Early Childhood State Systems Team
ECSST Mission:
The Early Childhood State Systems Team is a stakeholder group that provides leadership for the development, implementation, and promotion of a sustainable, comprehensive early childhood system to benefit children and families in Colorado.
ECSST Goals:
- To provide support to comprehensive early childhood system building efforts at state and local levels.
- To provide recommendations and feedback to statewide advisory bodies to inform decision making around early childhood systems.
- To collect and disseminate lessons learned/best practices locally, statewide, and nationally.
- To identify and implement more effective and efficient methods to work collaboratively across the early childhood system in order to have a positive impact on child and family outcomes.
ECSST Members
- Child Health - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Clayton Early Childhood Resource Institute
- Colorado Association for the Education of Young Children
- Colorado Bright Beginnings
- Colorado Child Care Association
- Colorado Children's Campaign
- Colorado Head Start Association
- Colorado Foundation for Families and Children
- Colorado Parent and Child Foundation
- Division of Child Care - Colorado Department of Human Services
- Division of Child Welfare - Colorado Department of Human Services
- Division of Mental Health Services - Colorado Department of Human Services
- Early Childhood Councils - Colorado Department of Education
- Early Childhood Council Leadership Alliance
- Early Childhood Funders
- Early Childhood Summit
- Family Voices of Colorado
- Harambe
- Head Start - State Collaboration Office
- Health Care Program for Children with Special Needs - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Invest In Kids
- JFK Partners - University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
- Office of the Lieutenant Governor
- Office of Professional Development
- Part C - Division of Developmental Disabilities - Colorado Department of Human Services
- Prevention Leadership Council - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Prevention Initiatives - Colorado Department of Education
- Qualistar Early Learning
Please contact the Director of Smart Start Colorado at 303.692.2941, for a directory of all ECSST members
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