Kansas Children's Cabinet awards contract with CCSR
The Kansas Children's Cabinet and Trust Fund was created in 1999 to administer and supervise the distribution of the Master Tobacco Settlement funds. The Master Tobacco Settlement funds are intended to improve the well-being of children and youth in Kansas.
The Early Childhood Block Grant (ECBG) provides funding for evidence-based programing focused on underserved and at-risk families with children from birth to 5 years old. In addition, the Children's Cabinet has prioritized nine school districts for ECBG funding to improve school readiness. Lynn Schrepferman, senior research scientist, will lead the evaluation team from CCSR. The evaluation team will work with the cabinet to identify and implement the use of common measures of child development and social emotional growth, supportive family environment and community outcomes.
"CCSR researchers, most notably Dr. Schrepferman, have worked on a number of early childhood program evaluations and research projects previously," said Tara Gregory, director of research and evaluation at CCSR. "So we're very excited to collaborate with all ECBG awardees across the state in documenting the great work they do on behalf of Kansas children and families."