Describes efforts in California, Florida, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia to develop early learning systems for school readiness, using federal and state resources. Includes common themes that emerged from these six case studies.
- Observation: Miami-Dade County has a Children's Trust, which has been successful in its school readiness efforts by providing: universal provision of information to new mothers; training and enhanced support to upgrade the quality of both child care and Head Start; a family literacy emphasis that recognizes the diversity of the population and its languages; and greater outreach to identify and address special needs through early intervention.
- Observation: South Carolina's First Steps to School Readiness program and the Richland County Partnership Board illustrates how local planning boards can enable people to come together to fashion new, practical, solutions at a very hands-on, ground level.
- Observation: In Orange County, the county commission funded a "school readiness coordinator" position in every school district with a kindergarten population.
- Observation: Santa Clara County's First 5 funding provides education stipends that are given directly to early childhood educators to reduce turnover and improve the quality of care. The First 5 plan emphasizes the need to create a comprehensive system of care, which reflects the needs and desires of the people it will serve.
- Observation: Lancaster County's Success by 6 program began to look at which services they provide, to whom, when, and how so they can better coordinate and serve the clients about whom they all care.
- Observation: Hampton Roads' Square One program has 17 municipalities working on early childhood issues, and the leadership and strategies in the municipalities vary.
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- Copyright 2004 Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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- North America / United States (Southern) / Florida
- North America / United States (Southern) / South Carolina
- North America / United States (Southern) / Virginia
- North America / United States (Western) / California
- North America / United States (Northeastern) / Pennsylvania
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