Families in the San Luis Valley, a rural region in southwestern Colorado, often face obstacles accessing early childhood services. In this video, state, community, and family partners share how they are working together to improve care coordination, expand HealthySteps, build the workforce, and ensure family co-design. Their efforts are helping create more connected services that…
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…
The Cross-Sector Engagement Tool helps early childhood leaders identify, prioritize, and engage the partners needed to advance systems change. Whether building a new coalition, launching an initiative, or strengthening an existing project, the tool provides a structured way to map relationships and identify opportunities for collaboration. Designed for use at both the state and community…
The Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood (TPEC) program enhances how pediatric practice settings deliver development care – helping families access services that support healthy growht, 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…
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…
Part 4 focuses on early childhood development early intervention, providing six actionable change ideas for health centers and pediatric practices. Click on the links below to get started. Access all parts of the Change Package for Community Health Centers: Integrating the Early Childhood Development Continuum of Care here. Early Intervention Change Ideas Each change idea…
Part 2 focuses on early childhood development surveillance and screening, providing 10 actionable change ideas for health centers and pediatric practices. Click on the links below to get started. Access all parts of the Change Package for Community Health Centers: Integrating the Early Childhood Development Continuum of Care here. Surveillance and Screening Change Ideas Each…
Part 3 focuses on early childhood development care coordination and linkage, providing nine actionable change ideas for health centers and pediatric practices. Click on the links below to get started. Access all parts of the Change Package for Community Health Centers: Integrating the Early Childhood Development Continuum of Care here. Care Coordination and Linkage Change…
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