Early Works at Earl Boyles
Kids begin learning before they’re even born. By the time children start kindergarten, their brains are already 90 percent developed. Children’s Institute believes our education system can do more for kids...
CI Publications
Transforming Schools: Community Health Workers in Action
While community health work is a growing profession, most such workers are not working in an educational setting full-time, nor is there a well-established pathway to placing a CHW in a school, in Oregon...
Home Visiting: 2019 Policy Brief
Our policy brief on home visiting focuses on promoting loving, nurturing relationships between parents and children and the role of home visiting programs across Oregon. Today, fewer than 20 percent of families eligible for home visiting services have access to...
Connecting Health and Education: 2019 Policy Brief
This policy brief explains the social determinants of health and the connections between health and education. Oregon needs public health, health care, and education systems that work together to create the best possible conditions for young children to thrive. The...
Preschool Promise: 2019 Policy Brief
Our latest policy brief focuses on the expansion of Preschool Promise, Oregon's high-quality preschool program that serves children and families at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty threshold. The brief describes how high-quality programs operate, where...
Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education: 2019 Fact Sheet
This fact sheet focuses on the impact of the EI/ECSE program and the current gaps in service for children with developmental delays and disabilities We know that EI/ECSE services are highly effective, but most children enrolled in the program don't receive adequate...
Oregon’s Voluntary Home Visiting Services
Children’s Institute releases its latest policy brief about the importance of voluntary home visiting services. Currently, over 18,000 kids and their families receive voluntary home visiting services in Oregon. This brief summarizes the benefits of home...
Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education in Oregon
Children’s Institute releases its latest policy fact sheet about the importance of Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE) in Oregon. Nearly 22,000 young children in Oregon receive EI/ECSE services. CI's new fact sheet...
Preschool Promise: High-Quality Preschool for More Oregon Kids
Passed by the 2015 Legislature, we are excited that Preschool Promise will begin serving 1,300 children from low-income families in September. The program opens the door to diverse high-quality preschool providers and gives families the opportunity to...
Early Works Progress Report
This is our first report on the progress that children and families are making at the two Early Works sites – east Portland's Early Boyles Elementary and Yoncalla Elementary in rural Yoncalla. The report is based on data from an annual evaluation of the Early Works...
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