Agenda for Children (Alliance Foundation for Comunity Health): $45,000 (2006)The Agenda for Children, St. Paul Early Language Literacy (SPELL) and Greater Grand Rapids Reads (GGRR) have established a partnership to develop a nationally replicable language development program model. With Foundation support the partnership will design a language development program that will include a scan of current practice and build on the program designs of the Partners’ programs. The Agenda for Children was established in 1997 as a partnership of community-based organizations, foundations, and business to improve the lives of children and families in Cambridge, focusing primarily on promoting the importance of literacy. The St. Paul Early Language Literacy (SPELL) is a public private collaborative that is dedicated to providing parents and caregivers the tools to talk, read, and write in their home language with young children. Greater Grand Rapids Reads (GGRR), in Michigan, is a public private collaboration of business, schools and community organizations established in 2003. Arizona State University, Tempe: $18,400 (2006), $20,000 (2005), $20,000 (2004)The National Task Force on the Early Childhood Education for Hispanics (Para Nuestros Ninos) was formed in May of 2004 in response to research that shows a large disparity in academic achievement among Hispanic students when compared to other students. The goals of Para Nuestros Ninos are to identify effective strategies during the pre-school years for improving educational outcomes for Hispanic children and create recommendations for policymakers, practitioners and key Hispanic organizations and other stakeholders. In 2004, Foundation support helped to insure that infant and toddler issues were addressed by Para Nuestros Ninos. Specifically, the Foundation's grant supported preliminary research on infants and toddlers in addition to providing support toward a demographic analysis of Hispanic children under age nine in the United States. The Foundation's 2005 grant funded communication and dissemination costs. The Foundation's 2006 grant supported a convening of researchers to identify possible strategies to address differences among White, African-American and Hispanic children, birth to eight, in language development, reading/literacy readiness and early reading/literacy achievement and development. Foundation support also funded the development of a paper and recommendations. Bank Street College of Education - The Institute for Child Care Continuum: $20,000 (2004)The Institute for Child Care Continuum, at Bank Street College of Education, consists of a group of researchers and practitioners interested in supporting quality care for children across the child care continuum through program development, staff training, technical assistance, policy research and evaluation. The Foundation grant enabled the Institute to promote understanding of issues related to kith and kin child care by providing information to policymakers, researchers and child care practitioners. Baylor University: $35,000 (2005)The Center for Family Community Ministries at Baylor University was established to provide research, continuing education, and resource development to support and enhance the work congregations and denominational agencies. Foundation support funded a study of congregation-based early childhood programs. The study included a national survey tool to identify model church-based programs and promising early childhood practices for strengthening families and their communities. The work will be guided by a group of collaborating partners: The National Council of Churches of Christ, the Search Institute, the North American Association of Christians in Social Work and the Child Care Bureau. Boston Medical Center: $23,320 (2005), $25,000 (2004)The Child Witness to Violence Project is a counseling, advocacy, and outreach project of Boston Medical Center which focuses on young children who are victims of community and domestic violence. The Foundation provided funding to Boston Medical Center to develop a resource guide to assist early care and education professionals identify and work with young children affected by trauma. The resource guide entitled Hope and Healing was published by the Zero To Three Press in the fall of 2005. The Foundation's 2005 grant supported the development of another resource guide for early intervention professionals. Brandeis University: $39,817 (2005), $24,288 (2003)In 2001 the Foundation provided support to Brandeis University for the Massachusetts Early Childhood Linkage Initiative (MECLI). Conducted over a three year period, MECLI was designed to ensure that all young children in the child welfare system would receive referrals for comprehensive developmental screening under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). As recommended in “From Neurons to Neighborhoods,” a regularized referral system was established through the Department of Social Services. With MECLI, Massachusetts became one of only nine states to serve at-risk children in its early intervention programs. The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: $25,000 (2003)The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (the Center) works at the federal and state levels on fiscal policies and programs affecting low-income and moderate-income families and individuals. It conducts research and analysis to inform debates on budget and fiscal policy issues. The Center received funding to develop a process to streamline and integrate the application and eligibility rules and procedures for key low-income programs, such as TANF, Food Stamps, Medicaid/SCHIP and child care. As a result, the Center developed an online guidebook on program integration. The chapter entitled “How States Can Align Benefit Renewals