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With Child Development Resources’ leadership, a state level leadership council guides the work of partners and collaborators to establish a statewide, comprehensive network.  Key partners include the Virginia Department of Social Services; the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation; Voices for Virginia’s Children; the Infant Toddler Connection of Virginia; the Virginia Department of Health; the Virginia Child Care Resource and Referral Network; the Comprehensive Health Investment Project of Virginia; The Planning Council; the Virginia Head Start Association; community-based Smart Beginnings coalitions; families; institutions of higher education; community-based early care, education, and health programs; and others.
The network builds on the successes of existing community initiatives and uses a collaborative approach for strengthening the capacity of early care and education programs to deliver high quality services. Using a competitive application process, sub-contracts will be awarded to organizations throughout the state to employ and support ten, highly qualified regionally-based infant and toddler specialists (ITS).
ITS will provide three levels of service:
- Quality Improvement provides on-site consultation, mentoring, and support using quality improvement plans.
- Quality Enhancement includes training and technical assistance to groups of caregivers/teachers and directors.
- Quality Assurance provides resources, e-mail and telephone consultation, web site support, audio-conferencing, and linkages to existing professional development opportunities.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 December 2008 14:06 )
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