NHSA State Affairs Products
Early Head Start Home Visiting and Support for Pregnant Women.pdfIssue Brief: Early Head Start Home Visiting and Support for Pregnant Women
Use this to ... educate stakeholders about the national scope, services, workforce and effectiveness of EHS home visiting and Pregnant Women services
MEMO_ Early Head Start Progress in States and EHS Rising Update.pdfMemo: EHS Progress in States and EHS Rising Update (July 2022)
Use this to ... learn about what amazing national, state and regional work is happening around Early Head Start, including through NHSA's Early Head Start Rising campaign
MEMO_ The Voice of HS in State ECE Governance Reform.pdfMemo: The Voice of Head Start in State ECE Governance Reform (2022)
Use this to ... prepare or enhance the HS voice when states engage in ECE governance reform ... this memo contains insights from peers
Head Start United - Removing Barriers to Access for Children and Families.pdfHead Start United: Removing Barriers to Access for Children and Families
Use this ... to understand current barriers to access for children and families to accessing Head Start and Early Head Start
NHSA State Goals and EHS Policy Brief.pdfIssue Brief: Helping States Meet Their Goals for Pregnant Women, Infants, Toddlers and Families through Early Head Start (2021)
Use this ... to persuade state partners and lawmakers that EHS can help them meet critical state-level goals around education, health and family strengthening
Start-with-Head-Start-White-Paper.pdfPolicy Paper: Start with Head Start (2021)
Use this to ... advocate with your Members of Congress for inclusion of Head Start in any universal pre-K proposal.
Early-Head-Start-Facts-and-Figures 2022.pdfEarly Head Start Facts and Figures (updated 2022)
Use this to ... understand the national landscape of EHS services and supports ... a great primer for partners, too
state_policies_to_support_head_start_access_quality.pdfIssue Brief: 12 No-Cost or Low-Cost State Policies to Improve Access or Quality (2020)
Use this piece to ... shape your policy agenda ... influence partners ... shape your own work
State investments in HS and EHS.pdfIssue Brief: State Investments in Head Start to Support At-Risk Children and Families (2020)
Use this piece to ... learn about state funding of HS and EHS ... shape advocacy for state funding in your state
Final Universal and Comprehensive.pdfIssue Brief: Universal and Comprehensive: Effective Partnerships Between Head Start and State Prekindergarten in 2020 (2020)
Use this piece to ... understand the variation in state pre-K and Head Start relationships ... advocate for model policies
Supporting EHS in States - NHSA Memo CONFIDENTIAL TO NHSA VOICES COALITION MEMBERS.pdfMemo: Supporting EHS in States: NHSA Workshop Summary (2020)
Use this piece to ... shape how you support EHS in your state, drawing on the 3-part framework within
Memo: Notable State CCDBG Reponses via CARES Act to Inform Your Advocacy (2020)
Use this to ... understand how states used CARES funding, including to support HS/EHS ... engage your state partners and agencies in how HS/EHS fits into CARES response
Social Media Tip Sheet.pdfGenius Product: Straight from Your Peers: Benefits, Challenges and Tactics for Social Media (2020)
Use this to ... share with your members to enhance their social media efforts or your own
Social Media Case Studies.pdfGenius Product: Head Start Social Media Case Studies (2020)
Use this to ... share with your members about how 1 large and 1 small Head Start program approach social media impact
Final State Strategy Playbook.pdfGenius Product: State Strategy Playbook (2020)
Use this to ... develop your state strategic plans ... use ad hoc or through a formal process
toolkit-new-early-childhood-coordination-requirements-in-the-essa.pdfToolkit: New Early Childhood Coordination Requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (2017)
Use this to ... plan stronger Head Start-K12 partnerships
CONFIDENTIAL Survey Analysis State Supplemental Funding NHSA and Voices.pdfSurvey: Top Findings from Survey of State HS Associations on Supplemental Funding and Readiness (2019)
Use this to ... understand where HS Associations feel prepared and underprepared when it comes to advancing HS/EHS state funding ... compare your capacity against others in our Network
Head Start Helps.pdfIssue Brief: Head Start Helps: Responding, Innovating, and Advocating for State and Local Needs in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic (202o)
Use this to ... develop a COVID-19/post-COVID-19 state policy agenda, including partnerships with child care
invest_now_spend_later_copy.pdf1-Pager: The Head Start Advantage, Invest Now ... Or Spend Later (2019)
Use this to ... highlight the prevention benefits and cost savings of HS and EHS
partners_for_success.pdfCase Studies: Partners for Success: Case Studies of Collaboration Between Head Start and Pre-K (2013)
Use this to ... explore concrete case studies of HS and pre-K partnership
nhsa_healthreport_feb2017.pdfReport: Health in HS: Expanding Access and Improving Quality (2017)
Use this to ... see a point-in-time snapshot of the health services provided in HS/EHS ... explore recommendations to improve health services in HS/EHS
NHSA Playbook on Data-Informed Advocacy for Head Start and Early Head Start.pdfPlaybook: Data-Informed Advocacy (2021)
Use this ... as a step-by-step guide to making a data-informed case for Head Start/Early Head Start ... created in partnership with Transform Consulting Group
NHSA Playbook_ Engaging Governors to Support Head Start and Early Head Start.pdfGenius Product: Playbook: Engaging Governors to Support Head Start and Early Head Start (2021)
Use this to ... strengthen your work with Governors, from strategies, to tactics, to messaging, etc.
FINAL 21-22 Policy Agenda.pdfPolicy Agenda: Head Start Policy Agenda 2021-2022
Use this to ... see NHSA's full set of policy recommendations, federal and state
Final NAEYC NHSA Contracts Memo.pdfMemo w/NAEYC: Child Care Programs Need Contract Funding to Survive: HS is a Model
Use this to ... advocate for more contract funding in child care
Final NAEYC NHSA Contracts 1 Pager.pdf1-Pager w/NAEYC: 5 Reasons Child Care and Head Start Leaders Support Contract Slots to Help #SaveChildCare
Use this to ... illustrate the benefits of contract slot funding in child care, similar to Head Start