Across Programs” and other chapters can be found at http://ww.cbpp.org/pubs/prosim.htm. The Center for Law and Social Policy: $35,000 (2005), $20,000 (2004), $36,285 (2003)The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a national, nonprofit organization, founded in 1968, that conducts research, policy analysis, technical assistance, and advocacy on issues related to economic security for low-income families with children. The Foundation supported analyses of Head Start and Early Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data as well as the development of a series of policy briefs. These were designed to be a resource for policy makers and advocates during Head Start reauthorization discussions. CLASP also provided technical assistance to state and national organizations wishing to use PIR data. Foundation support resulted in the following publications: ⌠Making the Case: Improving Head Start Teacher Qualifications Requires Increased Investment,⌠Moving Forward: Head Start Child, Families, and Programs in 2003,⌠Still Going Strong: Head Start Children, Families, Staff and Programs in 2004,⌠From the Beginning: Early Head Start Children, Families, Staff, and Programs in 2004, and Starting Off Right: Promoting Child Development from Birth in State Early Care and Education Initiatives. The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP): $50,000 (2006)The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a national, nonprofit organization, founded in 1968, that conducts research, policy analysis, technical assistance, and advocacy on issues related to economic security for low-income families with children. With Foundation support CLASP will collaborate with the Build Initiative and Zero To Three to build momentum for a birth to five policy framework. The goal is to document and disseminate infant and toddler state policies and information about program implementation. Together with Build, CLASP will convene states to share information and lessons learned on developing birth to five systems. CLASP will also create materials outlining changes and funding implications of TANF reauthorization, hold conference calls with states for in-depth discussions and provide technical assistance to specific states. The Center for the Study of Social Policy: $50,000 (2007), $30,000 (2006)The Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) was established in 1979 with the goal of providing public policy analysis and technical assistance to states and localities. CSSP is currently working on the Strengthening Families Initiative, founded on the belief that early childhood programs can act as a first line of defense against child abuse and neglect. The Strengthening Families Initiative has been piloted in seven states. Foundation support will enable CSSP to customize technical assistance to three of its pilot states in an effort to create stronger linkages between the early childhood and child welfare systems. A of the fall of 2007 the work with states is progressing: three states have completed work plans and established mandates or are in the process of creating a framework that will support more collaboration between early childhood education and child welfare systems. The Foundation's 2007 grant funded continued work with he states, development of materials and a symposium. Chicago Health Connection: $15,000 (2005)The Chicago Health Connection (CHC), established in 1986 to promote maternal and child health, works with agencies around the country to train and employ community health workers. CHC's primary focus is on the Doula program which trains and supports community-based doulas who act as birthing coaches and family support workers to young pregnant mothers. The program has now been replicated in Atlanta, Albuquerque, Minneapolis, Denver, Phoenix and Indianapolis. Foundation funding supported a communications campaign which included a website, as well as the development of new messages and print materials. The Child Care Services Association: $25,000 (2003)The Child Care Services Association established the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood Project (CCSA) in 1990 to provide financial support and incentives for early childhood professional development. The T.E.A.C.H. model has been implemented in 23 states and provides more than 18,000 scholarships each year. T.E.A.C.H. has proven to be an effective tool for fostering professional development and reducing staff turnover, as well as for creating modest improvements in child care worker compensation. The Foundation's grant supported CCSA's strategic planning efforts and its capacity to provide technical assistance to states currently implementing or wishing to adopt the program. Civitas: $47,218 (2006)Civitas was established in 1993 with the commitment to produce and distribute easy-to-use educational tools that are based on the most current early childhood research and to support adults working with young children. In 2005, Civitas, in partnership with United Way Success by Six and Families and Work Institute, launched the Born Learning Initiative. The Initiative is an integrated national public education and awareness campaign designed to educate the public that school readiness begins at birth. Foundation support provided for the development of a lower-literacy version of materials for English and Spanish-speaking parents and child care providers. Cornell University: $32,200 (2003)The Cornell Early Childhood Program was established to integrate applied research with teaching, extension outreach, and demonstration in ways that promote greater understanding of young children and their families, and contribute to policies and practices that enhance child growth and development. In anticipation of proposals to restructure Head Start, this project was