CHDI kicked off Phase 2 of the Early Childhood Health Data Institute on March 4th at the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund in Hamden. Six early childhood community collaboratives are testing strategies for improving data collection related to Early Childhood Health Records. Findings from 2,630 forms that were entered into an electronic database as part of Phase 1 of the Institute revealed that critical child health indicators are missing from the forms. Through four learning sessions this year, the Data Institute will work with communities to increase the percentage of completed forms so that they can be used to inform community planning and help child care programs monitor and promote health child development in their programs. Participating communities include: Danbury, East Hartford, Eastern Highlands Health District (Chaplin, Coventry, Mansfield, Stafford, Vernon), Middletown, Norwalk, Stamford. This initiative is funded by the Children's Fund, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, and the Grossman Family Foundation.