This document discusses embedding the Strengthening Families Protective Factor Framework into Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS). It provides 3 examples of how Children's Trust Funds in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Idaho have partnered with early childhood stakeholders to incorporate the protective factors into their state QRIS. The goal is to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect through high-quality early childhood education programs.
Draft of outreach to Children's Trust Fund directors and staff -- to encourage them to engage with early childhood stakeholders in order to exercise their influence in the building/revising/consideration of implementation of QRIS in their state.
The James 1:27 Trust is developing a Management System for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (MSOVC) to help care for at-risk children in South Africa. The MSOVC will use various business information management systems, like SAP BusinessOne for financial management and a custom system called the James Remote Terminal for wireless data collection, integrated into a holistic model for child development. This aims to help community-based organizations securely deliver resources and care to children while managing data and understanding their needs.
The document discusses agile and lean documentation practices. It notes that the fundamental issue is communication rather than documentation. Documentation should be concise and evolutionary, seeking feedback regularly. Well-written documentation supports organizational memory but poor communication during a project. With high-quality code and tests, less system documentation is needed. The document examines why people document, the relationship between documentation and project success, when models become permanent, issues with documentation, and best practices.
This document discusses embedding the Strengthening Families Protective Factor Framework into Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS). It provides 3 examples of how Children's Trust Funds in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Idaho have partnered with early childhood stakeholders to incorporate the protective factors into their state QRIS. The goal is to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect through high-quality early childhood education programs.
The Papilio Junior v2 is a low-cost development board that allows users to tap into the power of an FPGA using a PIC18F44J50 microcontroller. It has USB connectivity, analog inputs, and wing slots that can connect to additional boards to add functionality. The board is programmed using Microchip's MPLAB IDE and C18 compiler. Tutorials are provided to help users get started with simple input/output programs and connecting sensors and displays to the wing slots.
The document summarizes major art movements of the 20th century, including Fauvism led by Henri Matisse, Cubism led by Pablo Picasso, Expressionism represented by Ernst Krichner and Edvard Munch, and Surrealism led by Salvador Dali. It also discusses abstract art of Vasily Kandinsky, Joan Miro, and the Pop Art of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Emerging trends covered include Happenings, Performance art, Body-Art, Hyperrealism, and Poor Art.
Draft of outreach to Children's Trust Fund directors and staff -- to encourage them to engage with early childhood stakeholders in order to exercise their influence in the building/revising/consideration of implementation of QRIS in their state.
The James 1:27 Trust is developing a Management System for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (MSOVC) to help care for at-risk children in South Africa. The MSOVC will use various business information management systems, like SAP BusinessOne for financial management and a custom system called the James Remote Terminal for wireless data collection, integrated into a holistic model for child development. This aims to help community-based organizations securely deliver resources and care to children while managing data and understanding their needs.
The document discusses agile and lean documentation practices. It notes that the fundamental issue is communication rather than documentation. Documentation should be concise and evolutionary, seeking feedback regularly. Well-written documentation supports organizational memory but poor communication during a project. With high-quality code and tests, less system documentation is needed. The document examines why people document, the relationship between documentation and project success, when models become permanent, issues with documentation, and best practices.
This document discusses embedding the Strengthening Families Protective Factor Framework into Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS). It provides 3 examples of how Children's Trust Funds in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Idaho have partnered with early childhood stakeholders to incorporate the protective factors into their state QRIS. The goal is to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect through high-quality early childhood education programs.
The Papilio Junior v2 is a low-cost development board that allows users to tap into the power of an FPGA using a PIC18F44J50 microcontroller. It has USB connectivity, analog inputs, and wing slots that can connect to additional boards to add functionality. The board is programmed using Microchip's MPLAB IDE and C18 compiler. Tutorials are provided to help users get started with simple input/output programs and connecting sensors and displays to the wing slots.
The document summarizes major art movements of the 20th century, including Fauvism led by Henri Matisse, Cubism led by Pablo Picasso, Expressionism represented by Ernst Krichner and Edvard Munch, and Surrealism led by Salvador Dali. It also discusses abstract art of Vasily Kandinsky, Joan Miro, and the Pop Art of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Emerging trends covered include Happenings, Performance art, Body-Art, Hyperrealism, and Poor Art.
