The following programs were funded through Children's Bureau Discretionary Grants and visited by Children's Bureau contract staff members during the funding period.
Title of Program Announcement: Child Welfare - Early Education Partnerships to Expand Protective Factors for Children With Child Welfare Involvement
Purpose: To fund projects to build infrastructure capacity to support collaborative initiatives between child welfare and early childhood systems to maximize enrollment, attendance, and supports of infants and young children who are in foster care into comprehensive, high-quality early care and education programs. For a copy of the funding opportunity announcement, please contact info@childwelfare.gov or 1.800.934.3366
Funding Period: September 30, 2011 - February 28, 2013
2015 Synthesis of Findings (PDF - 449 KB)
Projects Funded:
- Los Angeles Child Welfare-Early Education Partners Infrastructure Project
- Broward's Infrastructure Design to Guide and Sustain Permanency for Young Foster Children (BRIDGES)
- Colorado Partnership in Early Childhood Education Services (PIECES) (PDF - 217 KB)
- State of Connecticut Department of Children and Families-Early Head Start Partnership, Early Childhood Child Welfare Collaboration Project (PDF - 128 KB)
- North Florida Child Welfare-Early Education Partnership (PDF - 166 KB)