Child walking on a balance beam in an indoor play area with colorful mats and equipment, related to on-track health and development.

ECAS Team 3

On-Track Health & Development

Team 3 is working to ensure all children are supported to reach their optimal development by working with early childhood and healthcare providers and families.

Efforts include:

Create a framework for a screening-referral-utilization of services feedback loop within the medical home model
Increase the number of children enrolled in a medical home
Embed childhood obesity prevention best practices into the early childhood system
Promote the social and emotional health of infants and toddlers

Keiko Nitta, Department of Health
Cherilyn Shiinoki, Family Hui Hawaiʻi
Monthly, 2nd Fridays,
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Team 3 Theory of Change
(Last updated 2025)
Logic Model Team 3
(Last updated 2023)

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.

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.

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