designed to engage the field to think comprehensively about a continuous system of care and education beginning at birth. The Foundation supported a series of convenings with early childhood professionals to build on the lessons learned from Early Head Start and the development of a policy brief to be disseminated to local, state and national stake holders. Council of Chief State School Officers: $24,438 (2005)The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is a nonpartisan, nationwide, nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education in the states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Education Activity, and five U.S. extra-state jurisdictions. CCSSO provides leadership, advocacy, and technical assistance on major educational issues. With Foundation support, CCSSO identified and collected information on school-based programs and services for children 0-3. CCSSO also convened a roundtable of chief state school officers, local superintendents, principals, program directors and early childhood experts to discuss the findings and developed an issue brief entitled, “Council Connections to the Earliest Years.” Docs For Tots: $30,000 (2006), $59,470 (2005), $39,500 (2004)Docs for Tots was founded in 2003 as a nationwide network of doctors who advocate on behalf of young children and their families. Physicians are trained to assist advocacy organizations to promote policies and practices that will improve the health and development of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. The Foundation funded the launch of a campaign to promote and support the Zero to Three Policy Network (formerly the Better Baby Care Campaign). During its three-year campaign, Docs For Tots has developed an advocacy agenda, established two state chapters and has provided assistance to its policy network members. Education Commission of the States: $30,000 (2007)The Education Commission of the States (ECS) was established in 1965 to help states develop effective policies and practices in public education. ECS provides data, research, policy analysis and technical assistance. Foundation funding will support the redesign of ECS's early learning website which will enable ECS to implement new web-base technology and present current early childhood education research and policy information on the web to its constituents. Educational Equity Concepts, Inc.: $70,000 (2005-2006), $30,000 (2003)Educational Equity Concepts, formerly an independent non-profit organization promoting bias-free learning through innovative programs and materials, is now a project of the Academy for Educational Development (AED). The Foundation awarded a planning grant toward the development of a resiliency-based early intervention program designed to foster successful early schooling experiences for boys. The proceedings and outcomes of a planning meeting were captured in a publication entitled Raising and Educating Healthy Boys: A Report on the Growing Crisis in Boys Education. In 2005 the Foundation supported a literature review of current research, the development of pre-service early childhood teacher education materials, convening of a national learning institute, and planning for a social marketing campaign. The goal of this project is to create materials and resources for early childhood teachers that imbed an understanding of gender issues as they affect boys as well as girls. Families and Work Institute: $25,000 (2005)Founded in 1989, Families and Work Institute (FWI) is a nonprofit center for research to inform decision-making on the changing workforce, family and community. During the past five years, the Family and Work Institute has been engaged in the development and dissemination of the Mind in the Making, a multi-media early learning communications initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to translate research on early learning to a broad audience through the use of a multi-part television series, radio PSAs, books, videos and a series of learning modules for teachers of infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The Foundation supported the planning and development of a strategic funding and dissemination plan. Florida State University: $32,500 (2003)The Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy at Florida State University focuses on maternal and child health and early childhood issues. In order to strengthen the infant/toddler care training system in Florida, with Foundation support, the Center and its partners provided mentorship, advanced training in infant/toddler development and adult learning techniques, and a website of training resources for community college instructors and other trainers. FrameWorks Institute: $17,580 (2007), $20,000 (2005)The FrameWorks Institute was established in 1999 to advance the nonprofit sector's communications capacity by identifying, translating and modeling relevant scholarly research for framing the public discourse about social problems. FrameWorks designs, manages and publishes communications research to prepare nonprofit organizations to expand their constituency base, to build public will, and to further public understanding of specific social issues. In 2002, the Foundation provided support for research on the public’s understanding of child development messages. This research helped early childhood experts and advocates reexamine the effectiveness of their communication strategies and message development. Georgetown University, Public Policy Institute: $39,670 (2006)The Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University , established in 1970, conducts research in education and social policy, children's issues, housing, health care, the environment, nonprofit and public-sector management, international development policy, electoral politics, tax