Early Learning Collaboratives

Southwest

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.

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

Every collaborative

Who they are and where they work

  • Southwest

    Boise Early Learning Collaborative

    A group of Boise stakeholders working together to pool resources, build early learning opportunities for children, and prepare them for kindergarten.

    Boise

  • Southwest

    Meridian Early Learning Collaborative

    Early learning partners in one of Idaho’s fastest-growing cities, working so growth includes its youngest families.

    Meridian

  • Southwest

    Nampa Early Learning Collaborative

    Nampa’s collaborative, where local needs assessment and a strategic action plan guide early learning investment.

    Nampa

    Strategic action plan (PDF)

  • Southwest

    Kuna Early Learning Collaborative

    Neighbors in Kuna building early learning opportunities as their town grows.

    Kuna

  • Southwest

    Garden City Learning Collaborative

    Garden City partners aligning early learning with the city’s families and schools.

    Garden City

  • Southwest

    Idaho City Early Learning Collaborative

    A small mountain town’s collaborative, proving early learning infrastructure is not only for cities.

    Idaho City

  • Southwest

    Emmett Early Learning Collaborative

    Gem County partners growing early learning in Emmett’s orchard country.

    Emmett

  • Southwest

    Homedale Early Learning Collaborative

    Owyhee County stakeholders building opportunity close to home for Homedale families.

    Homedale

  • Southwest

    Marsing Early Learning Collaborative

    Marsing’s collaborative, linking schools, families, and local employers around its youngest learners.

    Marsing

  • Southwest

    Notus-Parma Early Learning Collaborative

    Two Canyon County neighbors sharing one early learning plan, from needs assessment to action.

    Notus and Parma

  • Southwest

    West Central Early Learning Collaborative

    The West Central Mountains collaborative, serving families across Idaho’s resort and timber country.

    McCall

  • Southwest

    Valley County Early Learning Collaborative

    Valley County partners coordinating early learning across a large, rural county.

    McCall

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