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Project goal is to assess impacts of Early Head Start programs, encourage a new generation of research for understanding the role of program and contextual variations, and create a foundation for a series of longitudinal research studies.
The Early Head Start program is for low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers up to age three. It is designed to produce outcomes in four domains:
1) children’s development (including health, resiliency, social competence, and cognitive and language development);
2) family development (including parenting and relationships with children, the home environment and family functioning, family health, parent involvement, and economic self-sufficiency);
3) staff development (including professional development and relationships with parents);
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4) community development (including enhanced child care quality, community collaboration, and integration of services to support families with young children).
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