A Statewide Focus Group Report
Child care is a core service necessary for Hawaiʻiʻs economic recovery. Before COVID-19, Hawaiʻi faced a critical shortage of slots needed. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, although some child care providers remained open to provide an essential service to Hawaiʻiʻs essential workforce, many had closed down.
This report summarizes the findings of a survey of 755 families across the State of Hawai‘i about their experiences in helping their children transition into kindergarten programs. Parents were asked about the settings in which their children spent time before entering kindergarten.
This report summarizes the findings resulting from a survey of over 420 parents of keiki 5 years old and younger in Hawai‘i. The aim of the survey was to determine parents’ needs for childcare and other parenting support services and the extent to which parents report being aware of and able to access the care and services they need.
The Executive Office on Early Learning, with funding from the Department of Health, commissioned consultants JoAnn Farnsworth and Kathie Reinhardt to do the Early Childhood Indicator Project. This project involved an analysis of current data capacity, development of an indicator framework and recommendations for implementation.
In March 2012, the Collaborative Leaders Network (CLN) and the Executive Office on Early Learning commissioned Storyline Consulting to conduct a “listening tour” that would bring a broader range of individuals and communities into statewide planning activities. Through interviews and focus groups, Storyline Consulting gathered testimony from a diverse group of individuals who care for children, provide them with services, or advocate for them or their families.
Moving toward a comprehensive early childhood system in Hawaii: An analysis of the fiscal resources supporting young children, prenatal to age five and their families, in fiscal 2011
The Systems Mapping process was facilitated by Scott Spann (Innate Strategies) and involved over 80 public and private partners in 2012. The map documents the array of systems’ components within Hawaii’s early childhood system. The map spotlights potential levers of change that would have the greatest impact for improving the lives our youngest children.
You can learn more about the process followed during the mapping process by reading and watching the videos on the post “Building Shared Understanding Through System Mapping.”