Case Studies

In communities and states across the country, there is a growing movement to develop coordinated, effective, and high-quality systems to support all parents and give all young children an optimal start. ECCS CoIIN is one of these systems-building initiatives. 

As part of the work, ECCS CoIIN produced the following case studies: Applying a System Maturity Framework to Understand Progress and Success; Engage and Empower Families at all Levels of Leadership; Enhancing and Developing Community Platforms to Promote the Developmental Health of Young Children; Improving Systems Performance Measurement; Policies to Solidify, Institutionalize, and Formalize Advancements for Sustainability; States and Communities Working Together: Partnerships for Impact

NICHQ worked with Kansas, Massachusetts, Mississippi, and Oklahoma to identify policies, structures, and other contextual factors that may have impacted preterm birth rates in each state. Each of the four selected states participated in the 2013-2017 phase of the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network to Reduce Infant Mortality (IM CoIIN) and elected to address preterm births as one of their priority areas.

Between 2013 and 2017, the Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA MCHB) engaged NICHQ in what became a nationwide effort to reduce infant mortality rates in the U.S. Had these rates remained unchanged, over 23,000 babies would continue to die annually.

NICHQ’s efforts as the National Coordinating Center (NCC) marked the first time in U.S. history that improvements in SCD care were tackled on a large, regional and national scale. 

NICHQ identified a series of promising levers for change and potential measures to track improvement in early childhood social and emotional development.