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King C, Perkins V, Nugent C, Jordan E. 2018. 2018 State of state early childhood data systems . Bethesday, MD: Early Childhood Data Collaborative, 47 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes the results of a national survey to assess states' ability to link data systems related to government-funded early childhood education (ECE) programs and services. The updated information on states' progress in integrating their data systems is intended to help policy makers answer early childhood policy questions aimed at improving access to services, the quality of ECE programs, and the effectiveness of interventions.

Keywords: Data linkage, Early childhood education, Health agencies, Integrated information systems, National surveys, School systems, Social service agencies, State programs

Early Childhood Data Collaborative. 2014. 2013 state of states' early childhood data systems. Bethesda, MD: Early Childhood Data Collaborative, 31 pp.

Annotation: This 2013 report presents findings from a survey to assess state early childhood data systems. The report focuses on state data systems' ability to securely link child-level early childhood education (ECE) data across ECE programs and to K-12, health, and social services data systems. Topics include states collecting state-level developmental screening, assessment, and kindergarten entry assessments; status of state ECE data governance structure, authority, and function; and action steps for policymakers and practitioners.

Keywords: Data linkage, Early childhood education, Health agencies, Integrated information systems, National surveys, School systems, Social service agencies, State programs

Washington State Department of Health, Health Education Resource Exchange. 2013. Guidelines for testing and reporting drug exposed newborns in Washington state. Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Health, Health Education Resource Exchange, 16 pp.

Annotation: This document provides guidance to hospitals, health care providers and affiliated professionals about maternal drug screening, laboratory testing, and reporting of drug-exposed newborns delivered in Washington State. Contents include indicators for testing, hospital policy, newborn and maternal risk indicators, consent issues for testing, newborn drug testing, management of a newborn with positive drug toxicology, and reporting to Children's Administration. Appendices include references and resources, guidelines for obtaining consent, a sample letter, neonatal abstinence syndrome scoring system, and information on Washington's Children's Administration prenatal substance abuse policy.

Keywords: Drug use during pregnancy, Guidelines, Hospital services, Infant health, Neonatal abstinence syndrome, Neonatal screening, Newborn infants, State initiatives, State social service agencies, Substance abusing pregnant women, Substance use screening, Washington

U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families . 2012. Promoting social and emotional well-being for children and youth receiving child welfare services. Washington, DC: U.S. Administration on Children, Youth, and Families , 21 pp.

Annotation: This information memorandum for state, tribal, and territorial agencies administering or supervising the administration of Titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act, Indian Tribes and Indian Tribal Organizations, seeks to promote social and emotional well-bring for children and adolescents who have experienced maltreatment and are receiving child welfare services. The memorandum includes an overview of the issue and a discussion of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families' well-being framework, emerging evidence on the impact of maltreatment, requirements and policy opportunities, current state and county investments, screening and functional assessment, effective interventions, and maximizing resources to achieve better results.

Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescent mental health, American Indians, Child development, Child maltreatment, Child mental health, Child welfare, Child welfare agencies, Intervention, Legislation, Public policy, Screening, Social service agencies, State agencies

Spellman C. 1987. Early B.I.R.D.S. Project (Behavioral Identification and Referral to Developmental Services) [Final report]. Parsons, KS: University of Kansas, Parsons Research Center, Bureau of Child Research, 22 pp.

Watkins EL, ed. 1980. Social work in a state-based system of child health care: Based on the proceedings of the 1980 Tri-Regional Workshop for Social Workers in Maternal and Child Health Services. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health, 156 pp.

Annotation: This publication presents selected papers from the 1980 Tri-Regional Workshop for Social Workers in Maternal and Child Health Services. Topics discussed are state-based child health care; developing networks in a state-based system of health care for families; social work in health programs for families, mothers, and children; essentials of social work practice in public health programs; strategies for establishing an effective social work program; recent trends in genetic programs and their implications for social workers; development of services for children with handicapping conditions; the state consultant's role in implementing a state-based system of health care; the multi-method approach to practice; neglectful families and the measurement of change resulting from social work intervention; enabling immigrants to obtain early preventive care; and research for the social work practitioner. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Child health, Children with developmental disabilities, Conferences, Dysfunctional families, Genetic services, Immigrants, Maternal health, Preventive health services, Research, Social work, State health agencies

Welch KH. 1940. The meaning of state supervision in the social protection of children. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 22 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 252)

Colby MR. 1933. The county as an administrative unit for social work. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 48 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 224)

Annotation: This report analyzes the activities of state departments in supporting the development of county social services. The importance of using the county as an administrative unit to adequately serve rural as well as urban areas is discussed. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

Keywords: County social service agencies, Social work, Statewide planning, Supervision

Rosenberg R, Donahue AM. 1925. The welfare of infants of illegitimate birth in Baltimore: As affected by a Maryland law of 1916 governing the separation from under their mothers of children under 6 months old. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 24 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 144)

Annotation: This bulletin reports on the welfare of infants of illegitimate birth in Baltimore as affected by a Maryland law of 1916 that prohibited the separation from their mothers of children under 6 months old. The mortality rate for infants born out of wedlock in 1921 showed a reduction of more than 50 percent from the corresponding rate for 1915. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

Keywords: Child welfare, Infant mortality, Infants, Maryland, Mother child relations, Single mothers, Social service agencies, State legislation
   

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