Resources

80x3 is a systems change initiative, designed to shift the conditions holding problems in place. Systems change considers and addresses the policies, practices, power dynamics, social norms and mindsets that underlie any issue in society.

This toolkit provides clear steps and templates you can use to support successful change in your program or organization.

The Center for the Developing Child at Harvard University presents the IDEAS Impact Framework to walk you through the five steps to bring a new initiative to life in your program.

This resource helps leaders in early childhood development understand the differences between administrative leadership (program leadership) and pedagogical leadership (child-focused leadership) and how you can use them to best support your program.

The Campaign for Trauma Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) website has a wealth of information, tools and resources to support your efforts and learning.

This report shares promising strategies for adults to help young children who have endured trauma and presents recommendations for policymakers to support trauma-informed early care.

The Child Care Advocates Ready to Emerge (CARE) Fellowship brings together a diverse group of passionate and curious participants to improve their advocacy knowledge and skills.

This report outlines the need for continued investments in early childhood in Minnesota and provides action steps to improve conditions for children, families and communities across the state.

Think Small provides tools, resources and activities related to public policy in Minnesota's early care and education landscape to advance quality care and education of children in their crucial early years.

The Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers in Minnesota unites individuals, organizations and communities throughout the state concerned about the lack of racial, cultural and linguistic diversity in Minnesota's teaching force.

This report explains how public policies and systems do not provide all families with the services and supports they deserve, especially Black families. It identifies eight things that we owe all children, youth and families to promote mental health and well-being.

This video outlines a vision for the state of Minnesota where families can thrive, services are integrated to support children and families, and systems support integration and effectiveness.

Research tells us that the policies and practices of suspension and expulsion in early childhood, which disproportionately affect children of color, are causing harm. This article explains the need to prevent, limit and eliminate suspensions and expulsions in early childhood.

This website shares a wealth of research, resources and recommendations to improve early childhood care and the early childhood workforce in Minnesota.

This website provides research and analysis on the preparation, working conditions and compensation of the early care and education workforce to secure racial, gender and economic justice for the people whose labor is the linchpin of stable, quality services.

Child Care Aware of Minnesota provides resources to help you stay up to date on policy and legislative changes related to child care and early education in Minnesota.

This guide provides a roadmap to help you identify and act on policy opportunities that will ultimately prevent and mitigate the adverse childhood experience and build community resilience to help children, families and communities thrive.

This series breaks down the social determinants that affect health outcomes throughout childhood. Understanding the unique needs of children and families across early development is essential for designing policies and interventions that ensure every child has the chance to thrive.

This brief explores how Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) can help early childhood programs and professionals advance racial equity in early childhood education and therefore address early social-emotional and educational disparities.

This tool lays out a rubric for policy options to promote young children’s social-emotional development. It is intended to support the development of state-level strategies to improve early learning settings and provide an approach to preventing suspension and expulsion.

This website includes resources from the AAP Pediatric Approach to Trauma, Treatment and Resilience (PATTeR) project, including information and guidance on implementing trauma-informed care in pediatric settings.

Using national data and state profiles, this report focuses on depression and elevated stress in early educators, and provider reported increases in child externalizing, internalizing and somatic symptoms. It urges the government to prioritize the mental health of children, families and early educators.

This resource explores how communities can be strengthened with approaches that are community led, trauma-informed, prevention-oriented, resilience-building and healing-centered.

The purpose of this toolset is to provide shared language for being explicit about the level of family engagement in school planning and decision-making and the impact that level of engagement has on families, communities and student outcomes.

A trauma-informed approach to evaluation recognizes that power dynamics exist within all levels. This resource provides best practices for large system data collection through a trauma-informed lens.

This article provides a case study on Padres Muy Padres, a parenting program with dads, for dads, that demonstrates the power of co-creation with communities.

This document is a guide for those seeking innovative, effective and responsible approaches to supporting residents of low-income housing communities.

Sharing Power is a deliberate approach to engagement with families, youth and children that seeks to combine the knowledge and training of the provider with the lived experience of the families receiving services.

The work of advancing race equity to achieve social and economic mobility is undeniably multifaceted and complex. This three-part article identifies a clear path for leaders to shift structural power to advance race equity.

