Early Childhood Systems of Care

While there are many core values and components of systems of care that apply regardless of the ages being served, important distinctions do exist when serving infants and young children. Those working to implement early childhood systems of care face a unique set of issues around systems-building, which require strategies and resources geared toward this population.

To assist grantee communities in their efforts to build strong, sustainable early childhood systems of care, the Early Childhood Team has assembled a number of resources. Additional resources may also be found on the Technical Assistance Partnership’s website (http://www.tapartnership.org).

Documents & Publications

• Putting the Pieces Together: A Toolkit on Developing Early Childhood Systems of Care New!
• Scan of Evidence-Based/Promising Practices Used Across Early Childhood Communities
• Early Childhood System of Care Community Profiles
• Early Childhood System of Care Communities Roster
• Early Childhood Systems of Care: Lessons from the Field - UPDATED (June 2011)
• Early Childhood System of Care Communities: Cross-Site Listing of Local Measures
• Map of Early Childhood System of Care Communities (2011)

Archived Meeting Materials, Conference Calls and Webinars

Early Childhood Community of Practice Annual Meeting – July 18, 2011

• Agenda
• Keynote Address by Judy Langford, Center for the Study of Social Policy – PowerPoint/Handout 1/Handout 2
• Breakout Session Minutes
• Health Care Reform Presentation by Jim Wotring, National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health

Lessons Learned from Early Childhood Evaluators – November 2, 2010 (Conference Call)