policy, crime, and homeland security. Foundation support was provided to Professor Bill Gormley toward the second phase of research on the Oklahoma Universal Pre-K Programs. Professor Gormley is looking at pre-k classrooms to compare test scores with classroom observations. He will explore reasons for the previously reported strong child outcomes for Latino children and the effects of pre-k participation on both their cognitive and socio-emotional development. The Institute for Women's Policy Research: $5,000 (2003)The Institute for Women's Policy Research is a national organization that conducts research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities and societies. With Foundation support a fact sheet was developed to accompany the previously released "Building a Stronger Child Care Workforce: A Review of Studies of the Effectiveness of Public Compensation Initiatives." National Center for Children in Poverty: $45,000 (2007), $40,000 (2005), $30,000 (2004)The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) is dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being of America’s low-income families and children. Using research to inform policy and practice, NCCP seeks to advance family-oriented solutions and the strategic use of public resources at the state and national levels to ensure positive outcomes for the next generation. In 1996 NCCP released its first Map and Track report which provided information regarding state initiatives focused on promoting the healthy development of young children and their families in all 50 states. The Map and Track report was last updated in 2000. The 2005 grant supported the development of a new 50-state survey to obtain information about state initiatives and investments for infants and toddlers. The survey results will be included in the new Map and Track report. National Council of La Raza: 2007 ($40,000)The National Council of La Raza is a national organization devoted to promoting educational opportunities for Hispanic children. La Raza has developed an early childhood focus, recognizing that Hispanic young children are underrepresented in their access to early learning experiences and programs. In 2004 the Foundation awarded a planning grant to develop a birth-to-three policy agenda, including the development of a report with policy recommendations. In June of 2007 NCLR released Buenos Principios: Latino Children in the Earliest Years. The publication provides a user friendly overview of demographics, socio-demographic characteristics, school readiness factors and policy recommendations for Latino children birth to three. With the Foundation’s 2007 grant, LA Raza will expand the dissemination of the publication to affiliates in states with emerging Latino communities, such as Arkansas, Illinois, and Georgia. In addition, Foundation support would enable NCLR to create a series of state fact sheets. NCLR hopes that the briefings will help to advance policy and advocacy work on behalf of Latino children birth to three. National Conference of State Legislatures/ZERO TO THREE: $25,000 (2003)The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), established in 1975, is a bipartisan organization that serves legislators and their staff. NCSL conducts research, provides opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on pressing state issues and has offered technical assistance to states on a range of early childhood issues. Zero to Three (ZTT) is a leading organization in the promotion of the well-being of infants and toddlers. The Foundation grant supported the development and dissemination of materials to provide state legislatures, policymakers and early childhood professionals with comprehensive information regarding infant mental health issues and the development of quality systems to address the needs of infants and their families. The materials profiled advances made in some states and suggested strategies to strengthen, integrate, and expand access to mental health services for young children and their families. The report, Helping Young Children Succeed: Strategies to Promote Early Childhood Social Emotional Development, can be ordered through NCSL. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices: $25,000 (2003)The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA) provides consultation for governors and their key policy staff. NGA's mission is to develop and implement innovation solutions to public policy challenges. With Foundation support, NGA redesigned and updated the existing web-based First Three Years Governors Guide to Early Childhood. The original guide was launched on the website in 1997 and last revised in 1999. The revised publication provides governors and their policy advisors a collection of up-to-date research and policy resources on children between the ages of zero to three. The National League of Cities: $50,000 (2003)Through its Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, the National League of Cities brings together mayors, city councilors, and other municipal officials to learn about, share, and craft programs and policies for families in their communities. The Foundation's grant helped to support the "100 City Challenge," an initiative that offered technical assistance to cities for strategic planning to enhance programs for young children and their families. National Partnership for Women and Families: $35,000 (2005)Established in 1971, the National Partnership for Women and Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family. The Foundation contributed towards the Paid Family Leave campaign and funded technical assistance to states interested in establishing At Home Infant Care programs. NIDCAP Federation International: $50,000 (2006)The NICAP Federation International (NFI) was established in 2001 by Dr. Heidelise