Designed for anyone involved in organization-level change, this guide walks organizations through a self-assessment of their readiness and capacity before implementing a trauma-informed approach.

This toolkit provides practical strategies and resources to support people in advocating for more trauma-informed workplaces.

Trauma-informed conversations create and maintain conditions where participants fully engage with one another with respect, authenticity and openness. CTIPP created this short guide to help facilitators navigate this process and create a healthy space for authentic discussion.

This guide is filled with resources to help you provide effective, person-centered support including a great de-escalation template that can be used with adults. This could easily be adapted for use in your program's onboarding/orientation process with new hires and families.

This webinar discusses the importance of identifying and implementing effective strategies for self-care in dealing with the emotional challenges of working with infants, young children and their caregivers who have been traumatized.

This fact sheet describes how child-serving professionals and individuals experience secondary traumatic stress (STS), who is at risk, how to identify STS, strategies for prevention and intervention, and essential elements to address STS.

Suspensions and expulsions of young children are not appropriate practices, and yet they occur regularly in early childhood settings. Learn how you can take steps to prevent suspension and expulsion in your program.

This manual provides a definition of trauma and offers a framework for becoming a trauma-informed organization, system or service sector.

In this video, faith, spiritual and religious leaders share their personal experiences and learnings related to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and opportunities for prevention and healing.

Trauma can affect everyone in child care and early education including children, their families and staff. This guide helps identify and address trauma-related needs and support resilience and healing.

This helpful resource supports educators in creating trauma-sensitive learning environments by diving into different expressions of trauma in early childhood settings. It identifies the tangible actions professionals can take to support young children and families who have or are experiencing trauma.

In this resource, you will learn about implementing mindfulness in early childhood, try hands-on strategies for doing so and learn more from organizations that have begun this journey.

This resource presents a tiered approach to creating a trauma-informed school environment that addresses the needs of all students, staff, administrators and families who might be at risk for experiencing the symptoms of traumatic stress.

People who work with young children face many daily decisions that have moral and ethical implications. The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct sets forth guidelines for resolving the ethical dilemmas encountered in early childhood care and education.

The goal of this resource is to support the development of equitable learning environments for Black children.

Explore this series to learn about trauma and how traumatic events can impact families and staff. It includes information to guide your conversations with families, as well as resources to promote healing, resilience and family well-being.

It is likely there are children who have experienced trauma in every early childhood classroom, and early educators are often not aware of those experiences. This webinar explores trauma-informed care, the Pyramid Model and how these approaches support resilience for all children.

The NCTSN Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment is a tool created by the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress to help organizations assess their current practices in the context of serving children and families who have experienced trauma.

This outstanding online toolkit from Trauma Informed Oregon takes you through the process of implementing trauma-informed care by providing tangible tools and instructions including a roadmap, screening tool/self-assessment, logic model and more.

This worksheet from the Administration for Children & Families can help guide your organization's staff retention strategies and kickstart discussions with leadership on how to cultivate a cohesive workforce for your early childhood program.

Developed by the Minnesota Department of Education, this framework outlines what adults who work with children need to know and do, with age groups including infants and toddlers, family child care providers, and preschool-age children in center and school-based programs.

This film centers on the practices of anti-bias educators and demonstrates the importance of teacher reflection on identity, context and practice in anti-bias education, providing a much-needed resource for teacher education and professional development.

This resource, compiled by members of Minnesota's African American urban community, is designed to help educators and administrators better support children of African descent as they enter kindergarten.

This resource from the Administration for Children and Families provides data, policy information, webinars and guidance on how to reduce suspension and expulsion practices in early childhood settings.

In this session from the BUILD Initiative, experts share their innovative wellness program designed for family child care educators and discuss ways to embed home-based child care wellness support into early childhood systems for Spanish-speaking educators.

These short videos from the Campaign for Trauma Informed Policy and Practice speak to the influence of emotions and their physical responses on our actions and outlines tools and strategies for creating a personal safety plan.

This fact sheet from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network outlines what secondary traumatic stress is, how it impacts early childhood professionals and what you can do to help.

This resource from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network helps school administrators and staff assess what level of family-school partnering currently exists within their school community, areas that require enhancement and strategies for implementing these enhancements.