This document discusses embedding the Strengthening Families Protective Factor Framework into Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS). It provides background on QRIS and describes how Children's Trust Funds can partner with early childhood stakeholders by incorporating the protective factors approach. Examples are given of three states - Idaho, Illinois and Oregon - that have successfully integrated protective factors into their QRIS. Resources for learning more about this initiative through the National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds are also provided.
Draft of outreach piece – directed to Children’s Trust and Prevention Fund directors and staff. The brochure contains information about basic purposes of QRIS, how to find out about how QRIS is functioning in their own state, reasons why the prevention community needs to be involved, etc.
Oklahoma launched the first Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) in 1998 to assess, improve, and communicate the quality of early childhood education settings. Over the past ten years, seventeen other states have implemented their own QRIS based on Oklahoma's model. The goal of QRIS is to improve early childhood program quality and help parents identify high-quality options. It includes setting standards, assessing programs, providing support to early educators, and educating parents. Children's Trust Funds can help strengthen families by partnering with early childhood stakeholders to embed protective factors from the Strengthening Families framework into QRIS standards and programming.
Draft of outreach piece – directed to Children’s Trust and Prevention Fund directors and staff. The brochure contains information about basic purposes of QRIS, how to find out about how QRIS is functioning in their own state, reasons why the prevention community needs to be involved, etc.
This document provides an agenda for an August 21, 2012 webinar on early childhood comprehensive systems (ECCS) and the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV). The webinar goals are to familiarize participants with the complementary roles of ECCS and MIECHV grants, discuss how their implementation plans can strengthen outcomes, discuss conditions that support coordination, and describe strategies states have used to integrate home visiting into ECCS. The webinar will be presented by representatives from Montana, Maine, and South Carolina who will discuss their experiences coordinating ECCS and MIECHV.
Thousands of early education preparation programs rely on the CDA® as an essential part of their training. We
encourage and influence each of them to continually make sure that inclusion issues are an integral part of their
curriculum through the updated CDA® requirements for all new and renewal applicants.
The document discusses the Council for Professional Recognition's commitment to aligning early educator preparation with U.S. federal policy on inclusion of children with special needs. It summarizes the federal policy statement's recommendations, including creating a coordinated professional development system and ensuring certifications address inclusion. The Council has long promoted inclusion through the Child Development Associate credential requirements and materials. It will continue renewing its commitment by requiring coursework on special needs and updating inclusion practices in training materials.
Well Family System's Intake Process into a Collaborative SystemGoBeyondMCH
The document describes the Well Family System (WFS), which aims to create a coordinated system of care for families. WFS takes several factors into consideration for collaborative action, such as common intake processes and family support plans shared across programs. The system guides participants through an intake path to identify needs and initiate a plan of care. It also allows multiple agencies to view a participant's services and family connections to reduce service duplication. WFS can be customized for a community's specific programs and initiatives to track data and create reports demonstrating return on investment.
This document contains definitions of various terms related to child care, including types of child care programs (such as child care centers, family child care homes, Head Start), funding sources (such as CalWORKs, Alternative Payment Program), and roles (such as child care provider, family child care home). It also defines related concepts like licensed versus license-exempt care, full-time versus part-time care, and median household income. The glossary provides concise explanations of many common terms used in the child care field.
A community based approach to redesigning a placement continuum of careGregory Kurth
Presentated at the Alliance for Children and Families conference in October, 2008. The presentation focused on a comprehensive framework on buiding a child welfare network.
The document summarizes the key points of the UK government's 2003 Green Paper titled "Every Child Matters". It outlines the five outcomes that policies aim to achieve for children: being healthy, staying safe, enjoying life and learning, positive contribution, and economic well-being. It also discusses early intervention and information sharing between agencies, the role of parents in children's outcomes, and developing a common assessment framework to reduce duplication of assessments. The goal is to improve support for children and reduce issues like educational failure, abuse, teenage pregnancy, and criminal behavior.
Well Family System as a Complete System of CareGoBeyondMCH
WFS is a powerful suite of tools and resources that manage multiple aspects of maternal child and family health programs and case management delivery systems in a drill-down capacity from a “lead” perspective to individual providers and case worker levels on any capacity.