Als to develop and support a worldwide collaborative community of trainers, health care systems, professionals, families, and other partners to assure that the highest quality of individualized, developmentally supportive, family centered care is available to all newborns in intensive and special care nurseries. NICAP - New Born Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program - is a comprehensive, evidence-based approach for caring for premature infants in new born intensive care nurseries. With Foundation support NFI is launching a certification program for intensive care units (NICUs). It is hoped that this project will expand the use of family supportive practices in newborn intensive and special care nurseries and will also serve to connect families to home visiting and other early intervention programs. Parent-Child Home Program: $41,742 (2006), $25,000 (2003)The Parent-Child Home Program is a home visiting program for families with 2- and 3-year old children who have limited access to educational opportunities. Families are visited twice a week for two years with the goal of increasing parent-child verbal interactions and play in order to stimulate language development and enhance parenting skills. The Foundation’s 2003 grant supported the development and sustainability of new sites, increased program visibility, and the development of distance learning training modules as well as technical assistance capabilities. The long-term goal of the project is to increase the number of new sites and the number of families served. Since 1998, the Parent-Child program has expanded from 43 sites to 129. This grant addresses the Foundation’s program goal of improving the quality of early care, promoting early language development, and providing infrastructure support to key organizations. With the Foundation’s 2006 grant, the Parent-Child Home Program conducted a survey and is developing a best practices guide for working with low-income, non-native English-speakers and limited literacy families. The guide will focus on promoting parent-child verbal interactions, preparing children to enter school ready to learn and helping parents in their role as teachers and academic advocates. This project addresses the Foundation’s interest in immigrant young children and their families, as well as early emergent literacy. It is hoped that this project will provide the early childhood home visiting field with strategies for working with low literacy immigrant families. Prevent Child Abuse America: $46,006 (2003)Healthy Families America, a national program of Prevent Child Abuse America, offers families home visits and other services with the goals of promoting positive parenting, encouraging child health and development, and preventing child abuse and neglect. Because of its demonstrated success, the program has expanded rapidly throughout the country. Our grant supported the development of quality assurance resources for local programs and a planning phase to establish regional resource centers. Reach Out and Read: $25,000 (2007)Established in 1989, Reach Out and Read (ROR) provides parents with early literacy support by offering developmentally appropriate advice as well as culturally and developmentally appropriate books to take home, during regular pediatric visits. Through the program, physicians and nurse practitioners receive early literacy training, books to distribute to their patients and a volunteer who reads to children in the waiting room and models good early literacy techniques. Foundation support will help ROR implement its Leyendo Juntos project designed to improve the delivery of the ROR model to Spanish-speaking families. Foundation funding will be used to ensure that the early literacy guidance provided to Spanish-speaking families is culturally appropriate. Stand for Children Leadership Center: $10,000 (2003)Stand for Children is a national grassroots organization that trains advocates to seek greater funding for children's programs and quality improvements. Foundation support expanded the Leadership Center's training efforts to increase the number members focused on early childhood. University of California San Francisco, Child Trauma Research Project: $48,207 (2007)The Child Trauma Research Project (CTRP), at the University of California San Francisco, offers assessment and treatment to children birth through five who experience domestic violence or other interpersonal trauma. The Foundation’s grant will support the development and piloting of a Diversity Training Protocol and Manual for early childhood mental health clinicians. The proposed protocol will focus on training practitioners to develop intervention skills that are consistent with the culture, values and contexts of the families with whom they work. University of North Carolina, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute: $50,000 (2006)The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina is a multi-disciplinary institute established in 1966 to conduct research and cultivate and share the knowledge necessary to enhance child development and family well being. With Foundation support, Deborah Cryer, Ph.D. and Thelma Harms Ph.D., are developing a training video/DVD and print materials to accompany a revised Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale (FCCERS) (formerly named the Family Day Care Rating Scale). The training materials will incorporate current best knowledge and practice and will be consistent with the revised ECERS and ITERS. