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NJ Parent Link,
The State of New Jersey's
Web-based Early Childhood, Parenting and Professional Resource Center
Recognized by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) as a
Best Practice Model for Innovative IT/Digital Communication
between Government and Citizens.
Log on Today @ http://www.njparentlink.nj.gov
NJ Parent Link:
Linking Parents & Professionals to New Jersey's
Early Childhood Services and Resources
Are you pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant?
Are you the parent or guardian of an infant, toddler or preschooler?
Are you an early childhood health, development or early learning professional?
If so, log on today to NJ Parent Link
http://www.njparentlink.nj.gov
The State of New Jersey's
Early Childhood, Parenting and Professional Resource Center
NJ Parent Link:
Linking Parents & Professionals to New Jersey's
Early Childhood Services and Resources
The summer of 2012 marks the two year anniversary of NJ Parent Link, the State of New Jersey's Early Childhood, Parenting and Professional Resource Center http://www.njparentlink.nj.gov
Within its first 18 months, NJ Parent Link was recognized as a best practice model for innovative IT/digital communication between government and citizens by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO, 2011).
NJ Parent Link is a broad based public/private initiative (10 state departments and 25 community partners) supported by a federal Health Resources & Services Administration, State Early Childhood Comprehensive System (ECCS) Program Grant (2009-2013). New Jersey's Department of Health and Senior Services is the lead agency for the project, coordinating over 30 government service units participating on the website development team.
The focus of NJ Parent Link is to meet the information and resource needs of nearly 1.5 million parent and professional stakeholders directly vested in the health & well-being of NJ's families with children ages 0-6 yrs. NJ state services and resources are highlighted. Federal, nationally respected and community based early childhood resources are also included. The goals of NJ Parent Link are to improve the accessibility, coordination and delivery of information and services to parents of young children, to improve the communication capabilities between the public and private sectors, and to provide the IT foundation for inter/intra agency service collaborations and policy development.
Website content includes early childhood health, development, early learning, parenting and family support resources. All educational and promotional materials for the site are downloadable, including the NJ Parent Link homepage, designed as a teaching tool for new parents. Community building website features include: interactive consumer content sections; tailored subscription services; a community calendar of events; continuing education/leadership postings; video testimonials, a children's art gallery; an En Espanol feature and a translation service for over 50 languages.
Website linkages are quite comprehensive and are designed to facilitate parents' and professionals' ease of use and engagement with government services and stakeholder resources. The website's breakout categories are designed to fulfill the federal ECCS grant's twelve designated key requirements for Early Childhood Systems Building and provide the necessary framework for interdepartmental system building and collaboration.
Numerous data collection and quality assurance markers are weaved throughout the website features to maximize assessment capabilities and real time opportunities for collaboration and coordination of shared goals and resources within the early childhood community. Statewide intra/inter-department service algorithms and mailing lists have also been developed and include a distribution list of over 10,000 NJ based licensed/certified health, education, child care and social service agencies/contact points.
In addition to the NJ Parent Link website, continuing Early Childhood Systems Building efforts are facilitated via the work of the NJ Parent Link Team. In-person dialogue between NJ Parent Link Team members sustains the systems and communications linkages necessary to maintain New Jersey's early childhood health, development and early learning goals. Team partners include agency, professional and parent representatives. In addition, an NJ Parent Link Internship has been developed.
For a more in-depth overview of the website/initiative, please contact Jamie Anderson, NJ ECCS Coordinator and NJ Parent Link Administrator @ 609-633-1363 or via email: nj.parentlink@doh.state.nj.us
