Early Childhood

CURRENT NEWS

Child abuse and neglect on the rise in Jackson County.  January 12, 2010. Jackson Citizen Patriot.

Kids Count 2009.

Kids Count 2009-Jackson County Profile.

Michigan children and families: how they fare in the FY10 budget.  March 2010. Michigan League of Human Services.

• America's Children: Key national indicators of well-being 2009

• Baby Matters: a gateway to state policies and initiatives. Zero to Three Policy Center.

• Child abuse and neglect on the rise in Jackson County.  January 12, 2010. Jackson Citizen Patriot.

• Child abuse and neglect on the rise in Jackson County

• Child Care Network demographics. Annual report. 2008. Child care average hourly rates.
  

• Child Trends Data Bank.

• Community Action Agency Programs. Jackson County. Includes Head Start, Early Head Start, School Readiness, Warm the Children, and more. Early Head Start is a program for families with infants and toddlers that focuses on the developmental needs of very young children. In the home based program option, home visitors visit families once a week to follow baby's developmental milestones and anticipate next steps of development. Home visitors also help families create healthy environments in which their babies can grow and develop. In the center based program option, infants and toddlers come to the center and interact while EHS teacher and assistants follow each child's developmental goals and provide a quality care environment while parents are working or attending school.

• Early Childhood Development. World Bank.

• Early Childhood Report Card 2008. Great Start Collaborative Jackson. Includes statistics on safety (such as child abuse & neglect), health, early care & education.

• Early Head Start is a program for families with infants and toddlers that focuses on the developmental needs of very young children. In the home based program option, home visitors visit families once a week to follow baby's developmental milestones and anticipate next steps of development. Home visitors also help families create healthy environments in which their babies can grow and develop. In the center based program option, infants and toddlers come to the center and interact while EHS teacher and assistants follow each child's developmental goals and provide a quality care environment while parents are working or attending school.

• Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development.

• Family health over time: risk and resilience in family outcomes. Early Head Start Research Consortium.

• Jackson County Fetal-Infant Mortality Review. Annual Report 2007.

• Jackson School of the Arts. The Jackson School of the Arts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the arts accessible and affordable to youth in Jackson County Michigan.  We offer high quality low cost programs in dance, theater and art at our site on 634 N. Mechanic Street and in the community. 

• Kids Count. 2009 (Jackson County Profile). 2008.  Michigan League for Human Services. Includes data on economic support and security, special needs, child care & early education, access to health care, child safety (e.g., child abuse & neglect), and child health.

• Learn the signs, act early. National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.

• Michigan Early Childhood Profile. National Center for Childhood Poverty. Columbia University.

• Preliminary findings from the Early Head Start prekindergarten followup.  April 2006. Early Head Start.

• Project Great Start. Early Childhood Investment Corporation.

• Regional Differences in Kindergartners' Early Education Experiences. June 2005. National Center for Education Statistics.

• Right Start in Michigan--2009: Maternal and Infant Well-being in county groups. The Right Start in Michigan, a review of maternal and infant well-being, is based on eight indicators of maternal and infant well-being. Kids Count in Michigan annually updates these measures for the state, its 83 counties, and the 69 communities with population over 25,000. These measures are all related to the life prospects for a newborn.

• Statewide search for child day care centers & homes. Michigan Department of Human Services.

• Trends Report. 1996-2007. Children's Protective Services. Michigan Department of Human  Services. 2007 Statistics. Includes child abuse & neglect case breakdown by age and race of child, types of perpetrators, complaint sources, and also includes changes to laws, policies & procedures.