Use this to ... educate stakeholders about the national scope, services, workforce and effectiveness of EHS home visiting and Pregnant Women services
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
Use this to ... prepare or enhance the HS voice when states engage in ECE governance reform ... this memo contains insights from peers
Use this ... to understand current barriers to access for children and families to accessing Head Start and Early Head Start
Use this ... to persuade state partners and lawmakers that EHS can help them meet critical state-level goals around education, health and family strengthening
Use this to ... advocate with your Members of Congress for inclusion of Head Start in any universal pre-K proposal.
Use this to ... understand the national landscape of EHS services and supports ... a great primer for partners, too
Use this piece to ... shape your policy agenda ... influence partners ... shape your own work
Use this piece to ... learn about state funding of HS and EHS ... shape advocacy for state funding in your state
Use this piece to ... understand the variation in state pre-K and Head Start relationships ... advocate for model policies
Use this piece to ... shape how you support EHS in your state, drawing on the 3-part framework within
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
Use this to ... share with your members to enhance their social media efforts or your own
Use this to ... share with your members about how 1 large and 1 small Head Start program approach social media impact
Use this to ... develop your state strategic plans ... use ad hoc or through a formal process
Use this to ... plan stronger Head Start-K12 partnerships
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
Use this to ... develop a COVID-19/post-COVID-19 state policy agenda, including partnerships with child care
Use this to ... highlight the prevention benefits and cost savings of HS and EHS
Use this to ... explore concrete case studies of HS and pre-K partnership
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
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
Use this to ... strengthen your work with Governors, from strategies, to tactics, to messaging, etc.
Use this to ... see NHSA's full set of policy recommendations, federal and state
Use this to ... advocate for more contract funding in child care
Use this to ... illustrate the benefits of contract slot funding in child care, similar to Head Start