Domain: Evidence and Research
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Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood: Tools for Developing Sustainable Policy, Financing, and Payment Strategies
This toolkit offers a range of practical resources to help organizations finance programs and strategies that support the health of young children. The toolkit can be used by early childhood professionals and teams that support pediatric practices to advance early childhood developmental services, such as health department administrators and program managers. The sections of this…
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Strengthening Early Childhood Systems: Applied Strategies From the Water of Systems Change Framework
Grounded in The Water of Systems Change framework, this resource series outlines strategies for six interconnected conditions to drive meaningful and lasting early childhood systems change: policies, practices, resource flows, relationships and connections, power dynamics, and mental models. Each resource offers research- and expert-informed strategies, along with practical actions, that state and local health systems…
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Strengthening Families and Communities: Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood Impact
The Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood (TPEC) program enhances how pediatric practice settings deliver development care – helping families access services that support healthy growth, school readiness, and long-term well-being. How TPEC Resource Hubs Transform Care TPEC Resource Hubs partner with local pediatric practices to embed innovative, sustainable solutions that expand access to developmental care…
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Improving Systems to Secure Healthy Futures: Our Center’s Impact
Since launching in September 2022, the ECDHS: Evidence to Impact Center has helped states, communities, and pediatric practices build systems of care so families receive the services they need, when they need them. Across the country, we are improving systems by translating evidence into sustainable action, strengthening developmental care, aligning financing, building workforce capacity, and…
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Identifying What Builds Family Trust in Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems
While there is a growing understanding that a child’s first few years strongly impact their future health and success, evidence suggests that access to necessary care and services remains limited.1 For example, of the children referred to IDEA Part C (a federal early intervention program for young children with disabilities) between July 2021 and June…
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Helping Community Health Centers Enhance Early Childhood Developmental Services: Highlights From a Needs Assessment Survey
In November 2023, the ECDHS: Evidence to Impact Center disseminated a needs assessment survey with 151 community health centers funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration to enhance early childhood developmental (ECD) screenings, follow-up services, and integrated ECD care team expertise. In support of this ECD grant, we provide technical assistance to help the…
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Partner Event: Help Me Grow National Forum 2024
The Help Me Grow National Center – one of our primary partners – is hosting its 2024 National Forum on December 10, 2024. Register to meet early childhood system-building leaders and professionals from across the country and learn all about their successful strategies, partnerships, and innovations! The 2024 Help Me Grow National Forum will be…
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One Big Doable Thing! Elevating Comprehensive Developmental Promotion and Preventive Services With the Family-Engaged Well Visit Planner Approach
On September 10, 2024, the Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems (ECDHS): Evidence to Impact Center hosted a webinar focused on the family-engaged Well Visit Planner. In this webinar, presenters shared how to leverage existing system strengths and implement the Cycle of Engagement Well Visit Planner approach, which is designed to advance “through any door” health…
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Well Visit Planner®: Creating a Cycle of Family Engagement Using the Well-Visit Planner Approach to Care
The Well Visit Planner® (WVP) digital tool and approach to engaging families in personalized well-child care services builds the capacity of families, communities, and child health primary care, family, and community teams to partner in the joyful work of promoting the healthy development and flourishing of children. Aligned with national Bright Futures Guidelines, the WVP is…
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