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"Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.."   ~ Ron Wild

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Reports and Publications

The following Reports and Publications are available for free download as Adobe PDFs.

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Arizona Early Childhood Coordination and Collaboration: A Baseline Report  (1.17 MB)
This report provides baseline measurement of the degree to which early childhood services work together in Arizona. The FTF Partner Survey will be administered on a yearly basis to evaluate ongoing progress toward FTF coordination and family support goals and improvements in early childhood collaboration.

 

A Decade of Data: The Compensation and Credentials of Arizona’s Early Care and Education Workforce  (1.32 MB)
This report marks ten years in which trends can be identified by comparing survey results from 1997 to 2007. Longitudinal findings in the areas of wages, benefits, length of employment, and education levels of the ECE workforce were analyzed.

 

 Building Bright Futures:  2007 Needs and Assets Assessment (32.9 MB)
This report creates a baseline that allows First Things First  to measure progress, as well as determine how best to invest resources that will improve the lives of young children and their families. Building Bright Futures provides direction at the community level as well.