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Annotation: This guide describes how Head Start and Early Head start programs can facilitate mental health screening and referrals for children and families. It explains how Head Start staff can prepare for the referrral and engage families in the process and facilitate the process once the referral has been made. A referral checklist and a guide to help facilitators locate mental health providers are included.

Contact: National Center on Early Childhood Health and Wellness, American Academy of Pediatrics, 345 Park Boulevard, Itasca, IL 60143, Telephone: (888) 227-5125 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/ncechw

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Keywords: Early Head Start, Families, Head Start Centers, Mental health, Referrals, Young children

Annotation: This report is designed to help Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) grantees and federally qualified health centers establish partnerships that increase access to oral health services for children in MSHS and their families. The report provides information about MSHS programs, oral health in the programs, and the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Health Center Program. Topics include Head Start, oral health, oral health care, financing oral health care, and planning.

Contact: National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety, Telephone: (888) 227-5125 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/about-us/article/national-center-health-behavioral-health-safety-nchbhs Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Collaboration, Community health centers, Financing, Head Start, Health care delivery, Migrant health centers, Migrants, Oral health, Public private partnerships, Young children

Annotation: This curriculum for staff (physicians, nurses, outreach workers, promotoras, and health specialists) from migrant and seasonal Head Start programs and migrant and community health centers addresses pediatric environmental health education for farmworker families. The core curriculum comprises six modules on ways that children are uniquely vulnerable to environmental toxins and how to prevent and reduce exposures. Each module begins with a menu of key information for planning lessons and activities. Activities and resources for educating farmworker families are also provided. Spanish language materials are included. A program evaluation of the pilot training-of-trainers conducted in Michigan and Florida in September 2010 is also available from the web site.

Contact: Physicians for Social Responsibility, 1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1012, Washington, DC 20009, Telephone: (202) 667-4260 Fax: (202) 667-4201 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.psr.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child health, Child safety, Community health centers, Curricula, Environmental exposure, Head Start, Health education, Injury prevention, Interdisciplinary training, Migrant health centers, Spanish language materials, Training materials

Annotation: This report examines the degree to which key players in child welfare, early intervention and preschool special education, and early care and education systems (such as Head Start, preschool, child care centers, and family child care homes) collaborate to meet the developmental needs of infants and children from birth through age 5 who are involved in the child welfare system. The report discusses of major findings, implications for program and policy, methodology, and the research questions used.

Contact: Catherine E. Cutler Institute for Child and Family Policy, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, P.O. Box 9300, Portland, ME 04104-9300, Telephone: (207) 780-4141 Secondary Telephone: (800) 800-4876 Fax: (207) 780-5817 Web Site: http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/schoolreadiness Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 978-0-9708327-5-7.

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Keywords: Child care centers, Child welfare, Collaboration, Early childhood development, Early childhood education, Early intervention, Head Start, Infant development, Infants, Preschool children, Public policy, Special education, Young children

Annotation: This report presents findings from an evaluation of Project Ready Smile. The project provides oral health screening, preventive care services (e.g., fluoride varnish), education, referral, and care for infants and young children from birth to age 5 enrolled in selected early childhood centers that serve low-income, minority, and under-insured families in five counties in the Kansas City metropolitan area and in one additional county, Allen County. Report topics include evaluation objectives and activities, participant demographics, insurance and oral health status, referral and follow-up, and parent knowledge. Comparisons of Head Start and non-Head Start sites, children with and without dental caries, and parental knowledge and oral health status between first and second screenings are included. Results from satisfaction surveys of dentists and early childhood care centers are also discussed.

Contact: REACH Healthcare Foundation, 6700 Antioch Road, Suite 200, Merriam, KS 66204, Telephone: (913) 432-4196 Secondary Telephone: (866) 866-8805 Web Site: http://www.reachhealth.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child care centers, Client satisfaction, Dental caries, Dental insurance, Head Start, Health status, Kansas, Knowledge level, Local programs, Oral health, Parents, Program evaluation, Reports, Young children

Annotation: This report profiles the Head Start children and families that were newly enrolled in fall 2006, their characteristics, family demographics and home life, child cognitive, social-emotional, and health status at program entry, and teacher characteristics and classroom environments. The information presented here comes from the Head Start Family and Child Experiences national survey.

Contact: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Seventh Floor West, Washington, DC 20447, Web Site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child development, Federal programs, Head Start, Head Start centers, National surveys

Annotation: This form is a blank survey sent to Head Start centers nationwide to gain a better understanding of Head Start grantees' experiences with major problems that threaten self-sufficiency—literacy, employability, and substance abuse. There are questions on provision of service, resources, staff training, and interagency collaboration.

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Keywords: Assessment, Head Start, Head Start centers, National surveys, Provider surveys, Self evaluation

Annotation: This report reviews several federal, state, and local initiatives, including those involving family preservation and support, welfare reform, education reform, health care reform, and national service, that are designed to help Head Start develop partnerships with private and public organizations in order to link services more effectively. It aims to provide a clearer understanding of how Head Start is currently responding to the challenges of collaboration.

Contact: Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension, 1305 Linden Drive, Third Floor, Madison, WI 53706, Telephone: (608) 263-2353 Fax: (608) 265-6048 Web Site: http://familyimpactseminars.org/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Collaboration, Community agencies, Head Start, Head Start centers, Policy development, Program improvement, Public private partnerships, Reform, Service delivery systems, Services

Annotation: This annotated resource guide on nutrition materials for early childhood is a selected listing of current nutrition education and programmatic publications and resources available for professionals, parents, and children. The three sections are: 1) nutrition education materials including nutrition resources for children with special health needs; 2) nutrition program applications and resources containing curricula, guidelines, manuals and reports; and 3) selected sources of additional information. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Photocopy available at no charge.

Keywords: Audiovisual materials, Child care centers, Child nutrition, Children with special health care needs, Cookbooks, Early childhood education, Head Start, Materials for children, Nutrition programs, Young children

Annotation: This project aimed to improve the health and nutrition status of migrant farmworker women and their children under 5 years of age who received services at the Tri-County Community Health Center. The major ethnic groups comprising the clinic population were Hispanic, black, Haitian, and Caucasian. A multicisciplinary staff developed collaborative efforts with other agencies, provided birth coaching and breastfeeding classes, and recruited lay health advisors representing the several ethnic groups within the migrant population. Data collection systems and MCH protocols were also developed. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB92-103365.

Keywords: Barriers to Health Care, Bilingual, BlacksHaitians, Breastfeeding, Community Health Centers, Data Collection, Head Start, Health Advisors, High risk groups, Hispanics, Immunization, Infant Mortality, Infections, Lay, Low Birthweight, Low income groups, Migrant Health Centers, Migrant Women, Migrant Women, Mothers, Nutrition, Outreach, Pregnant Women, Prenatal Care, Social Work Services