Well Family System is a Birth Forward system that manages and tracks the interaction of individuals and families with programs and services over the course of their lives. Learn more at http://www.gobeyondmch.com.
The information in these slides was shared by Kamna Seth and Gauri Shirali-Deo of The Source for Learning, Inc's Early Childhood team, during VAECE's 2017 Annual Conference in Hampton Roads, VA on April 1, 2017.
PRESENTATION OVERVIEW
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SFL’s Early Childhood Education Division includes PreschoolFirst--a research-based, online child assessment system that has proven effective in early childhood classrooms -- as well as a wide range of professional development and management services for the early childhood community. The Division’s PD webinar series features cutting-edge and trending topics presented in a one-hour format by SFL’s early childhood education team, with guest appearances by ECE industry experts.
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The document outlines the CSSP Child and Family Well-Being Framework. The framework aims to clearly link CSSP's work to achieving improved well-being for children, families, and communities. It defines well-being broadly and identifies population-level results and indicators in six areas: children's health; school readiness; youth success; family support, safety and economic security; and community resources. The framework also outlines factors that influence well-being like opportunities, risks and protections, and the capacities needed across communities, systems and policies to improve results.
This document presents the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct, which provides guidelines for responsible behavior for those working with young children. The Code is based on core values including appreciating childhood, supporting children and families, respecting diversity, and promoting trust and respect in relationships. It outlines ethical responsibilities in four sections regarding relationships with children, families, colleagues, and the community. The Code aims to guide practitioners in addressing ethical dilemmas and upholding exemplary professional standards.
- A child with attachment difficulties may constantly scan their environment for threats due to early experiences of inconsistent caregiving which caused feelings of lack of safety and control.
- They may ignore instructions or have trouble concentrating in class because they are hypervigilant about potential dangers and monitoring their surroundings rather than focusing on learning.
- Difficulties with emotions like failure or mistakes may cause explosive behaviors in situations where errors are obvious, as the child works to avoid feelings of helplessness from early experiences.
In January, Florence Crittenton Services will host a Nurturing Parenting Facilitator Training. This training will be facilitated by Dr. Stephen Bavolek himself, the principal author of the Nurturing Parenting Programs. The workshop will be held Tuesday January 25 through Thursday January 27 in Charlotte, NC. If you’re interested see the attached brochure for further information.
Professor Marie Connolly PVVCI PresentationCentreComms
On 20 March 2012, Professor Marie Connolly, Chair of Social Work at the University of Melbourne, presented at a forum on the Protecting Victoria's Vulnerable Children Inquiry.
For more information, please see:
http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/news/2012/03/inquiry-forum-set-20-march
This document discusses embedding the Strengthening Families Protective Factor Framework into Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS). It provides background on QRIS and describes how Children's Trust Funds can partner with early childhood stakeholders by incorporating the protective factors approach. Examples are given of three states - Idaho, Illinois and Oregon - that have successfully integrated protective factors into their QRIS. Resources for learning more about this initiative through the National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds are also provided.
Draft of outreach piece – directed to Children’s Trust and Prevention Fund directors and staff. The brochure contains information about basic purposes of QRIS, how to find out about how QRIS is functioning in their own state, reasons why the prevention community needs to be involved, etc.
Oklahoma launched the first Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) in 1998 to assess, improve, and communicate the quality of early childhood education settings. Over the past ten years, seventeen other states have implemented their own QRIS based on Oklahoma's model. The goal of QRIS is to improve early childhood program quality and help parents identify high-quality options. It includes setting standards, assessing programs, providing support to early educators, and educating parents. Children's Trust Funds can help strengthen families by partnering with early childhood stakeholders to embed protective factors from the Strengthening Families framework into QRIS standards and programming.
Draft of outreach piece – directed to Children’s Trust and Prevention Fund directors and staff. The brochure contains information about basic purposes of QRIS, how to find out about how QRIS is functioning in their own state, reasons why the prevention community needs to be involved, etc.
This document provides an agenda for an August 21, 2012 webinar on early childhood comprehensive systems (ECCS) and the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV). The webinar goals are to familiarize participants with the complementary roles of ECCS and MIECHV grants, discuss how their implementation plans can strengthen outcomes, discuss conditions that support coordination, and describe strategies states have used to integrate home visiting into ECCS. The webinar will be presented by representatives from Montana, Maine, and South Carolina who will discuss their experiences coordinating ECCS and MIECHV.
