Early Learning Collaboratives

Twenty-six early learning collaboratives

An early learning collaborative is the group in one Idaho town that plans together: the school, the child care providers, the library, the clinic, local employers, and parents. Idaho AEYC supports 26 of them. Find yours on the map or in the list.

An early learning collaborative. Marker placement is regional wayfinding rather than a street address.

North Idaho

The panhandle, Sandpoint, Coeur d’Alene, and the lakes country.

Sandpoint North Idaho

North Central

Lewiston, the Clearwater valley, and the prairie towns.

Kendrick-Juliaetta Lewiston

Southwest

Treasure Valley and the western foothills, Boise, Nampa, Meridian, and neighbors.

Boise Meridian Nampa Kuna Garden City Idaho City Emmett Homedale Marsing Notus-Parma West Central Mountains Valley County

South Central

The Magic Valley and Wood River, Twin Falls, Hailey, and the farm towns.

Magic Valley Castleford Murtaugh Richfield Wood River

Southeast

Pocatello, American Falls, and the Portneuf valley.

Pocatello-Chubbuck American Falls

Eastern Idaho

Idaho Falls, Teton Valley, and the upper Snake River plain.

Idaho Falls Fremont County Teton Valley

Every collaborative

The whole directory

All twenty-six, by region. Open a region above for the fuller description of each one and its published plans.

  • Sandpoint Early Learning Collaborative Sandpoint North Idaho
  • North Idaho Early Learning Collaborative Coeur d’Alene North Idaho · Plan (PDF)
  • Kendrick-Juliaetta Learning Collaborative Kendrick and Juliaetta North Central · Plan (PDF)
  • Lewiston Early Learning Collaborative Lewiston North Central
  • Boise Early Learning Collaborative Boise Southwest
  • Meridian Early Learning Collaborative Meridian Southwest
  • Nampa Early Learning Collaborative Nampa Southwest · Plan (PDF)
  • Kuna Early Learning Collaborative Kuna Southwest
  • Garden City Learning Collaborative Garden City Southwest
  • Idaho City Early Learning Collaborative Idaho City Southwest
  • Emmett Early Learning Collaborative Emmett Southwest
  • Homedale Early Learning Collaborative Homedale Southwest
  • Marsing Early Learning Collaborative Marsing Southwest
  • Notus-Parma Early Learning Collaborative Notus and Parma Southwest
  • West Central Early Learning Collaborative McCall Southwest
  • Valley County Early Learning Collaborative McCall Southwest
  • Magic Valley Early Learning Collaborative Twin Falls South Central
  • Castleford Early Learning Collaborative Castleford South Central
  • Murtaugh Early Learning Collaborative Murtaugh South Central
  • Richfield Early Learning Collaborative Richfield South Central
  • Wood River Early Learning Collaborative Hailey South Central
  • Pocatello-Chubbuck Early Learning Collaborative Pocatello and Chubbuck Southeast · Plan (PDF)
  • American Falls Early Learning Collaborative American Falls Southeast
  • Idaho Falls Early Learning Collaborative Idaho Falls Eastern Idaho
  • Fremont County Early Learning Collaborative St. Anthony Eastern Idaho
  • Teton Valley Early Learning Collaborative Driggs Eastern Idaho

What they published

Local plans and needs assessments

Collaboratives that published a plan or an assessment show what one community decided to do about early learning with the resources it had. They are the most useful starting point for anyone building a new one.

Start one

No collaborative in your town yet

Idaho AEYC helps communities build their own. The ones that hold together start with a local needs assessment and a written plan rather than with a standing meeting, and there are published examples above to work from.

Talk to the collaboratives team