This brief but powerful handout from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) provides guidance on what parents and caring adults can do to care for children as they cope with collective traumas.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Protective Factors Conversation Guides includes tips and worksheets to help educators engage families in personalized conversations about the six protective factors of well-being for children and families.

Early Risers is a podcast from Little Moments Count and MPR with frank facts, engaging stories and real how-tos for anyone who cares about raising children with a clear-eyed understanding of cultural differences, race and implicit bias.

This resource from New America offers a new framework for early childhood systems that center families’ experiences and raise key considerations and next steps for implementing that framework.

This two-part video series from the University of Minnesota's Center for Early Education and Development and Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare focuses on building cultural humility in partnership with parents and families.

Positive Solutions for Families is an evidence-based, family-friendly workshop of seven sessions to help professionals working with families of children ages 2-5 years. A zip folder provides all materials needed by a facilitator to provide the workshop series to participants.

Topics for Early Learning Leaders (TELL) Talks are monthly webinars for early childhood program leaders to facilitate solutions-focused discussions for your questions about the early childhood field in Minnesota. TELL Talks are a networking opportunity for leaders to engage and share ideas.

African American Babies Coalition (AABC) and Projects shares brain science and early childhood development research to prevent the achievement gap and develop healthy child practices into African American family and community life.

This guide from the Administration for Children and Families explains why father engagement is such a vital aspect of parent, family and community work - and discusses how to build a comprehensive father engagement approach.

This resource from Zero to Three discusses three ways that early childhood programs can create welcoming and inclusive environments for LGBTQ+ families and providers.

This resource from Zero to Three explores the epidemic of judgement toward parents and how the external judgment of parents can lead to worse outcomes for their children.

The National Black Child Development Institute's 12-week Family Empowerment Program builds the capacity of parents and caregivers as leaders and advocates of their families in a way that honors the rich cultural and linguistic strengths of families of color.

This toolkit from Community Network Healing, Inc. and the Association of Black Psychologists was developed by and for people of African ancestry to care for and strengthen community in the face of cultural trauma.

Think Small Institute's Trauma-Informed Care Online Modules for Program Administrators consists of six Level 3 modules on the impact of trauma on behavior, policy, and approaches to care and leadership.

This online Director Credential from Child Care Aware of Minnesota focuses on areas of administration, supervision/management and leadership, and meets requirements for many state and national training requirements.

The Federal Funding Streams for Children and Youth Services database catalogs the purposes and key characteristics of more than 280 federal funding programs that support children and youth, including those focused on early care and education.

AIM for Excellence National Director's Credential is an interactive online course that focuses on the core leadership and management competencies that early childhood leaders need and aligns with state professional development credentials.

This Trauma-Informed & Intersectional Approaches Toolkit from the Minnesota Department of Health outlines how public health agencies can factor in social categories, systems of oppression and trauma into their health equity practices.

This Virtual Lab School short course consists of four lessons that speak directly to trauma-informed programs, how trauma impacts caregivers, and self-care and wellness for caregivers.

Minnesota’s Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation System provides free, equity-focused mental health support to early childhood care, education and service providers and promotes social and emotional health in young children and their families.

Empower to Educate helps current and aspiring early childhood educators advance their career goals through financial support, free training options, advising, job skills training, job placement support and mentorship opportunities.

Early Childhood Screening is a free Minnesota program that can identify potential health or developmental problems in young children, support their readiness for kindergarten, and refer them to early learning opportunities.

Minnesota Tribal Resources for Early Childhood Care (MNTRECC) supports Tribal and American Indian early childhood programs and educates state child care systems about the challenges and benefits of these programs.

United Way's 2-1-1 help line provides free and confidential health information and human services resources for people in Minnesota 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Child Care Aware of Minnesota's Child Care Wayfinder is a one-stop navigation network for starting and growing child care programs in the state, with free personalized support and resources to help you succeed.

This Guide to Toxic Stress from Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child clears up the confusion surrounding toxic stress and includes a clear, three-step learning guide suitable for all audiences.

This glossary from Georgetown University's Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation includes a robust list of terms you may encounter in early childhood care and education.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children's position statements build understanding and support for significant, often controversial issues related to early childhood education.

These tip sheets from the University of Minnesota's Center for Early Education and Development discuss how children respond to trauma, how they recover from trauma and techniques for reflective and supportive listening.

