The Power of T.E.A.M. - Together Each Adds Momentum
Great Start Collaborative State Technical Assistance Conference
June 16-17, 2009
Presented by the Early Childhood Investment Corporation
Boyne Mountain Resort, Boyne Falls, MI
The 2009 Great Start Collaborative (GSC) State Technical Assistance Conference provided technical assistance and training to 5 member teams of each of the 55 Great Start Collaboratives (GSC) from across the state. The conference focused on system building and parent/professional partnerships. Nearly 300 GSC coordinators/directors, parent liaisons, board chairs, vice chairs or members, and parent members participated in the two-day conference held at Boyne Mountain in Boyne Falls, MI.
Second Annual STAR POWER RALLY at the State Capitol
May 21, 2009
A great success! Parents, teachers, and community members are invited to join in a rally to celebrate early childhood education initiatives and meet with state legislators to encourage support of early childhood investment. Parents, teachers, lawmakers and children alike enjoyed this informative and fun sunny day in Lansing.
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Pediatric Medical Home Summit
February 13, 2009
The Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC), and the Head Start State Collaboration Office hosted a policy summit on Pediatric Medical Homes at the Lansing Center in Lansing, MI. It brought together members of the Michigan executive and legislative branches; health policy leaders; business and healthcare organizations; health care professionals; parents and family advocates; organizations representing vulnerable populations and children with special health care needs; and state and local health agencies to begin building a strong coalition of stakeholders to champion and advance Pediatric Medical Homes in Michigan. Download Documents & Read More
2008 Michigan Early Childhood CHALLENGE
ECIC hosted its 2nd Annual Michigan Early Childhood Challenge on November 18, 2008 at the Lansing Center in Lansing, Michigan. This important convocation of leaders for early childhood provided a compelling picture of the current and unfortunately deteriorating status of young children in Michigan; allowed for the sharing of the work to date of the Children of Color Summits ECIC has hosted with community leaders from Native American, Latino, Arab American and African American communities in Michigan; sought the advice of early childhood partners regarding critical issues that ECIC Strategic Planning Committee and Executive Committee ought to consider in creation of the ECIC's early childhood policy agenda for FY 2010; and strengthened connections and alignment of effort between ECIC and its early childhood partners at the local and state levels.
The agenda and materials from the 2nd Annual Michigan Early Childhood Challenge are available to view online by clicking here.
On November 13, 2007, the Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC) hosted more than 150 stakeholders for its 1st Annual Michigan Early Childhood Challenge. From this meeting came a set of ten recommendations for Michigan's first, consensus policy agenda for young children and their families. Through strategic advocacy and education on the part of ECIC, the Great Start Collaboratives and the Great Start Parent Coalitions, steps are now being taken by state government to improve the quality of publicly funded child care, more slots were made available in the Great Start School Readiness Program and the Great Start Collaborative network will be complete in FY 2009 - one year ahead of plan.