Thousands of early education preparation programs rely on the CDA® as an essential part of their training. We
encourage and influence each of them to continually make sure that inclusion issues are an integral part of their
curriculum through the updated CDA® requirements for all new and renewal applicants.
The document discusses the Council for Professional Recognition's commitment to aligning early educator preparation with U.S. federal policy on inclusion of children with special needs. It summarizes the federal policy statement's recommendations, including creating a coordinated professional development system and ensuring certifications address inclusion. The Council has long promoted inclusion through the Child Development Associate credential requirements and materials. It will continue renewing its commitment by requiring coursework on special needs and updating inclusion practices in training materials.
Well Family System's Intake Process into a Collaborative SystemGoBeyondMCH
The document describes the Well Family System (WFS), which aims to create a coordinated system of care for families. WFS takes several factors into consideration for collaborative action, such as common intake processes and family support plans shared across programs. The system guides participants through an intake path to identify needs and initiate a plan of care. It also allows multiple agencies to view a participant's services and family connections to reduce service duplication. WFS can be customized for a community's specific programs and initiatives to track data and create reports demonstrating return on investment.
This document contains definitions of various terms related to child care, including types of child care programs (such as child care centers, family child care homes, Head Start), funding sources (such as CalWORKs, Alternative Payment Program), and roles (such as child care provider, family child care home). It also defines related concepts like licensed versus license-exempt care, full-time versus part-time care, and median household income. The glossary provides concise explanations of many common terms used in the child care field.
A community based approach to redesigning a placement continuum of careGregory Kurth
Presentated at the Alliance for Children and Families conference in October, 2008. The presentation focused on a comprehensive framework on buiding a child welfare network.
The document summarizes the key points of the UK government's 2003 Green Paper titled "Every Child Matters". It outlines the five outcomes that policies aim to achieve for children: being healthy, staying safe, enjoying life and learning, positive contribution, and economic well-being. It also discusses early intervention and information sharing between agencies, the role of parents in children's outcomes, and developing a common assessment framework to reduce duplication of assessments. The goal is to improve support for children and reduce issues like educational failure, abuse, teenage pregnancy, and criminal behavior.
Well Family System as a Complete System of CareGoBeyondMCH
WFS is a powerful suite of tools and resources that manage multiple aspects of maternal child and family health programs and case management delivery systems in a drill-down capacity from a “lead” perspective to individual providers and case worker levels on any capacity.
Well Family System is a Birth Forward system that manages and tracks the interaction of individuals and families with programs and services over the course of their lives. Learn more at http://www.gobeyondmch.com.
The information in these slides was shared by Kamna Seth and Gauri Shirali-Deo of The Source for Learning, Inc's Early Childhood team, during VAECE's 2017 Annual Conference in Hampton Roads, VA on April 1, 2017.
PRESENTATION OVERVIEW
This session focused on the definition and scope of early intervention; reflected on the urgency and importance of early diagnoses of developmental delays; and provided techniques to meaningfully use information gathered through observational data and to connect child progress to educational decisions.
ABOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD AT THE SOURCE FOR LEARNING
SFL’s Early Childhood Education Division includes PreschoolFirst--a research-based, online child assessment system that has proven effective in early childhood classrooms -- as well as a wide range of professional development and management services for the early childhood community. The Division’s PD webinar series features cutting-edge and trending topics presented in a one-hour format by SFL’s early childhood education team, with guest appearances by ECE industry experts.
Strengthening Families and ECCS (1.9.09)k.stepleton
This document discusses efforts to strengthen families and connect them to early childhood comprehensive systems (ECCS). It describes how Strengthening Families began as a search for a new approach to child abuse prevention that is universally available and focused on protective factors like parental resilience and social connections. The research identified programs that build these factors. Implementation includes training, action planning, funding, and professional development to support protective factors and quality early care. Strengthening Families networks in 26 states and can contribute to ECCS by defining family support and bringing partners together around common goals like child abuse prevention.