These four, free online modules from the Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health focus on stress and trauma, relationships and attachment, resilience, and professional wellness.

This interactive Toolkit for Healing-Centered Practice from the Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health is for professionals who work with children prenatal to age 6, their families, and those who care for them.

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network's Trauma Informed Care Resource Library includes materials on a variety of trauma-related topics involving trauma culture, families and relationships, and provider partnerships.

Minnesota's Help Me Connect service connects expectant families, families with young children, and those working with families to local services that support healthy child development and family well-being.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) hosts a variety of resources that support early childhood programs and families and help reduce suspensions and expulsions of young children.

This resource from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education lists opportunities for financial aid that you don't have to pay back after you graduate, from federal, need-based grants to institutional scholarships.

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education's Postsecondary Child Care Grant Program helps low income students who have young children pay for child care while the student attends classes.

These online, self-study learning modules from the Center for Inclusive Child Care aim to teach caregivers and educators about trauma responsive and healing-centered strategies.

These resources provides a wealth of tools, services and advocacy for mothers, fathers, grandparents, caregivers and extended families.

The Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) leads a collaborative of schools and nonprofits in North Minneapolis and offers comprehensive support to children of color and their families on from pre-cradle-to-college.

Propel Nonprofits provides technical assistance to help organizations reach their goals with confidence.  Your organization can contract directly with Propel Nonprofits to be your partner and work with you through the process.

Parent Aware, Minnesota's Quality Recognition and Improvement System for early care and education programs, provides free tools and resources to help families find the quality child care and early education programs their children need to succeed in school and life.

This guide helps support parents and families in their child care search. It includes basic information about early child development, what makes for quality child care, financial assistance options, reviews the options available for families and more.

The Minnesota Department of Health’s Follow Along Program offers a free, engaging way to help child care providers and families follow and support a child’s development journey. It offers resources and fun ideas for what to teach a child at each step of their growth.

This article explores the impact of trauma on a child's brain. Trauma can greatly impact the developing and vulnerable minds of young children aged 0-3. However, the impact of trauma can vary depending on some key factors.

A one-stop shop for families, providers/programs and communities with information about child care and early learning from the state of Minnesota.

80x3 is a systems change initiative, designed to shift the conditions holding problems in place. Systems change considers and addresses the policies, practices, power dynamics, social norms and mindsets that underlie any issue in society.

This toolkit provides clear steps and templates you can use to support successful change in your program or organization.

The Center for the Developing Child at Harvard University presents the IDEAS Impact Framework to walk you through the five steps to bring a new initiative to life in your program.

This resource helps leaders in early childhood development understand the differences between administrative leadership (program leadership) and pedagogical leadership (child-focused leadership) and how you can use them to best support your program.

The Campaign for Trauma Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) website has a wealth of information, tools and resources to support your efforts and learning.

This report shares promising strategies for adults to help young children who have endured trauma and presents recommendations for policymakers to support trauma-informed early care.

The Child Care Advocates Ready to Emerge (CARE) Fellowship brings together a diverse group of passionate and curious participants to improve their advocacy knowledge and skills.

This report outlines the need for continued investments in early childhood in Minnesota and provides action steps to improve conditions for children, families and communities across the state.

Think Small provides tools, resources and activities related to public policy in Minnesota's early care and education landscape to advance quality care and education of children in their crucial early years.

The Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color and American Indian Teachers in Minnesota unites individuals, organizations and communities throughout the state concerned about the lack of racial, cultural and linguistic diversity in Minnesota's teaching force.

This report explains how public policies and systems do not provide all families with the services and supports they deserve, especially Black families. It identifies eight things that we owe all children, youth and families to promote mental health and well-being.

This video outlines a vision for the state of Minnesota where families can thrive, services are integrated to support children and families, and systems support integration and effectiveness.

Research tells us that the policies and practices of suspension and expulsion in early childhood, which disproportionately affect children of color, are causing harm. This article explains the need to prevent, limit and eliminate suspensions and expulsions in early childhood.

This website shares a wealth of research, resources and recommendations to improve early childhood care and the early childhood workforce in Minnesota.

This website provides research and analysis on the preparation, working conditions and compensation of the early care and education workforce to secure racial, gender and economic justice for the people whose labor is the linchpin of stable, quality services.

