PowerPoint Presentations
CFPC Powerpoint Presentations
By Charles Bruner, Director
National Presentations
Early Childhood/School Readiness. (July 31st, 2008). Measuring outcomes related to systems level collaboration. Annual Meeting Child Care Policy Research Consortium. Washington, DC.
Child Health. (June 12, 2008). Connecting the dots: Developing a holistic picture of children’s health. Grantmakers in Health Issue Dialogue. Washington, DC.
Federal Child Policy. (May 29th, 2008). Children and the 111th Congress: Beyond business as usual. Early Childhood Funder's Collaborative.
Child Health. (April 24, 2008). Investing in a healthy start for children: Medicaid and SCHIP – Is your state getting Its money’s worth? NCSL Spring Forum. Washington, DC.
Child Health and Equity. (January 24, 2008). Clinical health care practice and community building: Addressing racial disparities in healthy child development. Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Atlanta, GA.
Family Economic Success. (October 10,2007). State-level poverty campaigns: What can be learned from the states. Voices for America’s Children Annual Forum. New Orleans, LA.
Family Economic Success. (October 10, 2007). Children and poverty: What we do know – The policy prescription. Voices for America’s Children Annual Forum. New Orleans, LA.
School Readiness and Neighborhood Mapping. (October 2, 2007). Using local data to improve school readiness – The Des Moines/Polk County experience. 3rd Annual SAVI Users Conference. Indianapolis, IN.
School Readiness. (September 21, 2006). Resources and lessons learned from working with the school readiness indicators initiative (SRII). Kids Count/Voices Conference. Baltimore, MD.
School Readiness and Equity. (June 28, 2006). Diversity and governance: defining culturally-appropriate practices and results in child development. Building Connections Conference. Minneapolis, MN.
Child Welfare. (March 29, 2006). The rationale for community partnerships: Keeping children safe and well. Community Partnerships Executive Committee. Des Moines, IA.
School Readiness and Equity. (March 8, 2006). Village building and school readiness: Opportunities in poor, immigrant, and minority communities. Workshop for Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps Conference. Providence, RI.
School Readiness. (February 15, 2006). Resources and lessons learned from working with the school readiness indicators initiative (SRII). Early Childhood Funders’ Collaborative. Los Altos, CA.
Health and School Readiness. (January 17, 2006). The intersect of health and early childhood: Strengthening public and private linkages to improve early childhood initiatives. Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families. Los Angeles, CA.
School Readiness. (October 8, 2005). Investing in early childhood and school readiness plenary. Using Limited Health Dollars Wisely Conference. National Conference of State Legislatures. Naples, FL.
Evaluation. (September 16, 2005). The five habits of highly effective family support evaluators. Family Support Evaluation Conference. Los Angeles, CA.
School Readiness. (July 20, 2005). Resources and lessons learned from working with school readiness indicators initiative (SRII). State Early Childhood Policy Technical Assistance Network National Meeting. Washington DC.
Attributes of Effective Programs. (June 21-23, 2005). The DNA of exemplary CHAPSS programs: An introduction to common strands and building blocks. Annie E. Casey Foundation Children Healthy and Prepared for Success in School (CHAPSS) Meeting. Miami, FL.
Family Support. (June 9-10, 2005). A family support approach to support evaluation. Enhancing Practice Through Reflection: International Family Support Conference. Galway, Ireland.
School Readiness. (October 14, 2004). Considering social and emotional development in an era on accountability. National Conference of State Legislatures Web-Assisted Audio Conference.
Neighborhood Based Strategies in School Readiness. (October 13, 2004). Place matters: Addressing the needs of special populations for school readiness. Council of Chief of State School Officers Meeting. Portland OR.
School Readiness and Business Approaches. (March 30, 2004). Building an early learning system to achieve school readiness: A business plan approach. Minnesota Build Initiative. Minneapolis, MN.
Iowa Presentations
Diversity and School Readiness. (March 5, 2008). Policy opportunities. Early Childhood and Diversity in Iowa Retreat: Continuing the Conversation. Des Moines, IA
Tax Policy. (December, 2007) Tax loophole enemy #4: Iowa Capital Gains Treatment. Iowa Fiscal Partnership.
Business Planning and School Readiness. (October 17, 2007). Developing an early childhood and school readiness business plan. Centers of Excellence Workshop, United Way of Central Iowa. Des Moines, IA.
Diversity and School Readiness. (September 26, 2007). Early Childhood and Diversity in Iowa: Challenges and opportunities. Setting the context. Diversity and School Readiness State Summit. Iowa Department of Human Rights and Iowa Department of Education. Des Moines, IA.
Family Economic Success. (July 17, 2007). Family development and self-sufficiency program: Past, present, and future.
Family Economic Success. (July 24, 2006). Poverty Reduction in Iowa: Causes, impacts, and Strategic Directions. Northwest Area Foundation Advisory Committee Planning Meeting. Des Moines, IA.
Child Welfare. (March 29, 2006). The Rationale for Community Partnerships: Keeping Children Safe and Well. Community Partnerships Executive Committee. Des Moines, IA.
Family Economic Success. (September 22-23, 2005). Advancing Iowa Family Economic Success – Trends to Consider: Earn it keep it grow it. Annie E. Casey Foundation Learning Institute. Des Moines, IA.