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The document outlines the CSSP Child and Family Well-Being Framework. The framework aims to clearly link CSSP's work to achieving improved well-being for children, families, and communities. It defines well-being broadly and identifies population-level results and indicators in six areas: children's health; school readiness; youth success; family support, safety and economic security; and community resources. The framework also outlines factors that influence well-being like opportunities, risks and protections, and the capacities needed across communities, systems and policies to improve results.
This document presents the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct, which provides guidelines for responsible behavior for those working with young children. The Code is based on core values including appreciating childhood, supporting children and families, respecting diversity, and promoting trust and respect in relationships. It outlines ethical responsibilities in four sections regarding relationships with children, families, colleagues, and the community. The Code aims to guide practitioners in addressing ethical dilemmas and upholding exemplary professional standards.
- A child with attachment difficulties may constantly scan their environment for threats due to early experiences of inconsistent caregiving which caused feelings of lack of safety and control.
- They may ignore instructions or have trouble concentrating in class because they are hypervigilant about potential dangers and monitoring their surroundings rather than focusing on learning.
- Difficulties with emotions like failure or mistakes may cause explosive behaviors in situations where errors are obvious, as the child works to avoid feelings of helplessness from early experiences.
In January, Florence Crittenton Services will host a Nurturing Parenting Facilitator Training. This training will be facilitated by Dr. Stephen Bavolek himself, the principal author of the Nurturing Parenting Programs. The workshop will be held Tuesday January 25 through Thursday January 27 in Charlotte, NC. If you’re interested see the attached brochure for further information.
Professor Marie Connolly PVVCI PresentationCentreComms
On 20 March 2012, Professor Marie Connolly, Chair of Social Work at the University of Melbourne, presented at a forum on the Protecting Victoria's Vulnerable Children Inquiry.
For more information, please see:
http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/news/2012/03/inquiry-forum-set-20-march
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1. Primary
Prevention
A Key Ingredient
In High Quality Early Care
and Education Settings
Important ways Children’s Trust Funds
Can be engaged in states’ Quality Rating and
Improvement Systems (QRIS)
What is QRIS?
Oklahoma launched the first Quality Rating and Improvement
System (QRIS) in 1998. At that time, the term QRS (Quality Rating
System) was the term used to describe these systems, constructed to
“assess, improve and communicate about the level of quality in early
care and education settings,” according to Anne Mitchell in her
QRIS toolkit, Stair Steps to Quality. Recently, the ‘I’ has been added
to create the term QRIS, the ‘I’ standing for Improvement. The
Getting Started addition of the ‘I’ has helped to shift the focus away from merely
rating early care and education programs – expanding the idea of
quality to include continuous quality improvement. It also helps
redefine the term “quality” to include such things as serving families
in a culturally competent manner, including supports that will allow
The Right Tools Are
families, in partnership with early care and education professionals,
Always Helpful. to facilitate their child’s optimum development and school readiness.
The Strengthening Families During the past ten years,
Protective Factor (SF/PF) seventeen other states have
Framework is a strong support joined Oklahoma in fully
implementing QRIS. All but
Share What You Know. five of the remaining states are
Research by NAEYC revealed drafting standards, piloting or
considering how to implement
that early childhood educators
QRIS. If you are interested in
feel a strong sense of
learning more about how this
responsibility to help prevent
applies to your state, see the
child abuse and neglect, but
reference materials in this
want to know more about
document and contact your
effective strategies. State Child Care Administrator for additional information specific to
your state.
2. Stories from Three ECI Education Professionals
Early Care and States: Children’s Trust Funds
The Alliance’s
Embedding the Strengthening Families Protective Early Childhood Initiative
Factor (SF/PF) Framework Into QRIS (ECI)
Working Together.
One
Goal.
Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect Before it Ever
Occurs by Strengthening Families.
A System of Systems Basic Elements of QRIS
There are five elements that are common to almost
QRIS is a composite system that unifies multiple
all states’ QRIS:
sectors of the early childhood education system.
1. Standards – at least two levels of quality
Some of the sub-systems represented in states’
above state’s basic licensing requirements –
QRIS are:
may align with early learning guidelines.
