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RESOURCE LIBRARY

Welcome to the NOW Resource Library, an online repository of tools and resources relevant to community capacity building to improve child wellbeing.  Communities can submit new resources using a user-friendly online form.

 

How to Use the Resource Library

To get started, browse the Resource Library menu below and click on the title to view additional information about the resource and a link to access the file. You can also search for specific resources by either:

  • Keyword Title Search: Type in key search terms and resources containing these key words in the title will appear; OR

  • Topic: Select from the drop-down menu to search for resources by key content areas.

 

Reset the search by clearing the search field or selecting "All Topics" in the drop-down menu.

Have a resource you’d like to share? Has your group or organization developed a tool or report you’d like to add to the library? Complete our Submit a Resource form to get started.

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Title
Author
Topic
Type
10 Characteristics of Infants and Toddlers - A State and Local Data Tool to Inform Policy and Action
Urban Institute
Data Stories
Tool
100 million healthier lives
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Promising Practices
Website or Online Resource
15+ Tools and Resources to Challenge Racism
Compass Point
Equity
Website or Online Resource
2016 Children’s HealthWatch Support Letter to USDA Food & Nutrition Service to conduct research on the adequacy of the SNAP benefit
Children's Health Watch
Policy
Media
2016 Massachusetts Policy Brief for EITC
Children's Health Watch
Policy
Tool
2017 Children’s HealthWatch Fact Sheet for Massachusetts EITC
Children's Health Watch
Policy
Tool
2021 Kids Count Data Book
The Annie E Casey Foundation
Data Stories
Report
2022 Black Maternal Health Conference: Policy Toolkit
MOTHER Lab
Policy
Tool
3rd Grade Reading Success Matters: General Campaign info
.
Critical Content
Website or Online Resource
4 Data Visualization Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Michael Duran
Data Storytelling
Research or Article
5 Part Coalition Building Tools
The Society for Public Health Education
Coalition Development
Tool
5-2-1-0 Let’s Go
.
Promising Practices
Tool
6 Sustainability tools nonprofits need to incorporate for long-term success
First 5 Sacramento
Sustainability
Resource or Article
6-Top Reviewed Nonprofit Accounting Software Options
Nick Morpus
Sustainability
Website or Online Resource
A Coalition Model for Community Action
Frances Butterfoss and Michelle Kegler
Coalition Development
Tool
A Community Builders' Toolkit
Institute for Democratic Renewal, The Project Change Anti-Racism Initiative
Community Engagement
Tool
A Decade of Shape Up Somerville - Assessing Child Obesity Measures 2002-2011
Shape Up Somerville
Data Stories
Research or Article
A Different Way of Doing Business - Examples of Pre-K to Third Grade Alignment in Practice
Ullrich and Adamu
Policy
Report
A Look at Early Childhood in Berea College Promise Neighborhood
U.S. Department of Education, Center for the Study of Social Policy
Promising Practices
Case Study or Profile
A New Way to Talk about the Social Determinants of Health
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Report
Framework
A Pandemic Within a Pandemic - How Coronavirus and Systemic Racism Are ​Harming Infants and Toddlers of Color.
Center for Law and Social Policy
Critical Content
Report
A Place to Get Started: Innovation in State Infant and Toddler Policies
Zero to Three
Policy
Tool
A Practitioner’s Guide for Advancing Health Equity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Division of Community Health
Equity
Tool
A Roadmap for Promoting Health Equity and Eliminating Disparities - The Four I’s for Health Equity
National Quality Forum
Equity
Tool
A Sustainability Planning Guide for Healthy Communities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthy Communities Program
Sustainability
Report
A Theoretical Framework for Two-Generation Models
Urban Institute
Framework
Report
ACES Connection
null
Promising Practices
Website or Online Resource
ACES to Assets 2019 - Creating trauma-informed policy from Health, Education, Care & Justice
ACE Aware Nation
Policy
Webinar
ACESTooHigh
.
Framework
Website or Online Resource
ACEs
CDC
Critical Content
Website or Online Resource
ACEs Parent Handouts & ACEs One Pagers and Link to GRC 2.0
ACEs Connection
Critical Content
Tool
ACEs Science 101 - ACEs Science FAQs
null
Framework
Website or Online Resource
AISP Network Case Studies
Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy
Policy
Case Study or Profile
Abriendo Puertas
null
Community Engagement
Website or Online Resource
Abriendo Puertas/ Opening Doors Parenting Program: Summary Report of Program Implementation and Impacts
Child Trends
Promising Practices
Report
Abundance Boston App
Vital Village Network Data Workgroup
Promising Practices
Tool
Addressing Racial Injustice with Young Children
EMBRACE RACE
Critical Content
Tool
Advancing Better Outcomes for All Children: Reporting Data Using a Racial Equity Lens
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Data Stories
Tool
Advancing Birth Justice: Community-Based Doula Models as a Standard of Care for Ending Racial Disparities
Ancient Song Doula Services, Village Birth International & Every Mother Counts
Framework
Report
Advancing Kids
Connecticut Children's Hospital
Promising Practices
Website or Online Resource
Advancing Racial Equity and Transforming Government: A Resource Guide to Put Ideas Into Action
Government Alliance on Race and Equity
Equity
Tool
Advancing the Mission - Tools for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
JustPartners, Inc.
Equity
Tool
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Critical Content
Website or Online Resource
Adverse Childhood Experiences Infographic
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Critical Content
Media
Adverse childhood events are associated with obesity and disordered eating: Results from a U.S. population-based survey of young adults
Bernard Fuemmeler, Eric Dedert, Joseph McClernon, and Jean Beckhamb
Critical Content
Research or Article
Adversity In Early Childhood - The Role of Policy In Creating and Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences
Center for American Progress
Critical Content
Report
Advocacy Tools
Ounce of Prevention Fund
Policy
Tool
Alignment Toolset
Alignment USA
Coalition Development
Tool
All Our Kin
null
Promising Practices
Website or Online Resource
All Our Kin Tool Kit Licensing Program
All Our Kin and Connecticut Children’s Museum
Promising Practices
Tool
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