CYFC
Policy
Minnesota Family Impact Seminars
Family Impact Seminars connect research
and state policymaking by providing state-of-the-art information
in an objective, non-partisan manner. Each topical seminar includes
forums, briefing reports, and follow-up activities explicitly
for legislators, key agencies and staff. Rather than lobbying
for particular policies, the seminars offer a range of policy
options and provide opportunities for participants to identify
common ground.
Minnesota’s first Family Impact Seminar
on “Early Childhood Populations, Programs and Policy
Options” will take place during the 2008 legislative
session.
Resources from April 25, 2008
Minnesota Family Impact
Seminar
Minnesota Family Impact Seminar Briefing
Report 2008 (.pdf)
Minnesota Family Impact Seminar Briefing Report 2008 Bibliography
Early Childhood Policies
from Ecological and
Family Impact Perspectives (.pdf)
Smarter
Reform:
Moving Beyond Single
Program Solutions to
an Early Care and
Education System (.pdf)
University of Minnesota Resources
University of Minnesota Children,
Youth, and Family Consortium (CYFC)
The
Children, Youth, and Family Consortium was established during the
Fall of 1991 to build the capacity of the University of Minnesota and
Minnesota communities to use research, influence policy and enhance
practice to improve the well-being of Minnesota’s children, youth
and families.
University of Minnesota
Center for Early Education and Development (CEED)
CEED’s
mission is to improve developmental outcomes for children through:
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Outreach
(Publications, Events). Share
knowledge widely to support program and policy development,
strategic partnerships, and early childhood advocacy. Host events such as the McEvoy Lectures and Harris Forum.
University of Minnesota Institute
for Child Development (ICD)
The Institute
of Child Development is an internationally known premiere center
pursuing research on basic psychological processes underlying
the development of infants, children, and youth, and on the applications
of this knowledge to improving the quality of human life. The
Institute is a part of the College of Education and Human Development
at the University of Minnesota.
Selected
Local Resources
Early Childhood Research Collaborative
(ECRC)
The Early Childhood Research Collaborative
(ECRC) is a unique partnership that brings together prominent
researchers and faculty members in a variety of disciplines
at the University with economists at the Federal Reserve to
develop and synthesize research on cost-effective investments
in early childhood.
Resources include the papers posted on the
web site focus on effective programs and practices from
preschool to third grade (PK-3), the productivity argument
for investing in young children, developing high quality
PK-3 classrooms, the long-term effects of Child-Parent Center
early childhood intervention, and the role of cooperative
behavior in preschoolers' social development.
Minnesota
Child Care Policy Research Partnership (MCCPRP)
The MCCPRP
is a collaboration among Minnesota
state agencies, counties, child care resource and referral
agencies, and researchers. Coordinated by the Minnesota Department
of Human Services, the partnership brings together researchers
and policymakers from the Minnesota Department of Employment
and Economic Development, county child care units from Anoka,
Becker, Brown, and Hennepin Counties, the University of Minnesota,
Child Trends, Wilder Research Center, the Minnesota Child Care
Resource and Referral Network, and several national researchers.
The goal of this broadly based partnership is to foster sound
research on child care issues of important to policymakers
at the state, local, and national level.
