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.
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.
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.
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH)
Investing in mental health supports from birth on can improve outcomes for our youngest children, their families and our communities.
Where Aloha Grows - Raising children is hard. Learn tips on how to practice Aloha in the home to make the job easier.
Commit To Keiki is a non-partisan education initiative created by partners within the ECAS collaborative. Through candidate forums and other events we seek the commitment from our next governor to improving the system of care for Hawaiʻi's keiki and their ʻohana.
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.
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.
Past Efforts
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Previously Seeded/Incubated Initiatives
NEST (Friends of the Future)
PSUD project
SBIRT
LENA