The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Connecticut (Fall 1999). The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management and the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women. Click here to download this publication.   Too Young to Count? Promoting the Health and Development of Connecticut’s Young Children and Their Families (February 2001). Farmington, CT: The Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut. Click here to download this publication (.pdf format).   The Early Childhood DataCONNections project of the Child Health and Development Institute recently developed several resources to assist those pursuing research and information on young children in Connecticut. The "Early Childhood Data Resource Guide" is an on-line, searchable database of published reports and internet resources containing statistical information on children birth to age 8 in Connecticut. The database covers four main domains: Health, Safety, Early Learning and Economic Security and presents information in a user-friendly format. Click here to access information.   An Early Childhood Research Agenda for Connecticut" outlines 10 key areas for research in early childhood and identifies specific research questions that need to be addressed within each area. The Agenda is a useful tool for developing research priorities and work plans, and it also establishes a framework for organizing new research questions and information as they emerge. Click here for more information.   Although based on a recent inventory and analysis of over 80 state databases on early childhood in Connecticut, the findings and recommendations provided in "Reshaping Administrative Databases into Tools for Policy-Relevant Research" are applicable outside of Connecticut and the early childhood field. State administrative databases house a wealth of information that, if properly harnessed, analyzed and shared, could provide valuable insights for policymakers and others decision makers. This report takes the first step toward unleashing this potential by identifying and addressing the major challenges to using administrative data for policy research. Click here for more information.