Infant Toddler Public Policy
General
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Impact of Training and Education for Caregivers of Infants and Toddlers http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/ITSI/briefs/Kreader2005ImpactofTraining.pdf
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Comprehensive Services: Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care Research-Based Rationale http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/ITSI/briefs/CLASP09.pdf
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis website introduces federal policy studies. All studies on this website are completed by the University of Minnesota and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. They present recent research on the effects of early childhood programs and services defined broadly. http://www.minneapolisfed.org/publications_papers/studies/earlychild/index.cfm
Federal
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Center for Law and Social Policy offers general descriptions of new federal policies, Presidential releases, additional budget details and models for using Title I American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for early education. http://childcareandearlyed.clasp.org/federal_developments/index.html
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Celebrating Improvements in Infant and Toddler Policy: Top 10 Policy Achievements of 2008 was made available by Zero to Three. Please click the link below for the complete document. http://www.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/08_policy_achievements.pdf?docID=6781
State
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The National Center for Children in Poverty has published a document discussing Minnesota's policies related to health and education. Please click on the link below to get the details. http://www.nccp.org/profiles/pdf/profile_early_childhood_MN.pdfReady 4 K 2008 Legislative Session Summary: Early Childhood Care and Education is available at the link below. Please take a moment to see what the Minnesota legislature is doing for early childhood education and care. http://www.ready4k.org/vertical/Sites/%7BC2E38BFF-E19D-4F31-8282-94D11BD421A4%7D/uploads/%7B578821CF-9212-44E3-8359-414A5CAB60A1%7D.PDF
2011 legislative session ending soon - more information will be available at that time. (back to top)
