U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services
ACF
Administration for Children and Families
Information Memorandum
To: Head Start and Early Head Start Grantees; Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators
Subject: Early Childhood Education, Financial Stability, and Asset Building Strategies for Families with Young Children
Each asset building strategy is described briefly in the document accompanying this Information Memorandum: "Asset Building and Early Childhood Programs: Strategies for Families." This resource includes additional information about each of these six strategies along with web links and information about free materials. Additional information about how Head Start and child care programs can use asset building strategies to assist families in becoming and remaining financially secure is available at:
The Office of Community Services' Assets for Independence Resource Center
www.IDAresources.org
National Child Care Information Center
http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/
Head Start Resource Center
www.headstartresourcecenter.org
Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/family
Please direct any questions on this Information Memorandum to:
Eric Blanchette
Program Manager
Office of Child Care
(404) 562-2782
Kiersten Beigel
Family and Community Partnerships Specialist
Office of Head Start
(202) 260-4869
Thank you for your work on behalf of children and families.
/ Joan Lombardi /
Joan Lombardi, Ph.D.
Deputy Assistant Secretary
and Inter-Departmental Liaison
for Early Childhood Development
/ Yvette Sanchez Fuentes /
Yvette Sanchez Fuentes
Director
Office of Head Start
/ Shannon Rudisill /
Shannon Rudisill
Director
Office of Child Care