ZERO TO THREE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFANTS TODDLERS and FAMILIES

Safe babies' goal is To prevent maltreatment and neglect of babies and Toddlers, and To keep their Families together. Safe babies' target population includes newborn children To Three years of age under court jurisdiction, who are in foster care or at risk of removal, and their Families. We work To build coordinated and aligned early childhood systems To support a safer path for Families To flourish and thrive, focusing intensively on:- driving best practices for babies, Toddlers, and their Families- removing barriers To racial equity and social justice - empowering parents and elevating the parent voiceteams work at both the family and systems level. Family teams - composed of family members, attorneys, caseworkers, and service providers - come together To identify and remove barriers To reunification, helping To expedite services and permanency for Infants and young children. Community teams led by judges and composed of community stakeholders review patterns across cohorts of individual cases To address structural issues in the child welfare system that prevent Families from succeeding. Our infant-toddler court teams National resource Center, funded in part through a hrsa cooperative agreement supports implementation of court teams in 30 states and 140 sites across the country. The National resource Center provides implementation support To training and technical assistance (t/ta) focused on facilitating the development of state plans and building the capacity of state teams To support sustainability and the installation of new infant-toddler court teams (itcts). The National resource Center also develops new resources and tools.

Healthysteps is an evidence-based program that works To transform the promise of pediatric primary care through a unique team-based approach that integrates a child development expert ("healthysteps specialist") into the health care team. All children ages 0-3 and their Families receive a tiered model of services, from universal screening To risk-stratified supports, including care coordination and onsite intervention, as needed. In 2023, healthysteps grew To include 261 sites in 25 states and Washington, dc, reaching approximately 405,000 children. Together, the National network of healthysteps sites aims To reach more than 1 million young children and Families annually by 2032. Visit healthysteps.org.

National Center on early childhood development, teaching, and learning (nc ecdtl) is a federally funded National training and technical assistance (t/ta) Center operating under a five-year cooperative agreement that addresses the training and technical assistance needs of head start and childcare programs and systems. The goal of nc ecdtl is To identify, develop, and promote implementation of evidence-based practices that are culturally and linguistically responsive and lead To positive child outcomes across early childhood programs as well as support strong professional development systems. Zero To Three provides overall project and fiscal management, managing and guiding the work of the Center subcontractors, and delivering t/ta services To head start/early head start and childcare constituents. Zero To Three and our partners provide evidence based, innovative professional development that continues To be responsive during pandemic recovery and workforce challenges and leads To improved school readiness for all Infants, Toddlers, and preschoolers. Nc ecdtl audiences include early head start and head start grantee staff, head start regional ta providers, childcare stakeholders, and federal staff.

Policy Center - the Zero To Three policy Center is a non-partisan, research-based resource for federal, state, and local policymakers which advocates on the unique developmental needs of Infants and Toddlers. The policy Center provides guidance on how To translate and act on current research and best practices To promote good health, strong Families, and positive early learning experiences for all Infants and Toddlers in our nation, with special emphasis on those from historically underserved Families and communities. The policy Center's work includes policy and legislative analysis at the federal, state, and local levels, and the provision of technical assistance To all 50 states and the district of columbia on a range of issues affecting Infants, Toddlers, and their Families (e.g., infant and early childhood mental health (iecmh), child welfare, equitable early childhood systems, paid leave, early head start and childcare, and family economic security).

Professional innovations: Zero To Three supports professionals across roles and disciplines who serve Families with young children through its training, consulting, professional and member services, professional development, certifications, and associated resources. Zero To Three's signature learn event series is headlined by an annual conference serving the needs of over 2,500 professionals each year from across the early childhood field. The conference features current research, promising practices, and policy strategies. All content is grounded in the domains from the Zero To Three competencies for prenatal To age 5 professionals, with an explicit focus on addressing and advancing equity. Zero To Three also provides an array of in-person and online professional development and training-of-trainers certification programs for early childhood professionals. All materials are evidence-based and focus on children prenatal To 5 years old with topics including infant and early childhood mental health, Zero To Three's infant mental health diagnostic tool, dc: 0-5, early brain development, critical competencies for infant-toddler educators, reflective supervision, and coaching. Zero To Three also directly provides technical assistance To build, implement, and enhance cross-sector early childhood systems and workforce supports. In addition, Zero To Three provides resources, training videos, tools, and curricula through the Zero To Three online bookstores. Zero To Three offers a membership To cross-disciplinary early childhood professionals with a variety of benefits which include the Zero To Three journal, resource discounts, free virtual professional development events, exclusive online resources, etc.

