[lcc4hl] Fwd: FW: The Baby Monitor: The A-B-Cs of Infant-Toddler Policy
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- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:20:45 -0500
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From: Sandie Rutherford <Sandie.Rutherford@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 9:10 AM
Subject: FW: The Baby Monitor: The A-B-Cs of Infant-Toddler Policy
To: Kerisa Spears <Kerisa.Spears@xxxxxxxxxx>, Kristy Cusher <
kcusher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bill Slater <bslater@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Claudia Jeffrey <Claudia.Jeffrey@xxxxxxxxxx>
Please share this information on Early Childhood with our Coalition
members.
Thank you!
*Sandie Rutherford*
*Smart Start Kiamichi Country Community Coordinator*
*PO Box 727 Stigler, OK 74462*
*Serving Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore & Pittsburg Counties*
*Mobile # 918-471-9192 Toll Free # ~ 866-338-9992 Fax # ~
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Smart Start's mission is to lead Oklahoma in coordinating an early
childhood system focused on strengthening families and school readiness for
all children.
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*Sent:* Monday, October 28, 2013 4:22 PM
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*Subject:* The Baby Monitor: The A-B-Cs of Infant-Toddler Policy
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*October 28, 2013*
*The A-B-C's of Infant-Toddler Policy: A Glossary of Policy and Advocacy
Terms
***
The policy world can be filled with jargon that even the most seasoned
advocates find confusing. That’s why ZERO TO THREE developed a tool you can
use to decipher many of the common terms and acronyms you might encounter
in your advocacy work. This interactive glossary provides descriptions and
definitions of infant-toddler programs and policies, commonly used federal
and state legislative terms, and useful advocacy terms and techniques that
will help you be a *Big Voice for Little Kids*®.
Click
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download the tool now.
*Federal Policy Update*
*SNAP Cuts Negotiations Could Yield Tricks, not Treats, for Babies*
Lost in the hoopla over the budget conference that resulted from the
shutdown/debt ceiling agreement is a House-Senate conference set to kick
off this week to complete work on a farm bill. The outcome could impact the
healthy development of infants and toddlers. The principal point of
contention is possible cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps. Both the Senate and the
House have proposed cuts—it’s just a matter of degree. But as the
conference gets underway, children and families already will see a drop in
SNAP benefits on Thursday night as a boost provided in the 2009 stimulus
bill expires—trick or treat! Read the rest in the Baby Policy
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*State Policy Update
*
*Illinois Builds a Culture of Quality Improvement in Home Visiting*
In Illinois, 25 organizations in six communities provide home visiting
services funded by the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting
Program. The University of Illinois' Center for Prevention Research and
Development developed and works with communities to implement a Continuous
Quality Improvement (CQI) process to advance efficient and effective
program delivery. The process focuses on identifying and analyzing
strengths and problems, and then testing, implementing, learning from the
experience, and revising solutions. It is different from traditional
quality assurance in that its focus is self-determined change rather than
change imposed by an external entity. A state CQI team works in parallel
with local level teams as well as state level program teams. To help
establish the culture of quality and encourage the buy-in of local sites,
the state adopted a mascot, the Quality Koala, called "Koality." This
friendly koala mascot helps dispel any negativity that may be associated
with past quality assurance challenges and is a positive force for ensuring
the best possible home visiting service delivery. To learn more, click
here<http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RvpCGLOipAdnmQMtl2JXTWqomscCsDMu>to
read an article on Illinois’ CQI process for home visiting.
*
Publications & Resources
**Webinar Introducing Early Childhood-LINC (Learning and Innovation Network
for Communities) *
Join the Center for Study of Social Policy (CSSP) for a webinar on Tuesday,
November 12, from 1:00-2:00 pm EDT to learn more about Early Childhood-LINC
(Learning and Innovation Network for Communities), CSSP's new project to
fuel national dialogue about community-based early childhood strategies.
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learn more about the webinar and to register.
*Child Care in America: 2013 State Fact Sheets*
Child Care Aware of America released *Child Care in America: 2013 State
Fact
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Using federal and national data from state Child Care Resource and Referral
(CCR&Rs) agencies and other state agencies, the report looks at family
characteristics related to the need for child care, the use and supply of
child care, the child care workforce, child care costs, and services
provided by CCR&Rs. It provides a national summary and individual facts
sheets for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. *
Pivot Point: State Child Care Assistance Policies 2013*
The National Women's Law Center released *Pivot Point: State Child Care
Assistance Policies
2013*<http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GYH8t9Zv3UZzCQ1Ky6f2vWqomscCsDMu>,
an annual review of key child care subsidy policies in all fifty states and
the District of Columbia. The report reviewed data from state child care
administrators on policies in five key areas—income eligibility limits,
waiting lists, parent copayments, reimbursement rates, and eligibility for
child care assistance for parents searching for a job. This year’s report
revealed that families were better off in 27 states than they were in 2012
under one or more child care assistance policies, while families were worse
off in 24 states than they were in 2012 under one or more child care
assistance policies.
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