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
12 Tips for Community Engagement	Advocacy and Communication Solutions	Community Engagement	Tool
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

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