Start here
Two questions, then a written answer with the next step and a person to reach. Every answer on this page was written for one kind of visitor, so nobody has to translate a general one into their own situation.
If you need to join a collaborative near me
An early learning collaborative is the local table where schools, providers, libraries, employers, and families plan together. Idaho AEYC supports twenty-six of them across the state. Find your region and you will see the collaborative, the towns it covers, and its planning documents where they exist.
Next step
If you need to start one where I live
The collaboratives that hold together begin with a local needs assessment and a written action plan rather than with a standing meeting. Kendrick-Juliaetta and Pocatello-Chubbuck both published theirs, and they are the clearest picture of what the first year looks like.
If you need to work with Idaho AEYC directly
Partnerships here usually start as a specific problem: a town with no infant care, an employer losing staff to child care gaps, a district worried about kindergarten readiness. Write to us with the version of that you are living, and we will connect you with the collaborative or the program that already works on it.
If none of that fit
The search box at the top of every page covers each program, collaborative, event, published report, and staff listing on this site. A question typed into it gets an answer with the sources under it.
