The Comprehensive Needs Assessment list includes all agency's that are required by federal funding regulations to complete birth to five needs assessments and details the elements included in each assessment.

This toolkit is designed to help policymakers, program administrators, researchers, and advocates better understand the true cost of operating a high-quality, licensed child care program in their state or community.

The Administration for Children and Families developed this Confidentiality Toolkit to help jurisdictions successfully navigate the delicate balance between privacy and security with the delivery of efficient and effective services. This toolkit analyzes, explains and aids states and local jurisdictions in the navigation of a number of federal laws that impact the implementation of human services.

This Action Plan by the Mecklenburg County Early Childhood Education Executive Committee explores the county's ECE landscape, political will, funding, and paths forward for improving access to high-quality care and education.

This resource is designed to help leaders implement complex data partnerships, with seven key lessons about how to begin and grow a data-driven initiative with schools in your community.

This tool supports states and communities accessing data on young children from consistent, reliable sources, including a list of national and Illinois state data sources for community, maternal and child health indicators, child development, and governmental educational entities.

This document highlights three communities using childhood data in clear and important ways to tailor more effective interventions and yield better results for infants and toddlers. The communities profiled are diverse—Indianola, MI, Ventura County, CA, and Philadelphia, PA—as are the aspects of their work discussed. Taken together, these case studies illuminate the remarkable range of benefits communities have begun to realize from careful and sustained efforts to collect, refine, analyze, and above all, use their data.

The East Durham Children’s Initiative (EDCI) is a place-based nonprofit that walks alongside children and families on their journey from cradle to college or career. Learn about the successes and challenges of their programs in the 2016 report.

This list by the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University summarizes research on key aspects of early childhood development, including the brain science and the effects of adverse early childhood experiences.

This child care map explores the gaps in child care supply across Philadelphia.