Resources
Choosing Child Care (Maryland Family Network)
Quality Matters in Early Childhood Learning Spaces (Model D)
How to Choose Quality Child Care (Zero to Three)
Quality Matters in Early Childhood Learning Spaces (Model D)
How to Choose Quality Child Care (Zero to Three)
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Save Home Visiting
The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) is up for reauthorization in September. Without this crucial evidence-based program, many at-risk pregnant women and parents with young children will not get the services they need to be healthy and productive.
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Home Visiting: A Common-Sense Investment (Center for American Progress)
The Bi-Partisan Case for Reauthorizing Home Visiting Program (The Hill )
Home Visiting Program—Maryland (HRSA )
The Bi-Partisan Case for Reauthorizing Home Visiting Program (The Hill )
Home Visiting Program—Maryland (HRSA )
Child Care Transitions
Changing child care setting can be stressful on young children and negatively affect their social development.
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Unstable Child Care Can Affect Children by Age 4 (Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute)
To End Violence
There is a proven way to reduce violence, crime, and addiction - invest in children.
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Early Learning Affects Health & Crime (Heckman Equation)
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U.S. Lags In Ece
The U.S. ranks 32nd out of 35 Western nations when it comes to investing in to early childhood education. We owe it to our children to do better.
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U.S. Falls Behind Other Developed Countries in Early Childhood Education Enrollment (U.S. News and World Report)
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Confident And Compassionate
You want to raise confident and compassionate children. But what’s the best way to do that?
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Autism And Early Detection
Early detection can help make a world of difference for a child with autism spectrum disorder and his or her family.
Resources
LOCATE: Child Care Special Needs Service (marylandfamilynetwork.org)
Learn the Signs. Act Early. (CDC)
Early Intervention for Toddlers with Autism Highly Effective, Study Finds (Autism Speaks)
Symptoms (Autism Society)
Learn the Signs. Act Early. (CDC)
Early Intervention for Toddlers with Autism Highly Effective, Study Finds (Autism Speaks)
Symptoms (Autism Society)