Cross-Network Efforts
Infant and Early Childhood Behavioral Health (IECBH)
The IECBH Plan proposes to integrate child and family mental health and trauma-informed care into our health and early care and learning systems throughout Hawaiʻi.
Early Childhood Continuums
The Pāhoa Promise Partnership, on Hawaii Island, and the Ka `Upena o Waimānalo partnership, on Oahu, are community-based efforts to develop continuums of support for young keiki and their `ohana.
Early Childhood Funders’ Hui
The EC Funders’ Hui is comprised of philanthropic funders who support work in early childhood health, safety, and learning.
Community-Centered Partnerships (CCP)
CCP is the practice of working closely with affected community members about priorities that get elevated, funded and worked on at different levels. In practice, it means placing affected communities at the center of voice and decision-making.
Commit to Keiki
Commit to Keiki (CTK) is a statewide, non-partisan, public-private collaborative to ensure a brighter start for Hawai‘i’s youngest keiki. Led by a diverse Steering Committee, Commit to Keiki’s mission is to increase Hawai‘i’s investments in its youngest keiki by collaborating with elected officials and serving as a trusted partner and reliable resource for information on issues related to early childhood.
Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD)
Ensuring that young children with disabilities and their families are provided services by knowledgeable, skilled, competent, and highly qualified personnel, and that sufficient numbers of these personnel are available in the state to meet needs.
Hawaiʻi Child Care Cost Modeling (CCCM) Initiative
Early care and learning advocates and service providers in Hawaiʻi are working to identify the true cost of providing quality child care for children birth to kindergarten across the state.
FarmWise
Hawai‘i’s FARMWISE Coalition brings together policy leaders and food systems and early care and learning stakeholders to expand access to nutritious, locally sourced foods for young keiki.
Healthy Keiki, Healthy Future (HKHF)
Network partners have been implementing key initiatives to embed culturally appropriate physical activity and nutrition best practices into Hawai‘i’s ECE system and settings.
West Maui Early Childhood Collective (WMECC)
In 2023, ECAS network partners came together to draft a broad vision of relief and recovery for young children and families in Maui County. Many of the resulting efforts have involved the WMECC, a network of partners, fostering collaboration with local organizations and providers.
Systems Learning Journey
With the knowledge and experience you have provided from the beginning of this journey until now, we are working to carefully weave together the important stories and patterns that teach us how our systems currently works.