For families with young children, high quality early learning services can enhance healthy child development and support their ability to keep their children safe. In Washington, however, fewer than half of eligible families involved with child protection were reaching these programs. With pro-bono technical assistance from the GPL, the state sought to overcome these barriers and connect more families to early learning programs.
Better connecting our child-welfare involved families to early care and education is not only foundational to the creation of our new agency, it’s critical to improve outcomes for children and strengthen families so they flourish.Vickie Ybarra
Director of Office of Innovation, Alignment and Accountability, Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families
Better connecting our child-welfare involved families to early care and education is not only foundational to the creation of our new agency, it’s critical to improve outcomes for children and strengthen families so they flourish.Vickie Ybarra