Child Care Licensing
•
2. Accountability – Monitoring and
Professional Development System
•
assessment of standards
Early Care and Education Providers –
• 3. Support to ECE Practitioners – technical
Centers and Family Child Care
assistance, training and other supports to
help practitioners along the pathway to
Child Care Resource & Referral
•
quality.
Early Childhood Mental Health
•
4. Financing – tiered reimbursements, grants
Departments of Education and other support tied to quality.
•
Higher Education 5. Parent Education – actually, educating
•
parents to be savvy consumers of high quality
All of these must agree upon how the basic
early care and education as they see how it
elements of QRIS should be structured and
will benefit their most precious resource –
implemented. Building the five protective factors
their children.
(parental resilience, social connections, concrete
support in times of need, knowledge of parenting Each of these elements can serve as a “door” by which
and child development and social and emotional Children’s Trust Funds may seek to enter QRIS. By
partnering with early childhood stakeholders to embed the
development of children) is a priority for each of
five protective factors into QRIS, Children’s Trust Funds
these systems.
have the opportunity to systemically strengthen families.
2
3. Children’s Trust Funds Early Care and Education Professionals
Together,
with the right tools. . .
We can
strengthen
families.
“Quality Early Care and
Why should Education programs are the
foundation for a child abuse
Children’s Trust and neglect prevention
agenda.”
Funds become --- Sharon L. Kagan
involved with
QRIS? Strengthening Families Protective Factor Framework
Evidence points to the
1
reality that quality early
care and education programs
strengthen children and
families and ultimately
reduce child abuse and
neglect.
2 Children’s Trust Funds
have valuable
experience implementing
effective community-based
family strengthening
strategies.
The Strengthening
3
Families Protective
Factor Framework is a tool
that Children’s Trust Funds
can offer as a resource to
help unite the multiple
sectors of the early
childhood field necessary to
build and sustain Quality
Rating and Improvement
Systems (QRIS).
3
4. Stories from Three ECI States: The Alliance’s
Embedding the Strengthening Families Protective Early Childhood Initiative
Factor (SF/PF) Framework Into QRIS (ECI)
In September of 2008, three ECI States (Pennsylvania,
Tennessee and Idaho) were chosen to participate in
Strengthening Families Through QRIS -- an intensive effort to
support their state’s QRIS with the Protective Factors*
Pennsylvania
In 2002, Pennsylvania commissioned the Early Care and Education Quality
Study as a part of the Task Force on Early Care and Education. The study
indicated a decline in the quality of early childhood settings, both in center‐
based and family child care homes. Keystone STARS, Pennsylvania’s QRIS,
Collaboration
was launched in 2002 to address the alarming decline in quality. The robust
voluntary system is a continuous quality improvement program available to
Requires
all regulated child care providers in Pennsylvania. Keystone STARS has
steadily increased the quality of centers, group homes and family child care
Concentration
homes. Approximately 1,500 child care providers participated in Keystone
STARS in June 2004, serving 72,000 children. By January 2009 that number
had grown to over 5,000 child care providers serving over 180,000 children
The vibrant network of the
and their families. The ECI team in Pennsylvania has embedded language
from the SF/PF Framework into their Best Practices Guide and Optional ECI Learning Community . . .
Tools. These tools assist programs as they seek to move up to higher levels
represents partnerships between
of quality. Another aspect of the ECI team’s work is to create a tool kit for
CTFs and early childhood
child care providers that will support their use of the SF/PF approach as
stakeholders in 27 states. Each
they reach for higher quality. As this team studied the common elements of
member of the Learning
QRIS, they saw their best opportunity or “door” into their state’s QRIS to be
Community is committed to:
that of “supports to ECE practitioners” (p.2).
♦ Transformational systemic
change to benefit children and
families
Tennessee
♦ Attainment and
Tennessee’s QRIS actually includes two programs: strengthening of the five
• Child Care Evaluation & Report Card Program –
protective factors among all
required for all licensed and approved child care providers
families and communities
• Star Quality Child Care Program – voluntary program
♦ A future where all children
that recognizes child care providers who meet a higher
live in safe, stable and nurturing
standard of quality.
QRIS standards in Tennessee require both of the above programs to families and communities.
participate in a program assessment. This is done through a variety
of standard assessment tools, such as the Environment Rating Scale.
