Starting Points: Challenging the "Quiet Crisis". A Description of the Starting Points Sites.

Autor/inn/en	Knitzer, Jane; Collins, Ann; Oshinsky, Carole; Stout, Laura; Weiss, Heather; Schilder, Diane; Riel, Elizabeth; Smith, Jennifer C.; Groak, Chris; Howell, Julia; Mitchell, Cheryl; Sherman, Annie; Winslow, Becky
Institution	National Center for Children in Poverty, New York, NY.; Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education.
Titel	Starting Points: Challenging the "Quiet Crisis". A Description of the Starting Points Sites.
Quelle	(1998), (54 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Child Advocacy; Child Welfare; Community Programs; Program Descriptions; Program Development; Social Services; Young Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kinder- und Jugendanwaltschaft; Kindeswohl; Programmplanung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	In 1994, the Carnegie Corporation released "Starting Points: Meeting the Needs of Our Youngest Children," which called for an action agenda to promote responsible parenthood, guarantee quality child care choices, ensure good health and protection, and mobilize communities to support young children and families. In 1996, the Carnegie Corporation created a Starting Points grants program to encourage states and communities to address the challenges posed by its earlier report. Based on a national competition, 14 grants were awarded. This report summarizes the strategies and activities undertaken by each Starting Points site, as well as the overall themes and lessons for policymakers, advocates, and others concerned with the well-being of very young children and their families. Following a layout of the report's methodology and framework for site descriptions, the following sites are listed in the report: Baltimore, Boston, Colorado, Florida, Georgia/Atlanta, Hawaii, Minnesota/Minneapolis, North Carolina, Ohio, Pittsburgh, Rhode Island, San Francisco, Vermont, and West Virginia. The report concludes with lessons and conclusions drawn from the various locations. Appendices present Starting Points strategic partners, sites at a glance, statewide indicators of risk, and summary of strategic approaches by site. (EV)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC