, confidential, and available 24/7.

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

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May 1, 2025

Nurture Connection Survey on Early Relational Health

Complete this survey by May 17, 2025, to help guide Nurture Connection's efforts to advance early relational health.

Early Relational Health

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April 21, 2025

Flourishing in Action: A Texas Health Center’s Approach to Transforming Care by Engaging Families and Promoting Early Relational Health

This piece explores how pediatric care teams can act now to promote early relational health, family engagement, and child flourishing with practical strategies and ready-to-use tools.

Early Relational Health, Family Engagement and Leadership, Pediatric Care

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December 18, 2024

December 2024 Newsletter: Continuing Our Work to Advance Systems, Services, and Care

Our December 2024 newsletter highlights our new video, interactive map, Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood fact sheet, social-emotional development billing and coding guide, and more.

Developmental Promotion and Prevention, Early Relational Health, Financing, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Partnerships and Collaboration, Pediatric Care, Policy and Advocacy, Surveillance and Screening

December 10, 2024

Topic Briefs to Improve Coordination and Collaboration At All Levels of Government to Support Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities

The U.S Department of Education, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, developed three briefs with strategies aimed at improving developmental outcomes for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.

Center Insights

December 3, 2024

Helping Community Health Centers Enhance Early Childhood Developmental Services: Highlights From a Needs Assessment Survey

Explore highlights from a needs assessment survey of 151 community health centers to identify technical assistance opportunities to improve early childhood developmental services.

Care Coordination and Linkage, Developmental Promotion and Prevention, Intervention, Pediatric Care, Surveillance and Screening

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September 26, 2024

New EPSDT Guidance

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new guidance with an overview of EPSDT requirements for states.

Financing, Policy and Advocacy

Our Quarterly Newsletter

September 18, 2024

September 2024 Newsletter: Advancing Early Childhood Developmental Services and Building Partnerships

Our September 2024 newsletter highlights CDC's "Learn the Signs. Act Early." program, developmental screening partnerships, recent Center events, and several resources to support early childhood services.

Care Coordination and Linkage, Developmental Promotion and Prevention, Early Relational Health, Family Engagement and Leadership, Partnerships and Collaboration, Pediatric Care, Surveillance and Screening

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Our June 2025 newsletter includes a developmental screening planning worksheet, blogs about early relational health and trust-building, and additional resources.

This piece highlights takeaways from research with pediatricians focused on strengthening early childhood systems and building trust with families.

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s National Maternal Mental Health Hotline (1-833-TLC-MAMA) is free, confidential, and available 24/7.

Center Insights

Identifying What Builds Family Trust in Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems

Flourishing in Action: A Texas Health Center’s Approach to Transforming Care by Engaging Families and Promoting Early Relational Health

Helping Community Health Centers Enhance Early Childhood Developmental Services: Highlights From a Needs Assessment Survey

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Our Quarterly Newsletter

June 2025 Newsletter: Transforming Pediatric Care – Guide and Insights From the Field

December 2024 Newsletter: Continuing Our Work to Advance Systems, Services, and Care

September 2024 Newsletter: Advancing Early Childhood Developmental Services and Building Partnerships

June 2024 Newsletter: Tools to Drive Impact for Early Childhood Systems Building

From Around the Web

National Maternal Mental Health Hotline

Nurture Connection Survey on Early Relational Health

New EPSDT Guidance

Recruiting for Act Early Ambassadors

ZERO TO THREE’s 2023 Impact Report

Five Stories of Partnership From Help Me Grow North Texas

Material and Child Health Journal Special Issue on Public Health Approaches to Perinatal Substance Use

New AAP PediaLink Course Available – Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health: Relational Foundations for Lifelong Health

Our June 2025 newsletter includes a developmental screening planning worksheet, blogs about early relational health and trust-building, and additional resources.

This piece highlights takeaways from research with pediatricians focused on strengthening early childhood systems and building trust with families.

The Health Resources and Services Administration's National Maternal Mental Health Hotline (1-833-TLC-MAMA) is free, confidential, and available 24/7.

Complete this survey by May 17, 2025, to help guide Nurture Connection's efforts to advance early relational health.

This piece explores how pediatric care teams can act now to promote early relational health, family engagement, and child flourishing with practical strategies and ready-to-use tools.

Our December 2024 newsletter highlights our new video, interactive map, Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood fact sheet, social-emotional development billing and coding guide, and more.

The U.S Department of Education, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, developed three briefs with strategies aimed at improving developmental outcomes for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.

Explore highlights from a needs assessment survey of 151 community health centers to identify technical assistance opportunities to improve early childhood developmental services.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released new guidance with an overview of EPSDT requirements for states.

Our September 2024 newsletter highlights CDC's "Learn the Signs. Act Early." program, developmental screening partnerships, recent Center events, and several resources to support early childhood services.

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