Issue Brief: Ensuring Good Health and On-Track Development for North Carolina Babies and Toddlers
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This issue brief from the NC Early Childhood Foundation shares the results of a self-assessment of state-level policies around supporting babies' and toddlers' health and on-track development.
Issue Brief: Building High-Quality Early Care and Education Environments for North Carolina Babies and Toddlers
- Early Education
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This issue brief from the NC Early Childhood Foundation shares the results of a self-assessment of state-level policies around supporting babies' and toddlers' early learning and development.
Issue Brief: In Search of a New Business Model for Infant and Toddler Child Care
- Early Education
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This issue brief from the NC Early Childhood Foundation translates two national papers for North Carolina, examining the prevalence of infant and toddler child care deserts in the state and estimating the cost of infant and toddler child care as a portion of median income.
Early Childhood Educators in the Coverage Gap
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This fact sheet and story collection details the need to expand access to health insurance coverage for early childhood educators.
Closing the Gap: How CCR&Rs Can Help Communities Meet Their Child Care Supply and Demand Needs
- Early Education
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County Child Care Profiles (age 0-3)
- Early Education
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Download a zip file with child care profiles for all 100 counties in North Carolina. These profiles provide local county data on child care subsidy and child care availability for children age 0-3.
Achieving Broad-Scale Impacts for Social Programs
- Family Support
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This policy brief accompanies the Spring 2019 issue of Future of Children, which explores universal social programs designed to serve entire communities as they move toward achieving population impact in reducing child maltreatment, strengthening parental capacity, and improving infant health and development.
DHHS releases statewide early childhood goals (EdNC)
- Early Education
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NC Early Childhood Action Plan
- Early Education
- Family Support
- Health
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The NC Early Childhood Action Plan outlines a cohesive vision, sets benchmarks for impact by the year 2025, and establishes shared stakeholder accountability to achieve statewide goals for young children from birth through age 8.
Babies are more likely to die in North Carolina than nationally, report finds (News & Observer)
- Early Education
- Family Support
- Health
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Read an article in the News & Observer about the State of Babies Yearbook: 2019 report.
Room to Grow: New report shows improvement needed for North Carolina’s babies, toddlers (WRAL)
- Early Education
- Family Support
- Health
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Press Release: New report shows areas of improvement needed for North Carolina’s babies
- Early Education
- Family Support
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Press Release: New report shows areas of improvement needed for North Carolina’s babies
Easter Maynard: Stronger kids and families make a stronger NC (Fayetteville Observer)
- Early Education
- Family Support
- Health
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Susan Mims: Why close the gap? Kids’ health depends on it (News & Observer)
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A Two Generation Approach to Early Childhood: The Role of Wages and Compensation in Achieving Quality & Access Goals.
- Early Education
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- Workforce
As long session begins, what to expect in early education (EdNC)
- Early Education
- Family Support
- Health
- Legislative
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Profiling North Carolina’s Uninsured: How Expanding Medicaid Can Make a Difference
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Profiling North Carolina’s Uninsured: How Expanding Medicaid Can Make a Difference
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Lisa Finaldi: To help early education, support parents at work (News & Observer)
- Early Education
- Family Support
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A startling statistic about black babies and white babies (Charlotte Observer)
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States Use New Child Care and Development Block Grant Funds to Help Children and Families
- Early Education
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This report from the National Women's Law Center details how states have used CCDBG funds to support children and families.
Impacts on Family Outcomes of Evidence-Based Early Childhood Home Visiting: Results from the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation
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