Child Care Aware of Minnesota provides resources to help you stay up to date on policy and legislative changes related to child care and early education in Minnesota.

This guide provides a roadmap to help you identify and act on policy opportunities that will ultimately prevent and mitigate the adverse childhood experience and build community resilience to help children, families and communities thrive.

This series breaks down the social determinants that affect health outcomes throughout childhood. Understanding the unique needs of children and families across early development is essential for designing policies and interventions that ensure every child has the chance to thrive.

This brief explores how Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) can help early childhood programs and professionals advance racial equity in early childhood education and therefore address early social-emotional and educational disparities.

This tool lays out a rubric for policy options to promote young children’s social-emotional development. It is intended to support the development of state-level strategies to improve early learning settings and provide an approach to preventing suspension and expulsion.

This website includes resources from the AAP Pediatric Approach to Trauma, Treatment and Resilience (PATTeR) project, including information and guidance on implementing trauma-informed care in pediatric settings.

Using national data and state profiles, this report focuses on depression and elevated stress in early educators, and provider reported increases in child externalizing, internalizing and somatic symptoms. It urges the government to prioritize the mental health of children, families and early educators.

This resource explores how communities can be strengthened with approaches that are community led, trauma-informed, prevention-oriented, resilience-building and healing-centered.

The purpose of this toolset is to provide shared language for being explicit about the level of family engagement in school planning and decision-making and the impact that level of engagement has on families, communities and student outcomes.

A trauma-informed approach to evaluation recognizes that power dynamics exist within all levels. This resource provides best practices for large system data collection through a trauma-informed lens.

This article provides a case study on Padres Muy Padres, a parenting program with dads, for dads, that demonstrates the power of co-creation with communities.

This document is a guide for those seeking innovative, effective and responsible approaches to supporting residents of low-income housing communities.

Sharing Power is a deliberate approach to engagement with families, youth and children that seeks to combine the knowledge and training of the provider with the lived experience of the families receiving services.

The work of advancing race equity to achieve social and economic mobility is undeniably multifaceted and complex. This three-part article identifies a clear path for leaders to shift structural power to advance race equity.

Designed for anyone involved in organization-level change, this guide walks organizations through a self-assessment of their readiness and capacity before implementing a trauma-informed approach.

This toolkit provides practical strategies and resources to support people in advocating for more trauma-informed workplaces.

Trauma-informed conversations create and maintain conditions where participants fully engage with one another with respect, authenticity and openness. CTIPP created this short guide to help facilitators navigate this process and create a healthy space for authentic discussion.

This guide is filled with resources to help you provide effective, person-centered support including a great de-escalation template that can be used with adults. This could easily be adapted for use in your program's onboarding/orientation process with new hires and families.

This webinar discusses the importance of identifying and implementing effective strategies for self-care in dealing with the emotional challenges of working with infants, young children and their caregivers who have been traumatized.

This fact sheet describes how child-serving professionals and individuals experience secondary traumatic stress (STS), who is at risk, how to identify STS, strategies for prevention and intervention, and essential elements to address STS.

Suspensions and expulsions of young children are not appropriate practices, and yet they occur regularly in early childhood settings. Learn how you can take steps to prevent suspension and expulsion in your program.

This manual provides a definition of trauma and offers a framework for becoming a trauma-informed organization, system or service sector.

In this video, faith, spiritual and religious leaders share their personal experiences and learnings related to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and opportunities for prevention and healing.

Trauma can affect everyone in child care and early education including children, their families and staff. This guide helps identify and address trauma-related needs and support resilience and healing.

This helpful resource supports educators in creating trauma-sensitive learning environments by diving into different expressions of trauma in early childhood settings. It identifies the tangible actions professionals can take to support young children and families who have or are experiencing trauma.

In this resource, you will learn about implementing mindfulness in early childhood, try hands-on strategies for doing so and learn more from organizations that have begun this journey.

This resource presents a tiered approach to creating a trauma-informed school environment that addresses the needs of all students, staff, administrators and families who might be at risk for experiencing the symptoms of traumatic stress.

People who work with young children face many daily decisions that have moral and ethical implications. The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct sets forth guidelines for resolving the ethical dilemmas encountered in early childhood care and education.