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: $39,534 (2006), $42,400 (2005)Foundation support was provided to Oscar Barbarin, L. Richardson and Emily Preyer Bicentennial Distinguished Professor for Strengthening Families at the School of Social Work, to conduct a two-year intervention study to help pre-school teachers work more effectively with African-American preschool boys and their parents. In the first year, Dr. Barbarin piloted the intervention protocol and collected feedback from participating teachers. Dr. Barbarin is refining and testing the effectiveness of the protocol and will create a parent component, which will also be available in Spanish. The goal of this project is to assist preschool teachers to support the healthy development of young African-American and Latino boys. University of North Carolina, Greensboro: $28,603 (2006)In the spring of 2001 with funding from the Foundation, Lynn Kagan and Dick Clifford convened a two-day meeting on “Assessing the State of Assessment” for individuals involved in policy development, implementation, and measurement of statewide performance assessments of very young children. Foundation funding also supported the writing of a policy brief based on the meeting. With additional support from other funders the project was expanded to include an in-depth examination of issues raised during the symposium regarding the development of early learning standards and a report was produced, co-authored by Catherine Scott-Little. Funding is currently being provided to Catherine Scott-Little to work with Lynn Kagan and Victoria Frelow to analyze early learning guidelines for infants and toddlers developed by 15 states within the past two years. A resource guide will be created that can be used by states that are in the process of developing early learning guidelines for infants and toddlers. Voices for America's Children: $25,000 (2006), $50,000 (2003)Voices for America's Children (previously the National Association of Child Advocates) is a national child advocacy membership organization. The Foundation supported the expansion of a mini-grant project designed to provide funding and technical support to membership states engaged in the development of policy education and advocacy campaigns focusing on issues regarding infants and toddlers 0-3. The Foundation’s 2005 grant funded a convening to inform Voices’ member organizations about current communications research and messaging strategies. Voices for America’s Children collaborated with Frameworks Institute to convene a group of state advocates to discuss how to use new early child development frames effectively in state advocacy campaigns. Wisconsin Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Association with Penfield Children's Center: $40,000 (2006), $25,000 (2005)The Wisconsin Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Association (WIECMHA), led by Therese Ahlers, executive director, was established in 2001 to ensure that the mental and developmental needs of every child in Wisconsin are met within the context of community and culture. In 2003 Ms. Ahlers established a working group of 14 states interested in developing infant and early childhood mental health systems. The group identified five critical components of a comprehensive mental health system: financing, policy, training, service delivery and systems collaboration. With Foundation support the group held a two-day infant and early childhood mental health summit which provided states with the opportunity to share expertise and raise specific state issues related to the development of early childhood mental health systems. The current grant will support a second summit to expand the learning of the previous summit and provide the working groups with an opportunity to present the results of their year long discussions. Working with Georgetown University and Zero To Three, the Association hopes to plan a summit that will present strategies to better support the social emotional development of infants and young children within a comprehensive system of care. Yale University, Ed Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy: $58,580 (2007)In 2004 Walter Gilliam, working with Ed Zigler of the Yale University Child Study Center, conducted the National Prekindergarten Study (NPS) to collect classroom-level implementation data in 55 state prekindergarten systems. The Foundation provided additional support to include an analysis of expulsion data. In May of 2007 Dr. Gilliam released findings from a random-assignment evaluation of the Connecticut Early Childhood Consultation Program, a large scale early childhood mental health consultation system. The Connecticut program is a twelve week in-class consultation program. The evaluation consisted of two cohorts with 43 classrooms assigned to receive the intervention and 42 placed on the waitlist. Findings revealed a statistically significant decrease in teacher reported behavior problems in the classroom relative to the control group. Currently Dr. Gilliam is conducting a three-year evaluation of the Connecticut program. Foundation funding will support the inclusion of infant-toddler classrooms specifically with the development of infant-toddler measures ZERO TO THREE: $50,000 (2007), $35,000 (2006)ZERO TO THREE's (ZTT) mission is to support the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families. ZTT is a national nonprofit multidisciplinary organization that advances its mission by informing, educating and supporting adults who influence the lives of infants and toddlers. With Foundation support in 2006 Zero to Three (ZTT) expanded the work of its Policy Center and Network. The ZTT Policy Center represents a new effort to elevate the needs of infants and toddlers and promote good health, strong families and positive early learning experiences. The Foundation’s 2007 grant will fund the development a new interactive state policy component for its website. This new component will provide a framework for organizing state policy information, allowing users to search for information by either state or topic. |