The Empowering Families Initiative

Practice Area: Early Childhood DevelopmentEconomic MobilityWorkforce Pathways Scope: State Location: FL, CO, CT, IA, MA, NC Status: Closed

Project Overview

In 2018, Third Sector partnered with six state and local government agencies with the goal of demonstrating how agencies could align social services for parents and social services for children to generate better outcomes using strategies such as innovative contracts and data-sharing agreements.

Practice area:

Early Childhood Development

Third Sector mobilizes cross-sector collaborators to transform the way our government and other providers deliver quality and affordable early childhood services in the United States.
Project NameScopeLocationStatus
Engaging Local Communities to Strengthen Early Childhood Care and Education Across MinnesotaStateMNComplete
Third Sector partnered with SRI Education to support the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families in its work to strengthen local early childhood care and education systems. Working in seven communities across the state, we launched a series of “Mixed-Delivery Action Labs” that enabled local child care, public health, business, and community leaders to collaboratively develop solutions to child care challenges. Third Sector designed and facilitated these action labs, which incorporated Human Centered Design (HCD) and Community Co-Design practices to help local educators develop systems-strengthening projects, build connections within and across communities, enhance collaboration with state leaders, and implement “quick wins” to immediately help children and families thrive, no matter where they get their child care.
Maryland Child Care Stabilization Funding (ARPA)StateMDClosed
Third Sector partnered with the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) to develop their funding formula for their second round of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) child care stabilization grants, including analysis incentives and bonuses that could be included in the funding formula that address racial equity and target improving access and supply of high quality infant and toddler child care. 
Practice Area Managing Director, Early Childhood
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