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Direct linkSoli, Margaret; Daily, Sarah; Maxwell, Kelly; Bultinck, Erin; Rothenberg, Laura; Ponder, Karen – Child Trends, 2016
In 2007 the Colorado General Assembly established the Early Childhood Councils (HB07-1062) and charged them with "increasing and sustaining the quality, accessibility, capacity, and affordability of early childhood services for children five years of age or younger and their parents." In March 2016 Child Trends, a non-profit research and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Family Programs, Health Programs
Download full textMaxwell, Kelly; Bryant, Donna; Adkins, Amee; McCadden, Brian; Noblit, George – 1994
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years of age and their families. A formative evaluation of the Smart Start process, to inform the current state-level decision-making processes for future Smart Start efforts, was devised from a…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs, Health Services
Maxwell, Kelly; Bryant, Donna; Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen; Buysse, Virginia – 1996
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years and their families to ensure that all children enter school healthy and prepared to succeed. This study acquired a baseline measure of the quality of child care in the 12 pioneer Smart Start…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Maxwell, Kelly; Bryant, Donna; Keyes, Lynette; Bernier, Kathleen – 1997
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years and their families with the aim of ensuring that all children are healthy and prepared to succeed as they enter school. This study examined the baseline skills of a representative sample of…
Descriptors: Counties, Family Programs, Health Services, Integrated Services
Bryant, Donna; Burchinal, Margaret; Buysse, Virginia; Kotch, Jonathan; Maxwell, Kelly; Neenan, Peter; Noblit, George; Orthner, Dennis; Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen; Telfair, Joseph – 1994
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years of age and their families. This report describes the comprehensive plan to evaluate the state and local goals and objectives of the program, focusing on the components addressing the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Data Collection, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
Maxwell, Kelly; Bryant, Donna; Bernier, Kathleen – 1997
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years and their families with the aim of ensuring that all children enter school healthy and prepared to succeed. This study examined child care centers in Smart Start counties, focusing on the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Bryant, Donna; Maxwell, Kelly; Burchinal, Peg; Lowman, Betsy – 1997
Smart Start is a broad-based community initiative to ensure that all of North Carolina's children arrive at school healthy and ready to learn. This study examined the effect of Smart Start on the quality of child care from 1994-1996. Data were collected from child care centers in 12 counties implementing the initiative. Data collectors visited 180…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Day Care, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement
