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Toolkit: Defining and Assessing Early Childhood System Performance for Quality Improvement

Early childhood systems exist to improve outcomes for children and families, but it can be a challenge to tell the story of why our system-building efforts matter. To help system builders and stakeholders identify ways their system is working well, as well as areas for improvement, the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) developed the Early Childhood System Performance Assessment Toolkit in partnership with members of its Early Childhood Learning and Innovation Network for Communities (EC-LINC). 

During the past year, in partnership with National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ) and Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (ECCS CoIIN) Teams, CSSP has updated and expanded the Toolkit to improve its alignment with the ECCS CoIIN logic model. This webinar will provide an overview of the Toolkit, including two new and two revised measures, and ways communities can use measures from the Toolkit to improve their system’s performance.

Webinar Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to articulate how an early childhood system contributes to better outcomes for young children and their families
  • Participants will improve their understanding of the concept of system performance
  • Participants will be able to identify measures from the Early Childhood System Performance Assessment Toolkit that they could use in their own systems
Date
Length

1 hour

Moderator

Loraine Swanson, MPH, Senior Project Director, NICHQ

Speakers

Cailin O’Connor, MS, Senior Associate, Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP)

David Willis, MD, FAAP, Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP)

Early Childhood and Medicaid 101: The Tip of the Iceberg

Medicaid covers many of the children who could most benefit from better supports in early childhood, making it a vital resource for developmental health. Innovative changes in Medicaid payment mechanisms can help more children get the care they need. What are these opportunities? How can we—as parents, advocates, organizers and care professionals—put them into action?

In this webinar, you'll:

  • Learn how Medicaid can be used to improve early childhood health and address disparities
  • Discover ideas on how families and community advocates, specifically, can leverage Medicaid
  • Engage in a Q&A workshop with some of the top policy experts in the field
Length

1.5 hours

Speakers

Donna Cohen Ross, Vice President, Center for the Study of Social Policy

Debbie I. Chang, Senior Vice President, Policy and Prevention, Nemours

Debbie Cheatham, Senior Technical Assistance Specialist, ZERO TO THREE

Christy Blakely, Family Engagement Expert, Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network

Title V Alignment

  • Become familiar with AMCHP and SPHARC as resources for your work
  • Get a snapshot of how Title V program activities fit into the goals of the Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network 
  • Learn how two of your Title V colleagues are implementing their NPM 6 activities
Length

1 hour

Engaging Families from Diverse Backgrounds with Developmental Screening and Child Well-Being

Developmental screenings can change children’s lives. Screenings help ensure early diagnosis so that children with disabilities can receive the right care at the right time. Find out how to engage families from diverse backgrounds and improve screenings in your state. Listeners will walk away from the webinar with the strategies, tools and resources they need to increase family engagement and improve their developmental screening process.

Length

1.5 hours