Collaborative Models of Service Integration

Collaborative models of service integration embedded in a policy perspective will have a positive impact on all children from birth to the start of kindergarten, a group for which there is no single recognized system for delivery of early childhood care and education. Further, child day care resourc...

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Published in:Child welfare 1995-11, Vol.74 (6), p.1329-1342
Main Author: Morgan, Gwen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child care
Child Rearing
Community Programs
Community Relations
Day Care
Delivery Systems
Early Childhood Education
Educational Policy
Educational Trends
Family Involvement
Family Programs
Information and Referral Services
Integrated Services
Kindergarten
Low Income Groups
Partnerships in Education
Policy
Preschool Children
Preschool Education
Public Housing
Public policy
Quality Assurance
Quality Control
Referral
Resource Centers
Service integration
Social policy
Social services
THE CHANGING FACE OF CHILD DAY CARE
USA
Young Children
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Summary:Collaborative models of service integration embedded in a policy perspective will have a positive impact on all children from birth to the start of kindergarten, a group for which there is no single recognized system for delivery of early childhood care and education. Further, child day care resource and referral agencies have the potential to be the mediating structures that render collaboration possible, and should be strengthened and supported. Preconditions for successful collaboration, differences between programmatic and policy collaborative models, and the "eagle-eye" versus the "organization-centric" view of integration are discussed.
ISSN:0009-4021