Team 6 is working with families and communities to strengthen and streamline transitions through early childhood into school.
Efforts include:
Strengthen early childhood family literacy practices through Words Matter/LENA
Pursue funding opportunities to support community teams and community-level data collection
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Kara Kusunoki, Regional Director, Catapult Learning
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Team 6 Theory of Change
(Last updated 2025)Logic Model Team 6: Language & Literacy
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Words Matter LENA
Community Teams
Early Childhood Continuums
The Pāhoa Promise Partnership, on Hawai`i 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.
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