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Cuevas, Rebecca; Whitney, Grace – ZERO TO THREE, 2019
This article describes the ongoing impact of one Early Head Start grantee's participation in a statewide initiative to connect the state's network of residential substance abuse treatment programs for women and their children with their local Early Head Start program. The initiative was designed to enhance child development and parenting supports…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, State Programs, Residential Programs, Mothers
Schmit, Stephanie – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2011
The latest Evidence-Based Home Visiting Supplemental Information Request (SIR) has recently been released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) with collaboration from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) as outlined in the first Funding Opportunity…
Descriptors: Home Visits, State Programs, Mothers, Infants
Chase, Richard; Spaeth, Erin; Aviles, Steven; Carlson, Elizabeth; Giovanelli, Alison – Wilder Research, 2018
The physical, social, and economic health and well-being of adults and society are strongly influenced by experiences in early childhood. The most cost-efficient time to build foundational skills, to assure the healthy development of all young children, to break the cycle of disadvantage for vulnerable children, and to prevent achievement and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Well Being, Young Children
Spielberger, Julie; Rich, Lauren; Winje, Carolyn; Scannell, Molly – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2010
The Children's Services Council (CSC) of Palm Beach County funded Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago to conduct a 6-year longitudinal study to examine the use and effectiveness of an array of services in the county in promoting school readiness and school success and improving family functioning among children and families most in need of…
Descriptors: Evidence, School Readiness, Poverty, State Programs
Gilbert, Neil; And Others – 1992
This longitudinal study examined the California Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) program, which mandated that recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) work, prepare for work, or attend school after their youngest child reached 6 years of age. Interviews with 255 single AFDC mothers with one or more children under the age…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Day Care, Employed Parents, Family Life
Real, Mark; And Others – 1995
This report illustrates the conditions facing young Ohioans and measures the success of local communities across Ohio in helping families work. Sections of this report are: (1) "Helping Families Work: An Introduction," which discusses how Ohio families are changing, the limits of government, measuring the success of state and local…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Weight, Child Health, Child Support