I2D2 Director Heather Rouse participated in the National Research Conference on Early Childhood Welcome and Opening Remarks. In the opening remarks, Rouse shared how Iowa has developed an integrated-data system through their State-University partnership. The history, governance, and the policy impact of I2D2 was presented,...
Check out the I2D2 Impact Summer 2026 Newsletter! Learn about what we have been up to. New announcements include conference presentations our team has done, our new Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) brief for Iowa, and interesting reads related to early childhood and integrated data systems....
IA Data Drive featured in International Journal of Population Data Science In 2025, I2D2's IA Data Drive was showcased in International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS) "Building the IA Data Drive: A Participatory Approach to Developing Early Childhood Indicators for State and Local Policymaking". The recognition...
Our 2026 Spring Newsletter is available! Learn about what our staff has been up to: from graduations to recent webinars. ...
The new IA Data Drive 2.0 is now available! The new 2.0 version builds on its foundation to empower decision-makers by expanding indicators through a more streamlined, user-friendly interface. With guidance from our partners, such as ECI at Iowa Health and Human Services, Iowa Head Start Association, and Maternal...
I2D2 was recently featured in an AISP Technology Brief, highlighting its secure data infrastructure and evolution into a credentialed analytics platform. The Iowa Child Care Connect (C3) platform also gained recognition in multiple publications for improving access to child care data and helping families find...
We are proud to have Child Care Connect featured in Data Quality Campaign's recent case study! C3, the integrated data system housed at I2D2 at ISU, sources aggregate data from child care providers, state agencies, and other supporting systems to share near-real time vacancy data and...
I2D2 and our partners at the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were featured in Georgetown University Digital Gov Hub publication for our work on Child Care Connect (C3): the child care search tool and dashboards that makes real-time child care data accessible...
The 2025 I2D2 Winter Newsletter has been released. This newsletter highlights significant updates in early childhood initiatives, including the IA Data Drive's latest data and the new ECI State Reporting Tool to enhance data collection efficiency. We're also thrilled to announce that Iowa Child Care...
The IA Data Drive has been updated with 2024 data! Developed in response to the ECI Statewide Needs Assessment and Strategic Planning in 2019, the Iowa Data Drive is designed to inform and guide decision-making across Iowa. Users can explore a wide range of indicators...