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Infant and Early Childhood Behavioral Health (IECBH)
Infant and Early Childhood Behavioral Health (IECBH)

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

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.

West Maui Early Childhood Collective (WMECC)

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.

Early Childhood Funders’ Hui

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)

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

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)

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.

Healthy Keiki, Healthy Future (HKHF)

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.

Systems Learning Journey

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.

Aloha At Home

Aloha At Home

ECAS Team 2 partners continue to focus on the Aloha at Home initiative to support family strengthening with culturally appropriate resources.

Keiki Central

Keiki Central

A workgroup of ECAS Team 4, in partnership with Aloha United Way AUW211, has developed an online resource guide for Hawai‘i’s youngest keiki and their families.

Makua Allies

Makua Allies

Peer Support for Perinatal Substance Use Disorder (PSUD)

The Makua Allies peer-support program focuses on keeping new mothers who are healing from substance use together with their infants.

Hawaiʻi LATCH

Hawaiʻi LATCH

Hawaiʻi LATCH (Lactation Access Transforming Communities)

Improved access to lactation consultation reduces inequities in health care access and improves outcomes for children and families.

Ka ʻUpena Shared Services

Ka ʻUpena Shared Services

The Ka ʻUpena Shared Services pilot project was created by ECAS partners and funders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing challenges faced by family child care providers and small centers in the state of Hawaiʻi.

Family Child Care (FCC) Pathways

Family Child Care (FCC) Pathways

ECAS and partners continue to support and advise Windward Community College (WCC) in their ongoing effort to create an educational pathway that focuses on the business-specific knowledge and skills needed by potential family child care providers to start and sustain child care businesses and careers.

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Infant and Early Childhood Behavioral Health (IECBH)
Early Childhood Continuums
West Maui Early Childhood Collective (WMECC)
Early Childhood Funders’ Hui
Community-Centered Partnerships (CCP)
Commit to Keiki
Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD)
Healthy Keiki, Healthy Future (HKHF)
Systems Learning Journey
Aloha At Home
Keiki Central
Makua Allies
Hawaiʻi LATCH
Ka ʻUpena Shared Services
Family Child Care (FCC) Pathways

 

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