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Download full textTullis, Ericka; Sutherland, Carol; Uyeda, Kimberly; Halfon, Neal – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau launched the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (SECCS) Initiative to promote the healthy development and school readiness of young children. This brief is a planning tool designed to assist states in conducting strategic planning throughout the initiative. It is organized into seven steps as…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, State Programs, Young Children, Family Programs
Thompson, Lisa; Uyeda, Kimberly; Wright, Janel; Halfon, Neal – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2005
This policy brief discusses the critical role of family support and how family support programs can help to improve care for young children. It presents an overview of what family support entails, information about financing family support services, and strategies to enhance family support through the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Partnerships in Education, Financial Support, Child Development
Halfon, Neal; Uyeda, Kimberly; Inkelas, Moira; Kumar, Vani; Wright, Janel; Tullis, Ericka; Rice, Thomas – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
This brief outlines both the national and state environments and summarizes the opportunities and challenges that need to be taken into account as states move forward to develop comprehensive early childhood systems. It is adapted from and summarizes a full report entitled "Planning for the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Child Health, Systems Building, Leadership
Sutherland, Carol; McCroskey, Jacquelyn; Halfon, Neal – 2001
In compliance with California's Proposition 10 (Children and Families First Act), county commissions are being asked to monitor what differences the family support programs they are funding are making in the lives of the children and families they serve. Each commission has the responsibility of selecting a set of indicators to measure the impact…
Descriptors: Counties, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Halfon, Neal; Uyeda, Kimberly; Inkelas, Moira; Rice, Thomas – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
This policy brief describes the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (SECCS) Initiative, a policy designed to improve early childhood programs to ensure that all children arrive at school healthy and ready to learn. The SECCS is intended to help states build a bridge from birth to school and addresses how states will support children and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Health Programs, School Readiness, Young Children
Lepler, Susan; Uyeda, Kimberly; Halfon, Neal – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2006
In response to the problems caused by categorical funding for services to children and families, the National Commission on Children recommended a series of changes in the organization, administration, and implementation of programs at all levels of government, to encourage a more collaborative and comprehensive service delivery system, including…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Program Implementation, Human Services, Federal Programs
Sareen, Harvinder; Visencio, Diane; Russ, Shirley; Halfon, Neal – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2005
If early childhood systems are to be effective at the population level then they must be able to provide family-centered care to all the racial, ethnic and cultural groups that they serve. Despite major policy driven and technological advances in healthcare, health disparities across different races and ethnicities persist. For example, the infant…
Descriptors: Pediatrics, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Differences, Parent Attitudes
Halfon, Neal; Uyeda, Kimberly; Inkelas, Moira; Kumar, Vani; Tullis, Ericka; Rice, Thomas – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
This report outlines the national and state environmental context for the SECCS Initiative in supporting MCH strategic planning in early childhood systems building. This strategic context has implications for roles, relationships, and activities within a planning process and ultimately an implementation process. It summarizes the opportunities and…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Child Health, Young Children, Agency Cooperation
Halfon, Neal; Uyeda, Kimberly; Inkelas, Moira; Rice, Thomas – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
This report is designed to support the planning and implementation of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (SECCS) Initiative. It addresses a set of principles that these agencies can use to advance their planning process, reach out to new partners, develop collaborative strategies, and build a…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Figurative Language, Change Strategies, Child Health
