Early Learning Collaboratives
North Idaho
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.
Collaboratives by region
- All regions 26
- North Idaho 2
- North Central 2
- Southwest 12
- South Central 5
- Southeast 2
- Eastern Idaho 3
North Idaho
The panhandle, Sandpoint, Coeur d’Alene, and the lakes country.
Every collaborative
Who they are and where they work
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North Idaho
Sandpoint Early Learning Collaborative
Stakeholders in Sandpoint pooling resources so local families find quality early learning close to home.
Sandpoint
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North Idaho
North Idaho Early Learning Collaborative
Serving Kootenai and Bonner Counties, child care scholarships, quality-improvement funding for providers, and a business alliance of family-friendly local employers.
Coeur d’Alene
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.
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Nampa ELC Strategic Action Plan
Nampa Early Learning Collaborative’s strategic action plan.
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Pocatello-Chubbuck Local Needs Assessment
What Pocatello-Chubbuck families and children need, assessed locally.
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Kendrick-Juliaetta Local Needs Assessment
The Kendrick-Juliaetta communities’ local early learning needs assessment.
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North Idaho ELC Strategic Action Plan
The Coeur d’Alene-area collaborative’s strategic action plan.
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.