National Focus

• Afterschool Investments Project. (2009). Using the Child Care and Development Fund to Support a System of Quality Improvement for School-age Programs. (Strategy Brief). Washington, DC: Afterschool Investments Project. Retrieved from http://www.researchconnections.org/childcare/resources/17370/pdf.
• Altarum Institutes. (2011). Sustaining Comprehensive Early Childhood Systems Building. Retrieved from http://www.cssp.org/reform/strengthening-families/national-network/Early-Childhood-Comprehensive-Systems-Evaluation-Results-Brief_Sustaining-Comprehensive-Early-Childhood-Systems-Building.pdf.
• Bruner, C. (2005). Toward a Theory of Change for the Build Initiative: A Discussion Paper. Retrieved from http://www.buildinitiative.org/WhatsNew/ViewArticle/tabid/96/smid/412/ArticleID/623/Default.aspx.
• Chavis, D. (2010, May). Why Collaborations? What We Know and Need to Know About How They Make a Difference. Retrieved from http://www.researchconnections.org/files/childcare/pdf/WhyCollaborations_Chavis_presentation.pdf.
• Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2008). Guiding Principles of Systems of Care. Retrieved from  https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/management/reform/soc/history/principles/.
• Coakley, B. (2003). Guiding principles: Improving child, family and community well being: A systems reform and community development continuum for change. Washington, DC: Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Coffman, J. (n.d.). A Systems Building Theory of Change. Retrieved from http://www.researchconnections.org/files/childcare/pdf/Coffman_presentation.pdf.
• Coffman, J. (2007). A Framework for Evaluating Systems Initiatives. Retrieved from  http://www.buildinitiative.org/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Framework%20for%20Evaluating%20Systems%20Initiatives.pdf
• Coffman, J., and Parker, S. (2010, April). Early childhood systems building from a community perspective. (Issue Brief). Denver, CO: The Colorado Trust. Retrieved from http://www.coloradotrust.org/attachments/0001/1403/EarlyChildhoodSystemBuilding_IssueBrief.pdf
• Cohen, E., & Ooms, T. (1993). From “Good Enough” to “Best Possible,” An Assessment Tool for the Child and Family Services Plan. Washington, DC: Family Impact Seminar.
• Corbett, T., Dimas, J., Fong, J., & Noyes, J. L. (2005). The Challenge of Institutional ‘Milieu’ to Cross Systems Integration (FOCUS, Vol. 24.1, Fall 2005). Retrieved from http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc241e.pdf.
• Corbett, T., & Noyes, J. L. (2007). Human Services Systems Integration: A Conceptual Framework. Paper prepared for the Annual Meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, November 8–11, 2007). Retrieved from http://www.irp.wisc.edu/research/reorgsocpol/systemsintegration/Corbett_Noyes_APPAM2007.pdf.
• Corbett, T., & Noyes, J. L. (2007). Human Services Systems Integration: A Conceptual Framework. Synopsis. Retrieved from http://www.irp.wisc.edu/research/reorgsocpol/systemsintegration/Corbett_Noyes_Synopsis_APPAM2007.pdf
• Corbett, T., and Noyes, J. L. (2006). Integrating Human Service Models: Assessing Implementation Fidelity through the “Line of Sight” Perspective. Draft unpublished paper, Institute for Research on Poverty. Retrieved from http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/committees/study/2006/SFAM/files/29irp2_sfam.pdf.
• Corbett, T., & Noyes, J. L. (2005). Cross-Systems Innovation: The Line-of-Sight Exercise, or Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (FOCUS, Vol. 24.1, Fall 2005). Retrieved from http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc241f.pdf.
• Corbett, T., & Noyes, J. L. (2004). Service and Systems Integration: A Collaborative Project (FOCUS, Vol. 23.2, Summer 2004). Retrieved from http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc232e.pdf.
• Corbett, T., & Noyes, J. L. (2003). The Service Integration Agenda: Political, Conceptual, and Methodological Challenges (FOCUS, Vol. 22.3, Summer 2003). Retrieved from http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc223.pdf#page=50.
