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Cortis, Natasha – Children & Society, 2008
Increasingly, governments in wealthy countries are designing early intervention initiatives around principles of "community regeneration" or "place management". Because these initiatives are multi-site, aimed at long-term systemic change, and implemented amidst a range of other initiatives, assessing their quality and outcomes…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Child Welfare, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
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Owen, Lloyd; Jones, Debbie; Corrick, Hilary – Children & Society, 1998
Examined the implementation of "Looking After Children" materials in five Australian States and Territories. Found that few system changes were required for cultural reasons. Initial fears of increasing workloads were outweighed by positive responses from practitioners, caregivers, and youth with experience in the out-of-home care…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Foreign Countries
Zepeda, Marlene; Varela, Frances; Morales, Alex – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 2003, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) released a "Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Health." In recognition of the critical role states play in the development of early childhood initiatives and of the unique contributions that state Title V programs can make to these initiatives, the Bureau operationalized their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Health, Young Children, Strategic Planning