EASTCONN staff, with experience in community collaboration, early childhood policy and practice, as well as comprehensive services, will work with your community to support the development and implementation of an effective Early Childhood Council. Our staff can also serve as your school-readiness liaison to the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, or fulfill the role of school-readiness monitor for your state-funded program. We can develop a strategic plan for increasing your capacity and the quality of your early childhood services. Additionally, our expert staff can assist your program with grant-writing services.

Benefits: Through the development and facilitation of an Early Childhood Council in your region, EASTCONN experts can help you create broad-based community engagement in - and support for - early childhood education. A strong investment in early childhood education yields many well-documented benefits to children.