Boston EQUIP is honored and pleased to have been able to answer questions and queries from local, state and national organizations. We thank them for putting our data and analysis to good use. Many of those who've contacted EQUIP in the near past are listed below:
- Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative for Children
- Boston Globe
- Boston Housing Authority, Hope VI grants for Old Colony public housing development in South Boston
- Boston Public Schools' Circle of Promise
- Children’s Museum, Kellogg Foundation grant proposal
- City of Boston Intergovernmental Relations/Department of Neighborhood Development, Choice Neighborhoods federal proposal
- Community Partnerships Council for Children
- Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Promise Neighborhoods
- Higher Ground
- Massachusetts Association for the Early Education of Young Children (for the TEACHBoston proposal)
- Massachusetts state legislature, including the Joint Committee on Education
- Thrive in 5 external evaluation and grant proposals to Kellogg Foundation
- Wheelock College Higher Education Access Project, federal earmark request and reports
Community Profiles
This summer (2010) EQUIP released the results of the 2009 Community Profiles surveys. In this latest round EQUIP partnered with Child Care Choices of Boston to reach out to 100% of licensed center-based and Head Start programs, family child care homes and public schools in Boston. The data was presented at a Data Forum at the Boston Children's Museum on June 29, 2010. The Powerpoint slide presentation, full-color executive summary, and report on the 2009 Community Profiles surveys are all available on our website. Just click on Community Profiles to get there. Below are the response rates to the surveys.
Data and Research Team (DART)
EQUIP co-facilitates the Data and Research Team (DART) for the Thrive in 5 initiative, a public-private partnership to get the city working together to promote school readiness by age five and to prevent the achievement gap from occurring.
Boston Quality Inventory
Boston EQUIP is working with Wellesley Centers for Women to update the fact-based understanding of the quality of Boston’s community-based early care and education centers and family child care. These data, coupled with the unique information supplied through the Community Profiles surveys, will provide a comprehensive picture of Boston’s early care and education to improve the strength, quality, and effectiveness of the field serving the young children of Boston. To view the previous Boston Quality Inventories, please click here.