The goal of this resource is to support the development of equitable learning environments for Black children.

Explore this series to learn about trauma and how traumatic events can impact families and staff. It includes information to guide your conversations with families, as well as resources to promote healing, resilience and family well-being.

It is likely there are children who have experienced trauma in every early childhood classroom, and early educators are often not aware of those experiences. This webinar explores trauma-informed care, the Pyramid Model and how these approaches support resilience for all children.

The NCTSN Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment is a tool created by the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress to help organizations assess their current practices in the context of serving children and families who have experienced trauma.

This outstanding online toolkit from Trauma Informed Oregon takes you through the process of implementing trauma-informed care by providing tangible tools and instructions including a roadmap, screening tool/self-assessment, logic model and more.

This worksheet from the Administration for Children & Families can help guide your organization's staff retention strategies and kickstart discussions with leadership on how to cultivate a cohesive workforce for your early childhood program.

Developed by the Minnesota Department of Education, this framework outlines what adults who work with children need to know and do, with age groups including infants and toddlers, family child care providers, and preschool-age children in center and school-based programs.

This film centers on the practices of anti-bias educators and demonstrates the importance of teacher reflection on identity, context and practice in anti-bias education, providing a much-needed resource for teacher education and professional development.

This resource, compiled by members of Minnesota's African American urban community, is designed to help educators and administrators better support children of African descent as they enter kindergarten.

This resource from the Administration for Children and Families provides data, policy information, webinars and guidance on how to reduce suspension and expulsion practices in early childhood settings.

In this session from the BUILD Initiative, experts share their innovative wellness program designed for family child care educators and discuss ways to embed home-based child care wellness support into early childhood systems for Spanish-speaking educators.

These short videos from the Campaign for Trauma Informed Policy and Practice speak to the influence of emotions and their physical responses on our actions and outlines tools and strategies for creating a personal safety plan.

This fact sheet from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network outlines what secondary traumatic stress is, how it impacts early childhood professionals and what you can do to help.

This resource from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network helps school administrators and staff assess what level of family-school partnering currently exists within their school community, areas that require enhancement and strategies for implementing these enhancements.

This brief but powerful handout from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) provides guidance on what parents and caring adults can do to care for children as they cope with collective traumas.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Protective Factors Conversation Guides includes tips and worksheets to help educators engage families in personalized conversations about the six protective factors of well-being for children and families.

Early Risers is a podcast from Little Moments Count and MPR with frank facts, engaging stories and real how-tos for anyone who cares about raising children with a clear-eyed understanding of cultural differences, race and implicit bias.

This resource from New America offers a new framework for early childhood systems that center families’ experiences and raise key considerations and next steps for implementing that framework.

This two-part video series from the University of Minnesota's Center for Early Education and Development and Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare focuses on building cultural humility in partnership with parents and families.

Positive Solutions for Families is an evidence-based, family-friendly workshop of seven sessions to help professionals working with families of children ages 2-5 years. A zip folder provides all materials needed by a facilitator to provide the workshop series to participants.

Topics for Early Learning Leaders (TELL) Talks are monthly webinars for early childhood program leaders to facilitate solutions-focused discussions for your questions about the early childhood field in Minnesota. TELL Talks are a networking opportunity for leaders to engage and share ideas.

African American Babies Coalition (AABC) and Projects shares brain science and early childhood development research to prevent the achievement gap and develop healthy child practices into African American family and community life.

This guide from the Administration for Children and Families explains why father engagement is such a vital aspect of parent, family and community work - and discusses how to build a comprehensive father engagement approach.

This resource from Zero to Three discusses three ways that early childhood programs can create welcoming and inclusive environments for LGBTQ+ families and providers.

This resource from Zero to Three explores the epidemic of judgement toward parents and how the external judgment of parents can lead to worse outcomes for their children.

The National Black Child Development Institute's 12-week Family Empowerment Program builds the capacity of parents and caregivers as leaders and advocates of their families in a way that honors the rich cultural and linguistic strengths of families of color.

This toolkit from Community Network Healing, Inc. and the Association of Black Psychologists was developed by and for people of African ancestry to care for and strengthen community in the face of cultural trauma.

Think Small Institute's Trauma-Informed Care Online Modules for Program Administrators consists of six Level 3 modules on the impact of trauma on behavior, policy, and approaches to care and leadership.