The ECI Theory of Change
Tennessee has identified alignment between the various ERS tools
and the SF/PF Framework. Often child care programs may view the maps out a plan to accomplish
ERS as a list of requirements that they must check off. An awareness the goals stated above. A key
of how these requirements serve to strengthen families is a powerful strategy will be to explore ways
motivation. The ECI team in Tennessee is choosing to embed the
in which states can embed the
SF/PF Framework into their QRIS through the “door” of “standards”
Strengthening Families
and “accountability.”
Protective Factor Framework
into their states’ Quality Rating
and Improvement Systems
(QRIS). See www.ctfalliance.org
*This work is made possible through funding from the Doris Duke Charitable for more information.
Foundation and the A.L. Mailman Foundation
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5. Children’s Trust Funds Early Care and Education Professionals
3 Idaho
Resources:
To learn more about the National Alliance of
Enthusiastic support from child care providers
Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds’ Early
and a disdain for regulations by state policy
Childhood Initiative work with Strengthening
makers form the backdrop for efforts to
Families Through QRIS, see:
increase quality for early care and education
www.ctfalliance.org/qris
settings in Idaho. Yet, since 2003 a unique
relationship between the Idaho Association for
To download a copy of the Strengthening
the Education of Young Children (Idaho
Families Self-Assessment, Guidebook for Early
AEYC) and the University of Idaho
Childhood Programs and other materials, see:
(IdahoSTARS state training and registry
www.strengtheningfamilies.net
system) was the basis for a collaboration that
eventually included Idaho’s Children’s Trust
The federal American Recovery and
Fund. Although quality efforts initially
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the
focused on voluntary training and education
“Stimulus Package,” offers some opportunities
scholarships, mentoring, and environment
to implement early childhood policy and
assessment, by 2006 a broader focus began to
systems change. To learn more about how this
include the use of the Strengthening Families
could possibly benefit implementation of
approach as an integral component of Idaho’s
QRIS, see: www.buildinitiative.org
Child Care Quality Rating and Improvement
System (QRIS) and accounts for 20% of the
The National Child Care Information Center
quality standards. QRIS is currently in the
has recently updated information about states
design phase and being implemented through
who are fully implementing QRIS, with links
a statewide pilot program in over 20 cities.
to states’ QRIS websites:
The pilot includes 52 centers and family-based
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/qrs-
programs, serving nearly 3,000 children and
defsystems.html
their families. Idaho has been successful at
incorporating major components of the
Advancing Child Abuse and Neglect Protective
Strengthening Families approach (including
Factors: The Role of the Early Care and
the self-assessment) into the QRIS standards.
Education Infrastructure by Sharon L. Kagan
They have created a curriculum around the
gives a justification of why high quality early
SF/PF Framework that will soon be expanded
childhood programs are a logical foundation
to programs outside of the QRIS pilot,
for a child abuse and neglect prevention
utilizing the “support to ECE practitioners”
agenda:
door into their QRIS. The most recent work
http://www.cssp.org/uploadFiles/Kagan.pdf
being undertaken by the ECI team is to
For further information,
implement the Community Café and reach out
to parents to cultivate their “leadership voice”
contact:
in order to raise an awareness of the
importance of quality child care and create a
greater demand for higher quality and a Martha Reeder, Program Manager
strong statewide voluntary QRIS. Early Childhood Initiative
National Alliance of Children’s Trust and
Prevention Funds
marthareeder@gmail.com
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6. Strengthening Families
Through QRIS
Children’s Trust and Preventions Funds across the United States have
embraced the Strengthening Families Protective Factor (SF/PF)
Framework as a way to build strong families and communities and to
support the optimal development of the very youngest and most
vulnerable children.
Early Care and Education Systems have recognized the need for
higher quality early care and education settings, and have pursued the
development of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) as a
way to meet this need.
High quality early care and education settings that reach out to
parents in significant and meaningful partnerships may be one of the
best ways to prevent child abuse and neglect. As QRIS are being built
and revised, the critical opportunity exists to strengthen families and
prevent child abuse before it ever occurs.
Early Care and Education
Primary Prevention: A Key Ingredient in High Quality
National Alliance of
Children’s Trust and
Prevention Funds
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