Systems Development

There is often a disconnect between the multiple agencies across different levels of government that serve young children and families, which means parents can be forced to navigate confusing systems and providers can be stuck in silos.

Report: How were federal and state relief grants distributed to sustain child care in New York State during the pandemic?

A cornerstone of our work is to ensure that our systems collect complete, transparent, and disaggregated data to inform and guide our work to improve long-term outcomes for all infants and toddlers across New York State. To that end, we worked with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) to review data related to the distribution of federal and state relief to child care providers during the pandemic.

The analysis explores how child care providers utilized this relief funding and sheds new light on how New York can improve its systems to ensure that future funding streams are equitably distributed.

Home Visiting

When it comes to services and supports for families with young children, there is often either a dearth or duplication. Instead of looking a the whole child, we look at their education and care needs versus their health and social-emotional needs. Two services that could, should, and sometimes do overlap are maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting and child care. Fostering coordination and collaboration between these two services would support and strengthen both families with young children and the workforce that serves them.

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Poll: Parents across all racial groups have encountered challenges accessing high-quality child care

Poll: Parents across all racial groups have encountered challenges accessing high-quality child care

The poll, conducted by Global Strategy Group in partnership with the Raising NY coalition, also found that while parents overall are satisfied with their child care program, their experiences with some areas of the system can vary widely across racial lines.