• DeCarolis, G., Southern, L., Blake, F. (n.d.). Improving Child Welfare Outcomes through Systems of Care: Building the Infrastructure. Retrieved from http://www.tapartnership.org/docs/improvingChildWelfareThroughSOC.pdf.
• Early Childhood Outcomes Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers with Disabilities. (2004).Considerations Related to Developing a System for Measuring Outcomes for Young Children With Disabilities and Their Families. Retrieved from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~eco/assets/pdfs/considerations.pdf.
• The Finance Project. (2002). Accountability Systems: Improving Results for Young Children. Retrieved from www.financeproject.org/Publications/accountability.pdf.
• Floyd, S., et al. (2004). Up and Running: A Compendium of Multi-Site Early Childhood Initiatives (2^nd Ed.). Des Moines, IA: State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network (SECPTAN). Retrieved from  http://www.finebynine.org/uploaded/file/SECPTAN_Multisite_10_04.pdf.
• Goffin, S.G.(2012). Beyond Systemic Structures: Penetrating to the Core of an Early Care and Education System in S. L. Kagan & K. Kauerz (Eds.), Early Childhood  Systems: Transforming early learning. New York: Teachers College Press.
• Goffin, S.G., Martella, J., & J., & Coffman, J. (2011) Vision to Practice: Setting a New Course for Early Childhood Governance. Washington, DC: Goffin Strategy Group. Retrieved from http://www.buildinitiative.org/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/EC_Governance_A_New_Course_1_2011.pdf
• Greenberg, M., and Noyes, J. L. (2005, January). Increasing State and Local Capacity for Cross-Systems Innovation: Assessing Flexibility and Opportunities in Current Law. Working paper, Indianapolis, IN: Hudson Institute. Retrieved from https://www.clasp.org/sites/default/files/publications/2017/04/0215.pdf.
• Greenberg, M., and Noyes, J. L. (2004). The Opportunities for Service Integration Under Current Law (FOCUS, Vol. 23.2, Summer 2004). Retrieved from http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc232f.pdf.
• Greenberg, M., and Noyes, J. (n.d.). Supporting Cross Program Integration: Some Recommendations for Federal Policies and Practices. Retrieved from http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/0214.pdf.
• Hornberger, S., Martin, T., and Collins, J. Integrating Systems of Care: Improving Quality of Care for the Most Vulnerable Children and Families (2006). Retrieved from http://66.227.70.18/programs/bhd/1integrating.pdf.
• Hutson, R. (2004). Providing Comprehensive, Integrated Social Services to Vulnerable Children and Families: Are There Legal Barriers at the Federal Level to Moving Forward? Retrieved from http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/0170.pdf.
• Institute for Research on Poverty. (n.d). Systems Integration Q & A. Retrieved from http://www.irp.wisc.edu/research/reorgsocpol/systemsintegration/QandA.htm.
• Johnson, K., & Theberge, S. (2007). State of the States’ ECCS initiatives. Retrieved from http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_748.pdf.
• Johnson, K., & Knitzer, J. (2006). Early childhood comprehensive systems that spend smarter: Maximizing resources to serve vulnerable children.  New York, NY: National Center for Children in Poverty’s (NCCP) Project THRIVE. Retrieved from http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_655.pdf.
• Kagan, S. (2010). Setting the Context: The Process of Collaboration. Retrieved from http://www.researchconnections.org/files/childcare/pdf/SettingtheContext_Kagan_presentation.pdf.
• Kagan, S., & Kauerz, K. (Eds.) (2012). Early Childhood Systems: Transforming Early Learning. New York: Teachers College Press.
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau. (n.d.). Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems. Retrieved from http://eccs.hrsa.gov/About/index.htm.
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau. (n.d.). Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems. Plans and  Models. Retrieved from  http://mchb.hrsa.gov/programs/earlychildhood/comprehensivesystems/plansandmodels/index.html.
