The Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance is a growing consortium of organizations and individuals committed to improving developmental outcomes in the areas of learning, health, safety and economic security for children ages birth to eight, and their families. Recognizing the need to prioritize its current work, the Alliance is focusing on the needs of young children and their families in the context of health and learning.
Vision of the Alliance, adopted in December 2002
“We envision a time, within the next decade, when all Connecticut children are born healthy, live safely within their home and community, and have ongoing opportunities for successful learning. We want all Connecticut children to grow up eager to learn and ready for school success, and we want their families to become, if they are not already, economically self-sufficient. We respect families as the cradle of learning, and we seek to ensure that all families can access opportunities and services that strengthen this critical role.”
Public Goal of the Alliance, adopted May 2003
“All children born in Connecticut beginning in 2004 will enter kindergarten healthy, eager to learn, and ready for school success.”
Structure of the Alliance
To conduct its work, The CT Early Childhood Alliance seeks to engage the expertise, relationships and organizational assets of its members across the following areas:
The Alliance holds public meetings on a bi-monthly basis, generally at the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund in Hamden, CT. For more information about the Alliance or to inquire about its meeting schedule or membership, contact co-chairs:Juleen Flanigan at -- [1] flanigan@educationconnection.org -- or Merrill Gay at -- [2] merrillg@nbdiscovery.org.
Committees
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2006- 2007 Steering Committee:
Co-chair: Juleen Flanigan (RESC Alliance) Co-chair: Merrill Gay (New Britain Discovery) Working Groups Representatives Early Years Advocacy Groups: Kathy Queen (State Funded Director's Forum) Ready Set Grow Website: Mindy Gates (Family Resource Center Alliance) Early Years Advocacy Conference: Sharon Cappetta (Community Foundation for Greater New Haven) Domain Group Representatives Early Care and Education: George Hensinger (Norwalk Kids StartSmart) Health: Marty Milkovic (CT Oral Health Initiative) Family Economic Security: Peg Oliveira (CT VOICES for Children) Constituency Representatives Parents: Ann Pratt (CT Parent Power) Provider's Caucus: Mary Cecchinato (Torrington Child Care) Collaborative Agent: Helene Figueroa (CT Association for Human Services)
Work Group Co-Chairs
Early Years Advocacy Groups:
Judy Goldfarb (Hartford Area Child Care Collaborative)
Kathy Queen (State Funded Director's Forum)
Early Years Advocacy Conference:
Sharon Cappetta(Community Foundation for Greater New Haven)
Ann Pratt (CT Parent Power)
Ready Set Grow Website:
Mindy Gates (Family Resource Center Alliance)
Membership
There are three categories of membership on the Alliance.
Core members are organizations who commit their organizational resources to accomplishment of the Alliance’s vision and goals, and vote the organization’s agenda and actions.Organizations and individuals may join the Alliance at any time.
Information partners are organizations who support the goals of the Alliance and agree to transmit information between their constituencies and the Alliance.
Independent members are individuals who support the goals of the Alliance and who participate without an organizational affiliation.
Current core members of the CT Early Childhood Alliance are:
[3] Advocates for CT’s Children and Youth, Inc.
[4] Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition
Child Care Learning Centers
[5] Child Health and Development Institute
[6] Children’s Investment Partnership
CT Association for the Education of Young Children
[7] CT Association for Community Action
[8] CT Association for Human Services
[9] CT Center for School Change
[10] ConnCAN (CT Coalition for Achievement Now)
[11] CT Charts A Course
CT Family Resource Alliance
[12] CT Oral Health Initiative
[13] CT Parent Power
CT School Readiness Network
[14] CT Voices for Children
[15] Danbury Children First
[16] Hartford Area Child Care Collaborative
[17] Meriden Children First
Middlesex Coalition for Children
[18] Norwalk Kids Start Smart
State Funded Director's Forum
[19] RESC (Regional Education Service Center) Alliance
[20] United Way of CT/INFOLINE
Information partners are:
Children’s Action Team of Southeast CT
[21] Children’s Trust Fund
[22] Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
[23] CT Commission on Children
[24] CT Permanent Commission on the Status of Women
[25] CT Department of Children and Families
[26] CT Department of Social Services
[27] CT State Department of Education
[28] William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
[1]: mailto:flanigan@educationconnection.org
[2]: mailto:merrillg@nbdiscovery.org
[3]: http://www.ctkidslink.org/about_accy.html
[4]: http://www.bcacct.org
[5]: HTTP://www.chdi.org
[6]: http://www.lisc.org/connecticut_statewide/programs/connecticut_6029.shtml
[7]: http://www.cafca.org/
[8]: http://www.cahs.org/
[9]: http://www.ctschoolchange.org
[10]: http://www.conncan.org/
[11]: http://www.ctcharts-a-course.org/
[12]: http://www.ctoralhealth.org/
[13]: http://www.ctparentpower.org/
[14]: http://www.ctkidslink.org/
[15]: http://www.danburychildrenfirst.org
[16]: http://www.haccc.info/
[17]: HTTP://www.meridenchildrenfirst.org
[18]: http://www.norwalkkidsstartsmart.org/
[19]: http://www.learn.k12.ct.us/Resources/RESCs/
[20]: HTTP://www.infoline.org
[21]: http://www.ct.gov/ctf/
[22]: http://www.cfgnh.org
[23]: HTTP://www.cga.ct.gov/coc/
[24]: http://www.cga.ct.gov/pcsw/
[25]: HTTP://www.state.ct.us/dcf/
[26]: HTTP://www.dss.state.ct.us/
[27]: http://www.state.ct.us/sde/
[28]: http://www.wcgmf.org