This state-university partnership supports Iowa’s investments in more effective and efficient coordinated systems of care for young children and their families. Building from a legislative mandate through Early Childhood Iowa that commissioned state departments toward collaboration, I2D2 brings together leadership from the Departments of Management, Public Health, Human Services, Education, Human Rights, Economic Development, and Workforce Development and faculty at Iowa State University.
Through the AISP Learning Community training and technical assistance program, Iowa developed governance documents, executed foundational legal agreements, and conducted in depth stakeholder interviews with data partners to inventory administrative data systems and craft an initial inquiry agenda. Since then, the system has been used to better understand early childhood service utilization and the early childhood workforce, including supporting a comprehensive statewide needs assessment as part of a Preschool Development Grant B-5.