• Melaville, A. I., Blank, M. J., & Asayesh, G. (1993). Together we can: A guide for crafting a profamily system of education and human services. Special Report [Revised Edition].  Retrieved from http://76.227.216.38/assets/1/AssetManager/TogetherWeCan_Guide.pdf.
• Mitchell, A., & Stoney, L. (2004). Aligning public finance systems: How can we most effectively maximize resources and build cohesive early care and education systems at the state level? Raleigh, NC: Smart Start National Technical Assistance Center. Retrieved from http://www.earlychildhoodfinance.org/issuebriefarchive/2004/AlignedFinanceECE_2004.doc
• National Conference of State Legislatures. (2006). State human services organization: Strategies for improving results. Retrieved from http://204.131.235.67/print/cyf/hsintro.pdf; http://204.131.235.67/print/cyf/hsreorganize.pdf; http://204.131.235.67/print/cyf/hsorganize.pdf; http://204.131.235.67/print/cyf/hsstructure.pdf; http://204.131.235.67/print/cyf/hscollaborate.pdf.
• National Governors Association (NGA). (2005). Building the foundation for bright futures: Final report of the NGA task force on school readiness. Washington, DC: Author.  Retrieved from https://www.fcd-us.org/assets/2016/04/BrightFuturesNGATaskForce.pdf 
• National Governor’s Association Center for Best Practices. (2010). Building Ready States: A Governor’s Guide to Supporting a Comprehensive, High-Quality Early Childhood State System. Retrieved from http://www.buildinitiative.org/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Early%20Childhood%20Governance%20for%20Web.pdf.
• National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care. (2010). Improving Child Welfare Outcomes through Systems of Care: Overview of the National Cross-Site Evaluation. Retrieved from http://www.childwelfare.gov/management/reform/soc/communicate/initiative/evalreports/reports/Cross-SiteEvaluationOverviewReport.pdf.
• Parrot, S., and Dean, S. (n.d.). Aligning Policies and Procedures in Benefit Programs: An Overview of the Opportunities and Challenges Under Current Federal Laws and Regulations. Retrieved from http://www.cbpp.org/archiveSite/1-6-04wel.pdf.
• Ragan, M. (2003). Building Comprehensive Human Service Systems (FOCUS, Vol. 22.3, Summer 2003). Retrieved from http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc223.pdf#page=58.
• Sandfort, J. (2004). Why is Human Services Integration so Difficult to Achieve? (FOCUS, Vol. 23.2, Summer 2004). Retrieved from http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc232g.pdf.
• Sareen. H., Vicensio, D., Russ, S., Halfon, N. (2005). The Role of State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems in Promoting Cultural Competence and Effective Cross-Cultural Communication. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED496810.pdf.
• Satkowski, C. (2009). The Next Step in Systems-Building: Early Childhood Advisory Councils and Federal Efforts to Promote Policy Alignment in Early Childhood. Retrieved from https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/the-next-step-in-systems-building/.
• Schilder, D. (n.d.). State Level Collaborations and Collaborating Programs. Retrieved from http://www.researchconnections.org/files/childcare/pdf/DSchilder_presentation2.pdf.
• Schorr, L. (2006). Common purpose: Sharing responsibility for child and family outcomes.  New York, NY: National Center for Children in Poverty’s (NCCP) Project THRIVE.  Retrieved from http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_671.pdf.
• Schorr, L. (2003). Determining “What Works” in Social Programs and Social Policies: Toward a More Inclusive Knowledge Base.  Retrieved from http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2003/02/26poverty-schorr.
• Schumacher, R., Ewen, D., Hart, K., & Lombardi, J. (2005, February). All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten. Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). Retrieved from http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/0211.pdf.
• Schumacher, R., Ewen, D., Hart, K., & Lombardi, J. (2005, May). All together now: State experiences in using community-based child care to provide pre-kindergarten (Policy Brief No. 5). Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). Retrieved from http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/0225.pdf.