Federal systems technical assistance - Zero To Three provides technical assistance under a number of federally funded initiatives in support of improving early childhood outcomes. -Zero To Three operates the programmatic assistance for tribal home visiting ii (path ii) technical assistance Center, which aims To increase tribal maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting (miechv) and tribal early learning initiative (teli) grantees' capacity To implement high quality, home visiting childhood systems serving american indian and native Alaskan Families. -Zero To Three leads the early childhood developmental health systems (ecdhs) evidence To impact Center - a program focused on building early childhood systems To improve and strengthen the health and well-being of babies and Toddlers in states and communities experiencing high poverty levels.-zero To Three also provides our unique expertise To federally funded projects led by other agencies including the National Center on performance management and fiscal operations (as a sub-recipient To university of Massachusetts' donohue institute); the National Center of excellencefor infant and childhood mental health (as a sub-recipient To georgetown university Center for child and human development); the grandfamilies & kinship support network: a National technical assistance Center (as a sub-recipient To generations united); the early childhood personnel equity Center (as a sub-recipient To university of Connecticut health Center); maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting (as a sub-recipient To ds federal); and the National child traumatic stress network (as a subrecipient To university of California los angeles).

Communications - Zero To Three's communications department supports the overall mission of the organization by publicizing child development information, the importance of the earliest years To life outcomes of babies and Toddlers, best practices, current research, and outcomes of the organization's activities on a broad array of topics. Please see our website - www.zerotothree.org.

Military family projects - Zero To Three's military family projects (mfp) supports military and veteran Families with young children through a variety of initiatives and resources, focusing on mitigating the potential impact of the unique traumas and stressors of military life. Zero To Three provides training and reflective consultation To the army's new parent support program; supports the work of the National Center for child traumatic stress with a focus on professional development for home visitors supporting military Families and children; and supports implementing healthysteps at military pediatric clinics. Mfp resources that directly support military Families include the babies on the homefront app that keeps Families connected during deployments or other separations.

Parenting resources - Zero To Three's parenting resources team translates the research and science of early childhood and parenting into actionable resources and positive parenting guidance for all of the caregivers surrounding a child (parents, grandparents, and early childhood professionals). Recently developed resources include a 22-unit early math curriculum for children ages 30-48 months piloted at 6 early education sites and a 10-unit parent education curriculum piloted at 15 sites nationwide.

Leadership development - Zero To Three's leadership development initiative (ldi) includes the Zero To Three fellowship and alumni network academy of fellows. The Zero To Three fellowship is the nation's oldest leadership development fellowship program focused on strengthening the capacity of diverse, multidisciplinary, early and mid-career professionals To transform programs, systems, and policies To ensure that Infants and Toddlers have a strong start in life. During its 30+ years of history, over 300 fellows have completed the fellowship To become members of the academy of Zero To Three fellows. This alumni network of leaders across the united states and around the world are making a difference in the lives of Infants, young children, and Families through innovative, visionary leadership. Ldi also promotes the importance of infant and early childhood mental health (iecmh) by recognizing emerging iecmh leaders in policy, practice, and research.

California office policy analysis and programs consultation- Zero To Three's (ztt) California office focuses on policy and program consultation in California. We maintain this office as California is the most populous and diverse state in the nation, and can serve as a bellwether for our National work. Ztt California is leading the expansion of healthysteps programs. The California office is also essential To providing the "baby voice" To inform state policies and systems change, building collaboration and capacities among the state's early childhood professionals and connecting To California parents and Families.