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Early Childhood County Level Community Profiles
Early Childhood County Level Community Profiles

The Community Profiles bring together data on key dimensions of child and family wellbeing, including economic conditions, housing, health, early care and education, and the status of key resources that help to support families with young children.

Hawai‘i Child Care Capacity Data
Hawai‘i Child Care Capacity Data

To better understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Hawaii’s child care industry and our families' ability to access needed child care, Early Childhood Action Strategy is working with data shared by the Hawaii Department of Human Services and PATCH, Hawaii's statewide child care resource and referral agency, to track the status of the child care sector in Hawaii. Working families, local businesses and Hawaii’s economy rely on accessible, affordable and quality child care. Hawaii’s economy may continue to struggle long after the pandemic if essential services like child care do not survive.

Hawai`i Data Trends
Hawai`i Data Trends

The All Network Meeting Fall 2022 included a review of Hawai`i Data Trends over the past decade. The data posters presented key indicators of early childhood development and wellbeing and set the stage for a collaborative review and discussion about strengthening our shared understanding.

ECAS Dashboards

Hawai‘i Child Care Capacity Data

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Early Childhood Action Strategy developed this child care capacity dashboard to help track the status of the child care sector in Hawaii. Working families, local businesses and Hawaii’s economy rely on accessible, affordable and quality child care. Hawaii’s economy may continue to struggle long after the pandemic if essential services like child care do not survive.

ECAS Goal Tracker

ECAS is tracking indicators associates with four key outcomes:
1) The number of babies born healthy and welcome
2) The number of young children developing on-track
3) The number of children ready to learn when they enter kindergarten
4) The number of students thriving in 3rd grade

ECAS Dashboards Tracking HI Baselines by 6 Team Focus Areas

Each ECAS team works to identify gaps in the system and collaborates around solutions in order to improve outcomes on the following 6 dimensions:

1. Birth
2. Families
3. Child Health & Development
4. Access
5. Quality of EC Programs
6. EC Transitions

 

Contact Doug Imig, PhD,
Learning and Evaluation Lead