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ERIC Number: ED610966
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Feb
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Strategies for Financing the Integration of Home Visiting and Early Childhood Data Systems
King, Carlise; Perkins, Victoria
Early Childhood Data Collaborative
Over the last decade, state efforts to build stronger data infrastructure and integrate data about early childhood services have continued to grow. A stronger data infrastructure supports states in more easily linking data across programs, which in turn makes it easier to analyze and use that data to answer important policy questions. An Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS) is a type of data infrastructure being developed in some states. An ECIDS integrates early childhood data, such as data at the child, family, program, and workforce level, collected from a variety of early learning services across different state agencies. However, home visiting data are often excluded from a state's ECIDS. As states work to develop ECIDS, leaders need to identify funding to adequately support data systems that are inclusive of home visiting so that these data can be used for future planning and policy development. The purpose of this resource is to share strategies and state examples that state leaders may use to plan for costs associated with integrating home visiting and other early childhood data. This resource also identifies potential funding sources for different stages of data systems planning and development, staffing and administration, and analysis and use. This brief presents the following four strategies for funding data integration activities, based on information collected from states through surveys and interviews: (1) Allocate funds for data system planning; (2) Leverage large data infrastructures; (3) Ensure sufficient staffing to support data integration work; and (4) Identify on-going funding for analysis and use of collected data. For each strategy, the authors first describe common costs of an ECIDS that may require additional funding that states leaders should consider. State examples are provided for each strategy to highlight how states are making use of funding opportunities to plan, develop, administer, and use their data systems. Possible funding opportunities are summarized at the end of the brief.
Early Childhood Data Collaborative. e-mail: info@ecedata.org; Web site: http://www.ecedata.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: Heising-Simons Foundation
Authoring Institution: Early Childhood Data Collaborative (ECDC)
Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania; Utah; Wisconsin; Georgia
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act 2004; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; Child Care and Development Block Grants
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A