From 2002 through 2008, NAEYC received support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to help early childhood professionals strengthen families. The Supporting Teachers, Strengthening Families project included:
- Leadership Development: More than 40 early childhood leaders in 24 states participated in the Supporting Teachers, Strengthening Families National Leadership Program, an intensive, year-long leadership development opportunity;
- Resource development and dissemination;
- Partnerships with other national organizations doing similar work;
- An evaluation of NAEYC's efforts to determine success and lessons learned; and
- Research to help inform these efforts and provide the foundation for policy and practice enhancements.
Resources developed during this project include:
- Building Circles, Breaking Cycles brochure, also available in Spanish
- Building Circles, Breaking Cycles discussion guide, also available in Spanish
- Strengthening Families across the country: What NAEYC affiliates should know, briefing materials about strengthening families work across the country
- Talking points for NAEYC affiliates about strengthening families
- A Young Children article about NAEYC's leadership development program
- A Young Children article about NAEYC's research with families with young children
- A Young Children article about NAEYC's research with early childhood professionals
- A report based on NAEYC's research with early childhood professionals
- Where We Stand on Child Abuse and Prevention, a one-page summary of NAEYC's position on this issue
