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Baumgartner, Scott; Cavadel, Elizabeth; Allison-Clark, Katherine – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
To promote children's healthy development and give them opportunities to flourish, families need a wide range of support services. These services are often disconnected from each other. Early care and education (ECE) has a particularly fragmented system (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2018). Systems with myriad processes…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Family Needs, Poverty
Martin, Megan; Connelly, Dana Dean – Center for the Study of Social Policy, 2015
Nationally, families of color--particularly African American and American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN)--are over-represented in child welfare systems. These families also tend to have worse outcomes--such as children more likely to be removed from their homes, less likely to receive family preservation services, and in the case of African…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Child Welfare, At Risk Persons, Public Policy
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1995
The care and education of children is a primary task of all societies, and the role of parents, families, and communities is essential in this process. This directory describes the major activities of 64 non-governmental and governmental organizations, based on 12 Arab countries (Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania,…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Community Programs, Day Care, Developed Nations
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1995
The care and education of children is a primary task of all societies, and the role of parents, families, and communities is essential in this process. This directory describes the major activities of 360 non-governmental and governmental organizations, based in 30 countries in Asia and the Pacific region (Australia; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia;…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Community Programs, Day Care, Developed Nations