Our Vision: Hawai`i’s young children are healthy, safe and ready to learn.
Our Mission: To bring together government and non-governmental organizations to align priorities for children prenatal to age eight and to strengthen and integrate the early childhood system by streamlining services, maximizing resources and improving programs to support our youngest keiki.
All of Hawai‘i’s children deserve the opportunity to develop to their full capacity. Yet today many obstacles stand in the way of early childhood development. These include uneven birth outcomes, unsafe homes and neighborhoods, and families struggling to make ends meet. The result is that many of our youngest keiki are already behind when they reach school.
Early Childhood Action Strategy is designed to address those issues. We are a statewide network of governmental and non-governmental practitioners and professionals working together to develop a comprehensive system that supports early childhood development.
6 content teams work collaboratively to determine and implement systems-level strategies.
Additional priorities emerge from the network and require cross-team participation.
We engage in policy making in order to support the needs of young children, their families, and the governmental systems that support early childhood development and well being.
ECAS network and partners are working to respond to data needs that can lead to a shared understanding about disparities and communities of greatest need.
We are frequently sending out newsletters with network announcements, professional training opportunities and updates on resources that matter for families and our community.
