Early Learning Collaboratives
South Central
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
South Central
The Magic Valley and Wood River, Twin Falls, Hailey, and the farm towns.
Every collaborative
Who they are and where they work
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South Central
Magic Valley Early Learning Collaborative
Magic Valley stakeholders pooling resources to build up quality early learning opportunities for children across the valley.
Twin Falls
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South Central
Castleford Early Learning Collaborative
A small Twin Falls County community with its own early learning plan.
Castleford
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South Central
Murtaugh Early Learning Collaborative
Murtaugh’s local collaborative, building early learning where families live.
Murtaugh
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South Central
Richfield Early Learning Collaborative
Richfield partners organizing early learning for a small Lincoln County community.
Richfield
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South Central
Wood River Early Learning Collaborative
The Wood River valley’s collaborative, serving families from Bellevue to Ketchum.
Hailey
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.