State MCH Early Childhood Comprehensive System Implementation Grants

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The purpose of the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems program is to ensure school readiness by creating a seamless system of early childhood services for all children. Through this program States have been able to create environments that foster integrated efforts across health, human service and education agencies in services delivery, strategic planning, policy development, and services quality. A product of the program has been a State wide multi-agency strategic plan to guide the development and implementation of a comprehensive system of services for children and their families extending across the State and down to the local level. Evolving out of the State focused efforts has been a Work Group composed of representatives of Federal programs that provide funding for services for children and their families at the State and local levels. Through this work group Federal agencies are helping to improve access to services on the state and local levels by supporting state-level multi-agency teams in the development of early childhood comprehensive systems and coordinating their funding and technical assistance activities. This Phase of the ECCS program supports the continued implementation of the State Early Childhood strategic plan and the integration of the ECCS program with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations Project LAUNCH, the Administration for Children and Families Home Visiting program, and the State Early Learning Councils mandated by the Head Start reauthorization legislation.

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