The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) are committed to working together to significantly expand and improve services for young children and their families. ED and HHS work together to support state-level innovation through the Preschool Development Grants.

Partners

ED

• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services [OSERS]
• Office of Elementary and Secondary Education [OESE]
  • Innovation and Early Learning Programs [IELP]
• Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development [OPEPD]
• Institute of Education Sciences [IES]
• Office of English Language Acquisition [OELA]

HHS

• Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
  • Office of Early Childhood Development [ECD]
  • Office of Head Start [OHS]
  • Office of Child Care [OCC]
• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation [ASPE]
• Health Resources and Services Administration [HRSA]
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention [CDC]

Products

ED and HHS have developed joint policy statements on issues that are important to improving early learning programs including:

• Collaboration and Coordination of the MIECHV and IDEA Part C Programs (PDF, 1.0MB)

• Alignment of Health and Early Learning Systems (PDF, 606KB)

• Suspension and Expulsion (PDF, 1.3MB)

• Dual Language Learners (PDF, 401KB)

• State Advisory Councils (PDF, 256KB)

• Early Childhood Homelessness (PDF, 994KB)

• Integrated Data Systems (PDF, 1.5MB)