This online Director Credential from Child Care Aware of Minnesota focuses on areas of administration, supervision/management and leadership, and meets requirements for many state and national training requirements.

The Federal Funding Streams for Children and Youth Services database catalogs the purposes and key characteristics of more than 280 federal funding programs that support children and youth, including those focused on early care and education.

AIM for Excellence National Director's Credential is an interactive online course that focuses on the core leadership and management competencies that early childhood leaders need and aligns with state professional development credentials.

This Trauma-Informed & Intersectional Approaches Toolkit from the Minnesota Department of Health outlines how public health agencies can factor in social categories, systems of oppression and trauma into their health equity practices.

This Virtual Lab School short course consists of four lessons that speak directly to trauma-informed programs, how trauma impacts caregivers, and self-care and wellness for caregivers.

Minnesota’s Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation System provides free, equity-focused mental health support to early childhood care, education and service providers and promotes social and emotional health in young children and their families.

Empower to Educate helps current and aspiring early childhood educators advance their career goals through financial support, free training options, advising, job skills training, job placement support and mentorship opportunities.

Early Childhood Screening is a free Minnesota program that can identify potential health or developmental problems in young children, support their readiness for kindergarten, and refer them to early learning opportunities.

Minnesota Tribal Resources for Early Childhood Care (MNTRECC) supports Tribal and American Indian early childhood programs and educates state child care systems about the challenges and benefits of these programs.

United Way's 2-1-1 help line provides free and confidential health information and human services resources for people in Minnesota 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Child Care Aware of Minnesota's Child Care Wayfinder is a one-stop navigation network for starting and growing child care programs in the state, with free personalized support and resources to help you succeed.

This Guide to Toxic Stress from Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child clears up the confusion surrounding toxic stress and includes a clear, three-step learning guide suitable for all audiences.

This glossary from Georgetown University's Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation includes a robust list of terms you may encounter in early childhood care and education.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children's position statements build understanding and support for significant, often controversial issues related to early childhood education.

These tip sheets from the University of Minnesota's Center for Early Education and Development discuss how children respond to trauma, how they recover from trauma and techniques for reflective and supportive listening.

These four, free online modules from the Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health focus on stress and trauma, relationships and attachment, resilience, and professional wellness.

This interactive Toolkit for Healing-Centered Practice from the Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health is for professionals who work with children prenatal to age 6, their families, and those who care for them.

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network's Trauma Informed Care Resource Library includes materials on a variety of trauma-related topics involving trauma culture, families and relationships, and provider partnerships.

Minnesota's Help Me Connect service connects expectant families, families with young children, and those working with families to local services that support healthy child development and family well-being.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) hosts a variety of resources that support early childhood programs and families and help reduce suspensions and expulsions of young children.

This resource from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education lists opportunities for financial aid that you don't have to pay back after you graduate, from federal, need-based grants to institutional scholarships.

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education's Postsecondary Child Care Grant Program helps low income students who have young children pay for child care while the student attends classes.

These online, self-study learning modules from the Center for Inclusive Child Care aim to teach caregivers and educators about trauma responsive and healing-centered strategies.

These resources provides a wealth of tools, services and advocacy for mothers, fathers, grandparents, caregivers and extended families.

The Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) leads a collaborative of schools and nonprofits in North Minneapolis and offers comprehensive support to children of color and their families on from pre-cradle-to-college.

Propel Nonprofits provides technical assistance to help organizations reach their goals with confidence.  Your organization can contract directly with Propel Nonprofits to be your partner and work with you through the process.

Parent Aware, Minnesota's Quality Recognition and Improvement System for early care and education programs, provides free tools and resources to help families find the quality child care and early education programs their children need to succeed in school and life.

This guide helps support parents and families in their child care search. It includes basic information about early child development, what makes for quality child care, financial assistance options, reviews the options available for families and more.

The Minnesota Department of Health’s Follow Along Program offers a free, engaging way to help child care providers and families follow and support a child’s development journey. It offers resources and fun ideas for what to teach a child at each step of their growth.

This article explores the impact of trauma on a child's brain. Trauma can greatly impact the developing and vulnerable minds of young children aged 0-3. However, the impact of trauma can vary depending on some key factors.

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