Publications

BRIDGES Newsletter

Each newsletter release offers the reader articles on a variety of topics of interest to teachers and administrators of early care and education programs.

• Fall 2007 (PDF; 5,863KB; 32 pp.)
• Fall 2006 (PDF; 1,680KB; 28 pp.)
• Summer 2005 (PDF; 1,059KB; 48 pp.)
• Summer 2004 (PDF; 534KB; 28 pp.)
• Summer 2002 (PDF; 738KB; 28 pp.)

Guidance for Partnerships

Full-Day, Full-Year Early Child Care and Education Partnerships (PDF; 251KB; 25 pp.)

This report presents recommendations of the Collaborative Partners Work Group. Members of the group, which consisted of local Head Start, California Department of Education (CDE), and federal Region IX administrators share their suggested programmatic and fiscal practices with programs in furthering collaborative arrangements and partnerships.

Interagency Agreements

These agreements between the federal Administration for Children and Families, Head Start, and the California Department of Education (Part B) and California Department of Developmental Services (Part C) may be used by local Head Start programs as models for the development for local agreements with education agencies and regional centers.

Part B Interagency Agreement - California Department of Education - Administration for Children and Families

2005 Interagency Agreement and appendices A through G (DOC; 1,361KB; 144 pp.)

Part C Memorandum of Understanding - California Department of Developmental Services - Administration for Children and Families

2006 Memorandum of Understanding and attachments 1 through 9 (DOC; 375KB; 54 pp.)