Early Learning Committee

Outcome:

All children in Southeastern Idaho will enter kindergarten ready to learn.

Strategies:

1. Create a PR campaign to:
   • Educate our community about the value of early learning
   • Clearly define what Kindergarten Readiness means
2. Improve quality in our local daycares and preschools
3. Broaden involvement of parents and voices of color in our work

Current Work:

In March of 2020, the Early Learning Committee began the rollout of their first strategy.  Target River Marketing developed a robust campaign that ran for 3 months and included a significant amount of data collection.  They are now in the process of developing materials for phase 2 of the PR campaign which will begin in November 2020.  Community feedback from the first phase included a need for easy access to additional free community resources that support families of young children.

Future Work:

The committee is using Fall 2020 to finalize SMART goals and develop a formalized action plan that will be used to plan the implementation of strategies.

Special Projects:

In Spring 2019, United Way of Southeastern Idaho (UWSEI) was approached by our partners at Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (IDAEYC) about applying for a grant to increase access to preschool in one of the communities in our region. 

We partnered with the city of American Falls and facilitated a collaborative group of their community leaders to develop a plan to increase quality preschool seats by 30 for Fall 2020. 

Through this tremendous partnership, an additional 74 seats were created! Learn more about the initiative. 

American Falls Collaborative

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