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Implementation of the Ready Ready Initiative in 2024: Building a System of Care through Routes to Ready

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Title: Implementation of the Ready Ready Initiative in 2024: Building a System of Care through Routes to Ready
Language: English
Authors: Kristen Faucetta, Mallory Undestad, MDRC
Source: MDRC. 2025.
Availability: MDRC. 16 East 34th Street 19th Floor, New York, NY 10016-4326. Tel: 212-532-3200; Fax: 212-684-0832; e-mail: publications@mdrc.org; Web site: http://www.mdrc.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 2025
Sponsoring Agency: Duke Endowment
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Intervention, Program Implementation, Family Programs, Community Programs, Infants, Toddlers, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Prenatal Care, Family (Sociological Unit), Health, Access to Health Care, Eligibility, Consent, Family Characteristics, Race, Ethnicity, Data Use, Data Collection, Databases, Program Administration, Cooperation
Geographic Terms: North Carolina
Abstract: A robust body of evidence over the past half a century documents the importance of early childhood experiences for adult outcomes. It shows that support services and programs for families and young children--including home maternal care during the prenatal period, early intervention during infancy and the toddler years, and high-quality care and educational experiences during preschool years--can improve children's outcomes into the school years and adulthood. Building on this promising evidence base, the Ready for School, Ready for Life initiative ("the Ready Ready initiative") in Guilford County, North Carolina aims to support interconnected programs and services for young children and their families with the goal of having children enter kindergarten ready for learning. This brief describes the Ready Ready initiative's efforts to "Build a System of Care" and the 2024 status of the implementation of the relevant initiative components. The brief draws on surveys and interviews with staff members at programs in the initiative to describe their perceptions of implementation. It also includes MDRC's first reporting on families served, using data from the data system that is shared across program partners.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: ED678141
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:A robust body of evidence over the past half a century documents the importance of early childhood experiences for adult outcomes. It shows that support services and programs for families and young children--including home maternal care during the prenatal period, early intervention during infancy and the toddler years, and high-quality care and educational experiences during preschool years--can improve children's outcomes into the school years and adulthood. Building on this promising evidence base, the Ready for School, Ready for Life initiative ("the Ready Ready initiative") in Guilford County, North Carolina aims to support interconnected programs and services for young children and their families with the goal of having children enter kindergarten ready for learning. This brief describes the Ready Ready initiative's efforts to "Build a System of Care" and the 2024 status of the implementation of the relevant initiative components. The brief draws on surveys and interviews with staff members at programs in the initiative to describe their perceptions of implementation. It also includes MDRC's first reporting on families served, using data from the data system that is shared across program partners.