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The Miami-Dade Mayor's Children’s Commission developed a comprehensive Roadmap for Child Success in May 2023 to ensure that children ages 0-5 are nurtured and educated in an environment that fosters opportunity for long-term success. The Roadmap was created with input from specialists, parents, and caregivers and recommends the tools, resources, and engagement opportunities necessary to raise resilient children. IDEAS Consortium providers and community partners participated extensively in this effort, and the Roadmap will help to guide future activities.
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The Women's Fund of Miami has engaged deeply with issues of childcare and early learning, as these issues not only affect children but directly impact women's economic mobility. The fund has supported leading community-based organizations in Miami-Dade County including those working directly with the IDEAS Consortium.
The Women's Fund also provides data on related issues, including an annual measure of equity for women in Miami-Dade.
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Statewide research on early childhood
The Sunshine State Early Childhood Information Portal (The Sunshine Portal), housed at the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies at the University of Florida, is a comprehensive resource for early childhood data in Florida. This data system includes information from health, education, financial, and social support sectors. The Early Childhood Policy Research Group (ECPRG) conducts research enhancing the well-being of young children and families across Florida.
Statewide policy focus on early childhood
Trauma and toxic stress
The Center for Prevention & Early Intervention Policy at Florida State University has developed a website featuring trauma-informed programs and initiatives.
Florida Integrated Data Systems (IDS)
The Florida IDS network meets quarterly to improve capacity and coordination for local IDS work. To join these meetings, please reach out to us through the contact information on our About page.
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In addition to our shared use of local data, the IDEAS Consortium is working with our local community partners to customize nationally available datasets from the Child Opportunity Index. The COI is maintained by diversitydatakids.org, a comprehensive research program established to monitor the state of wellbeing, diversity, opportunity and equity of U.S. children. It is housed at the Brandeis University Institute for Child, Youth and Family Policy at the Heller School for Social Policy.
Notable research on early childhood from a national perspective can be found on the Child Trends website.
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The Miami-Dade IDEAS Consortium is a member of the AISP national network for data-sharing projects, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania. Our Integrated Data System (IDS) work can be viewed in the context AISP's annually updated national landscape of IDS sites and we strongly encourage use of model resources developed through this support network. The AISP Equity Toolkit informs our local community partnerships and was developed in part by our neighboring IDS in Broward County, as described by Sue Gallagher in her 2021 keynote presentation on our mapping page. |
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