The Early Childhood Systems Collective Impact Project (ECS Collective Impact Project) will help to re-envision a truly coordinated approach to program implementation designed to advance early childhood and family well-being outcomes across federal programs that support expectant parents, children ages 0 to 8, and their families. This project will develop recommendations to improve – and tools to support – alignment and coordination across key program elements: program eligibility, needs assessments, outcomes and performance measures, and well-being goals and metrics.
The Catalog contains detailed information on how federal statutes, regulations, and guidance documents address program eligibility, needs assessments, outcomes and performance measures, and well-being metrics for each of the 36 federal programs.
The Crosswalk provides an overview of the requirements across programs based on aggregating the detailed catalog information to highlight dimensions of eligibility, needs assessments, outcomes and performance measures, and well-being metrics.
The Synthesis summarizes key findings from the crosswalk on whether and how programs align in their requirements.
A How To Use guide provides an overview of the Catalog and Crosswalk and guidance for how these products can be used together.
A Methods manual describes the methods used to develop the catalog and crosswalk, including source material.