• Silloway, T. (2010). Building capacity for better results: Strategies for financing and sustaining the organizational capacity of youth-serving programs. Washington, DC: The Finance Project. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED512332.pdf.
• Sowa, J. (2010, May). Defining and Measuring Effective State-Level Collaborations in Early Care and Education: Organizational Perspective. Retrieved from http://www.researchconnections.org/files/childcare/pdf/SowaEffectiveCollaborating_presentation.pdf.
• SpecialQuest Birth-Five: Head Start/Hilton Foundation Training Program. (2008). Sustaining changes: Supporting young children with disabilities and their families in inclusive settings. Retrieved from http://www.specialquest.org/sqtm/v4_sustain.pdf.
• Stepleton, K., McIntosh, J., & Corrington, B. (2010). Allied for better outcomes: Child welfare and early childhood. Washington, DC: Center for the Study of Social Policy. Retrieved from http://www.cssp.org/publications/neighborhood-investment/strengthening-families/top-five/allied-for-better-outcomes-child-welfare-and-early-childhood-august-2010.pdf.
• Urban Institute. (2011). Work Support Strategies: Streamlining Access, Strengthening Families. Retrieved from http://www.urban.org/worksupport/.
• Wandersman, A. (n.d.). When State Collaborations Work, How Do They Work, and How Can They Be More Effective, More Often: Applying Lessons Learned From Community Coalitions. Retrieved from http://www.researchconnections.org/files/childcare/pdf/Wandersman_presentation.pdf.
• Women’s and Children’s Health Policy Center. (2004). Early Childhood System Building Tool: A Framework for the Role of Title V Maternal and Child Health Programs in Early Childhood Systems. Retrieved from http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/womens-and-childrens-health-policy-center/publications/EC_Tool_April_2004_v3.pdf.

State Resources

• Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. (2010, May). Elements of the Early Childhood System in Maryland. Retrieved from http://www.researchconnections.org/files/childcare/pdf/MD_presentation.pdf.
• Center for Children’s Initiatives and the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy. (2010). Strengthening the pre-K investment: Next steps to a winning beginning for every child in New York State. Winning Beginning NY. Retrieved from http://www.winningbeginningny.org/publications/documents/strengthening_prek_investmnt_report_2010_000.pdf.
• Early Childhood Colorado Framework. (n.d.). Framework in Action State Plan 2010–2012. Retrieved from http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=Content-Type&blobheadervalue1=inline%3B+filename%3D%22Early+Childhood+Framework+in+Action+State+Plan.pdf%22&blobheadervalue2=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1251741157464&ssbinary=true.
• Hawaii Early Learning Educational Task Force. (2008). Act 259 report to the 2008 State Legislature. Retrieved from http://laura-kinoshita.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Act-259.pdf.
• Kreader, J.L., & Schneider, W. (2011). Putting the pieces together: New York early learning program data systems.  New York, NY: National Center for Children in Poverty. Retrieved from http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_999.pdf.
• Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. (2009, September). The capacity of the early care and education system: Response to Section 85 of Chapter 215 of the Acts of 2009. Retrieved from  http://www.eec.state.ma.us/docs1/board_materials/20090915_capacity_report.pdf.
• Nebraska Early Childhood Interagency Coordinating Council. (2004). Early childhood interagency coordinating council: Report from quality child care worthy wage task force. Retrieved from http://nlc1.nlc.state.ne.us/epubs/E2230/B006-2004.pdf.
• Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability. (2008). The governance structure of Florida’s early education programs presents some administrative challenges. (OPPAGA Report No. 08–35). Tallahassee, FL: Author. Retrieved from http://www.oppaga.state.fl.us/MonitorDocs/Reports/pdf/0835rpt.pdf.
• Pratt, C., Ozretich, R., and Weber, R. (Eds.). (October 2000). Results Accountability Guidebook: Child Care Resource & Referral. Oregon Child Care Research Partnership, Oregon State University Family Policy Program. Retrieved from http://health.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/sbhs/pdf/2000-Results-Accountability-Guidebook.pdf.