Coordinated Eligibility and Enrollment: Improving Access to Early Care and Education

About this episode

The episode discusses coordinated eligibility and enrollment strategies to improve access to early care and education services.

Early care and education systems can often be fragmented across agencies and funding streams, making it difficult for families to find and access the programs and services they need and may be eligible for. In states and localities across the country, however, leaders are leveraging a unique strategy to address those challenges and build more robust, interconnected support systems for families and children. In this episode of The SRI Homeroom , hosts Howard Morrison and Ginger Elliott-Teague explore coordinated eligibility and enrollment (CEE), a systems-building strategy designed to improve awareness, access, and enrollment in early care and education services. They sit down with Beth Moore of South Carolina First Steps and Anne Morrison of First 5 Alameda County to discuss effective state- and county-level approaches to the design, implementation, and sustainment of impactful CEE systems. Beth and Anne share insights and offer practical recommendations for states and communities working to strengthen their early care and education systems. They also discuss the importance of relationship-building and community engagement in the CEE development process. Learn more about CEE and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Howard Morrison, Ginger Elliott-Teague

Guests: Beth Moore, Anne Morrison

Topics covered

• early care and education
• coordinated eligibility and enrollment
• family support systems
• community engagement
• state-level strategies

Keywords

• early care
• education access
• enrollment strategies
• community support
• system building

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: South Carolina First Steps, First 5 Alameda County

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