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Our Clearinghouse offers comprehensive support for early childhood care and education, covering a wide range of settings such as centers, homes, family and friend arrangements, and programs like Head Start and Pre-K.

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Innovative Idea

Rooted Together: A Cultural Guide for Families of Indigenous Children

Healthy Environment and Relationships

Rooted Together: A Cultural Guide for Families of Indigenous Children is a toolkit designed to help non-Native parents and caregivers raise Indigenous children in a culturally respectful and supportive environment.

Caregivers, Children, Guardians, Parents

2025

Promising Practice

Community Garden

Healthy Environment and Relationships

This project aims to promote healthy environments through the development and maintenance of a community garden that serves as a hub for physical activity, access to fresh produce, and environmental education. 

Children, Parents, Teachers

2025

Best Practice

Community Based Doula Expansion

Healthy Environment and Relationships

The Oklahoma Birth Equity Initiative (OKBEI) works to equip families to have healthy births with dignity through a comprehensive, community-centered program that addresses the stark disparities in birth outcomes among marginalized populations in Oklahoma.

Children, Medical Providers, Parents

2025

Innovative Idea

OKAEYC – Respectful Caregiving

Child Development

This submission seeks funding for a series of workshops titled "Respectful Caregiving.” In these workshops, our instructors will introduce caregivers to the principles of respectful caregiving, an essential philosophy and approach that fosters secure and respectful relationships between caregivers and children.

Children, Guardians, Parents, Teachers

2023

Innovative Idea

Early Childhood Social Emotional Support Coaches

Social Emotional Well Being

The target population will be children in the Early Childhood Center in Woodward Oklahoma who have been identified/referred from a teacher and observed/assessed by the Mental Health Consultant as needing extra help with social emotional skills.

Administrators, Caregivers, Children, Parents, Teachers, Guardians

2023

Promising Practice

Training Oklahoma Childcare Providers to Support Children with Autism (TOCA)

Social Emotional Well Being

Inequities in childcare for children with autism are a significant concern. These inequities can manifest in various ways, including limited access to inclusive childcare options, inadequate training for childcare providers, and financial barriers.

Administrators, Caregivers, Children, Guardians, Owners, Parents, Teachers

2023

Promising Practice

TBRI and Trauma Informed Classrooms

Social Emotional Well Being

Lilyfield proposes to bring the Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) Trauma Informed Classrooms to licensed childcare centers that serve foster children ages 0-8 years old throughout the state.

Administrators, Caregivers, Children, Guardians, Parents, Teachers, Owners

2023

Innovative Idea

Air Quality and Filtration in Early Childhood Settings

Healthy Environment and Relationships

This project will involve two groups: Teachers and the children enrolled in their ECE classrooms. Although child outcomes are ultimately our interest, the successful use of air filters to improve ECE classroom air quality is dependent on the teachers who run those classrooms.

Children, Teachers

2022

Innovative Idea

Emergency Child Care Waiver: Innovative Referral and Approval Process

Healthy Environment and Relationships

The target population is Oklahoma families with children (ages birth to 8 years old) that have been exposed to a traumatic event.

Caregivers, Children, Guardians, Parents, Systems

2022

Promising Practice

Cognitive ToyBox, Inc.

Healthy Environment and Relationships

Cognitive ToyBox works with school and center-based early childhood education settings, including Oklahoma City Public Schools, on early childhood assessment.

Parents, Teachers, Family Child Care Providers

2022

Promising Practice

Outdoor Environment and Classroom

Healthy Environment and Relationships

This environment will provide a safe place for families to interact within nature. Families are able to create and build relationships through an interactive outdoor environment.

Teachers, Parents, Family Child Care Providers

2022

Best Practice

Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds

Healthy Environment and Relationships

This 3-year program would impact approximately 1,712 children and 216 providers, not to mention the residual impact of additional family members.

Children, Owners, Teachers, Parents, Guardians, Caregivers

2022

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Second Step® Early Learning

Healthy Environment and Relationships

Second Step® Early Learning is designed specifically for multiple-age early learning environments with a focus on supporting children from low-income families.

Children

2022

Innovative Idea

Early Birds Childcare Collaborations

Child Development

Twelve percent of Oklahoma children live with parents with less than a high school diploma, and Medicaid pays for nearly 60% of births.

Children, Owners, Teachers, Parents, Guardians, Caregivers

2022

Promising Practice

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Services for Northwest Oklahoma

Child Development

Western Plains Youth and Family Services is writing this letter to propose a solution to a recurring problem in the early childcare centers such as the Early Education Center, Headstarts, Schools and Daycares in Woodward and surrounding counties.

Caregivers, Children, Teachers, Parents, Guardians, Administrators

2022

Promising Practice

Play is essential!

Child Development

The intention of this project is to help providers, caregivers, administrators, and parents understand how play in early childhood is imperative to the development of children.

Administrators, Caregivers, Guardians, Owners, Parents, Teachers

2022

Promising Practice

Outdoor Education at St. Luke's Children's Center (Downtown)

Child Development

Outdoor play is critical to child development from birth. Connecting to the world outside is imperative to the development of motor skills, self-confidence and curiosity.

Children, Teachers

2022

Promising Practice

Providing Hope and Opportunity in Outdoor Learning Environments at Child Care Centers and Family Child Care Homes

Child Development

This submission is an innovative idea to design new and/or renovate existing playgrounds at eight diverse early education programs across the State of Oklahoma into natural outdoor learning classrooms which will help promote the health and well-being of Oklahoma children and early childhood staff.

Caregivers, Children, Owners, Teachers, Administrators

2022

Best Practice

Early Learning Matters – Curriculum Program for Early Childhood Classrooms

Child Development

Curriculum in an early childhood setting is the content and concepts which children learn as they go about their day. It is vital to a child’s learning experience as it supports and strengthens their learning and development.

Caregivers, Children, Teachers, Owners

2022

Best Practice

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Program

Child Development

The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Program will serve the child welfare population ages zero to age six.

Caregivers, Children, Guardians, Parents

2022

Best Practice

Child Care Director Training with the National Administrators Credential (NAC)

Child Development

Director qualifications are a vital part of every early childhood program. A director is responsible for all aspects of the daily activities their center or homes’ program which include the supervision and leadership of staff with the caring and teaching of children.

Administrators, Owners, Teachers

2022

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