Early Childhood Leadership Commission

On February 8, 2010, Governer Ritter signed the Executive Order establishing the Early Childhood Leadership Commission (ECLC). The ECLC is a collaborative legislatively authorized group that is coordinating and establishing early childhood policy in Colorado. The ECLC is authorized by legislation until 2013.

The purpose of Early Childhood Leadership Commission is to improve outcomes for young children ages birth to eight and their families by advancing the alignment, coordination, and efficiency of programs and services. Colorado has established a network of 30 local early childhood councils serving 55 counties to collaboratively plan, network, develop resources and implement early childhood initiatives within communities to improve the quality of and access to services for young children and their families. The Early Childhood Leadership Commission will accelerate and sustain Colorado's commitment to improving outcomes for young children.

Below please find more information about:
1. The Early Childhood Leadership Commission's mission, composition and governance
2. The Early Childhood Leadership Commission Annual Report
3. The Early Childhood Colorado Framework
4. The Early Childhood Colorado Framework in Action State Plan

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+ Early Childhood Leadership Commission 2012 Annual Report

The Early Childhood Leadership Commission presented their 2012 Annual Report on January 20 before Governor Hickenlooper, Lieutenant Governor Garcia and the Senate Education, Senate Health and Human Services, House Education and House Health and Environment Committees. The 2012 Annual Report highlights the Commission work around state systems to better serve children and families, and sets the agenda for 2012. The Joint Session Annual Report proceedings are available via audio recording on the House Education Committee January 20 audio archive.

+ Early Childhood Leadership Commission
On February 8, 2010, Governer Ritter signed the Executive Order establishing the Early Childhood Leadership Commission (ECLC). The ECLC is a collaborative legislatively authorized group that is coordinating and establishing early childhood policy in Colorado.

The purpose of ECLC is to improve outcomes for young children ages birth to eight and their families by advancing the alignment, coordination, and efficiency of programs and services. Learn more about the ECLC’s mission, composition and governance.

The Early Childhood Colorado Framework is the ECLC’s guide for developing a comprehensive, coordinated service delivery system for Colorado's youngest children. This high-level leadership commission will accelerate and sustain Colorado's commitment to improving outcomes for young children. The Commission will:
1. Develop an inter-agency data system to help streamline services, drive continuous quality improvement, and promote shared accountability.
2. Recommend a state-level oversight and coordination structure for early childhood that increases efficiencies and supports equity and access for children and families.
3. Improve the quality, access and capacity of early childhood services across all sectors

Early Childhood Leadership Commission Annual Report dated January 21, 2011

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Early Childhood Leadership Commission page

+ Early Childhood Colorado Framework
The Early Childhood Colorado Framework was developed in 2008 as a resource and guide for comprehensive early childhood systems work in Colorado. The Early Childhood Colorado Framework:
• Recognizes the needs of the whole child and family by including outcomes that cut across the early learning, family support and parent education, mental health, and health sectors.
• Communicates the vision for comprehensive early childhood work by helping early childhood partners see how their work, individually and collectively, contributes to the greater picture of all children in Colorado being valued, healthy, and thriving.
• Ties “comprehensive systems building” language to specific strategies for action and measurable outcomes for children, families, and early childhood professionals.
• Provides a framework to guide and focus the actions of public and private stakeholders who work with or on behalf of young children.
• Promotes an outcomes-based approach to early childhood systems efforts.

+ Early Childhood Colorado Framework in Action State Plan
To identify next steps for cross-sector early childhood efforts at the state level, over 100 partners came together in 2009 to develop the Framework in Action State Plan.
The purpose of developing this plan was to capture, integrate and guide various state efforts and initiatives, as well as promote shared leadership, ownership, and action towards systemic improvements and enhancements across the sectors of a comprehensive early childhood system. Using a results-based approach, the Framework in Action planning process was designed to:
• Identify focal points around which to organize state-level work
• Focus and coordinate activities among multiple partners
• Communicate cross-sector priorities
• Ensure public accountability for results

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