Early Childhood and Family Policy (Certificate)

This program builds essential skills in policy development, analysis, and communication related to early childhood and family policies. Students will develop an interdisciplinary lens to understand the impact of early childhood and family policies across systems that address issues relevant to young children and family.

Description

The Early Childhood and Family Policy graduate certificate program builds essential skills in policy development, analysis, and communication. Students will develop an interdisciplinary lens to understand the impact of early childhood and family policies across systems that address issues relevant to young children and family including health care, education, child care, family leave, mental health, child abuse and neglect, incarceration of parents, and minimum wage. The importance of the early years and the need for quality services that are distributed equitably and sustainably are integral to a just society.

All coursework for this certificate is completed online through Great Plains IDEA consortium.

Program-Related Information

Graduate Chair

Rochelle Dalla
402-472-2957
rdalla1@unl.edu 

Program Website

https://cehs.unl.edu/cyaf/home/