The Work We Do - Strategic Partnership Plans for Communities, Families and Young Children
The Strategic Planning process is framed with the recognition of the central role parents and other caregivers play in their children's development and the importance of the cultural and ecological context that shapes the decision-making process, daily activity and routines of families. It is built on the assumption that the social setting around a child and a family is a powerful influence on children's development.
There are a host of organizations in communities who participate in a rich network of community supports for families with young children, and who play key roles in keeping children and families healthy, safe and connected to their community and the services within it.
The Strategic Planning process provides your network with a vision for the future, an assessment of current resources and needs, and a roadmap for moving forward that seeks to ensure accountability and sustainability over time.
Early Childhood Associates and the Warren Institute are experts at developing strategic partnership plans for integrating and coordinating the delivery of early education and care services to children and families.
ECA's goal is to develop a Strategic Plan that leads to our clients creating an integrated family-centered system that provides easy entry, clear navigation, and appropriate supports (i.e., comprehensive health services, early care and education, family support and parent education) for all families to have children that are healthy and ready to succeed in school at five years of age and beyond.
ECA leads the process of creating a Strategic Plan that facilitates the development of sustained and coordinated strategies that yield large and lasting dividends and ensures that opportunities to improve outcomes for young children and their families are not squandered.
ECA will engage your community's strategic planning team in developing a shared vision, and in developing a collaborative structure to guide and assess participating providers' efforts. The process itself advances a strategy for our clients, typically a school who is the lead organization in community building, in which public and private stakeholders ranging from teachers, municipal leaders, families, community organizations to health services and local businesses each have a voice in crafting a comprehensive and effective agenda – an agenda that coordinates the services, supports, and opportunities that ensure healthy development and improve outcomes for children and families.
Click here for key steps in developing a Strategic Partnership Plan in your Community
