The Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (ECCS) project aims to build integrated maternal and early childhood systems of care that are equitable, sustainable, and inclusive of the health system. It promotes early developmental health and family well-being and increases family-centered access to care and engagement of the prenatal-to-three-year-old population.
A maternal and early childhood system of care brings together health, early care, education, child welfare, and other human services and family support program partners. ECCS strives to collaborate with community leaders, families, and other stakeholders to achieve agreed-upon goals for thriving children and families.
Thank you to the ECCS Leadership Team for their tireless efforts throughout 2023 to support the creation of Nevada’s first Early Childhood Comprehensive System Prenatal – Age 3 Strategic Plan. Stay tuned for more information on work plans related to our three goals!
Since 2002, the BUILD Initiative has worked to promote our vision of a comprehensive early childhood system in which families can easily access high-quality early learning and development opportunities regardless of their neighborhood and agencies working with children and families can have the resources to meet the needs of our diverse young child and family population. This video describes that vision.
The NV Early Childhood Fiscal Mapping Project is being conducted in two phases.
Phase one included participation in a national cohort of states to map out funding streams (state and federal) that support a range of programs and services for children and young adults ages 0‐24. Phase one of the project is near complete and the fiscal map (presented through Microsoft Power BI) was presented to the Nevada ECAC in July 2023. The Children’s Funding Project, who serves as the vendor for this project, is making final edits to the fiscal map, which will be available publicly in September or early October 2023.
Phase two of the project, which is supported through grants to The Children’s Cabinet from the Children’s Advocacy Alliance (Pritzker PN3 Grant) and the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services, Child Care and Development Program (CRSSA and ARPA Grants), will focus on development of an Early Childhood Fiscal Map and Gap Analysis. The Early Childhood Fiscal Map will be added to the Phase one Power BI Fiscal Map to focus in on funding streams that support the early childhood sector, specific to prenatal to age 5 population. The Early Childhood Fiscal Gap Analysis will assess and identify funding gaps in the early childhood system for a group of select programs and services. The report will also include potential revenue options, feasibility analysis, and final recommendations for scaling identified programs and services in Nevada.
The Nevada Early Childhood Advisory Council (ECAC) works to strengthen state-level coordination and collaboration among the various sectors and settings of early childhood programs.
ECAC members are appointed by the Governor of Nevada. ECAC meetings are held every other month and are open to the public.
DHHS – DPBH, DHHS – DHCFP, DHHS – DWSS, NDE – OLED, Governor’s Office of New Americans, NV Early Childhood Advisory Council, Rural NV Health Network, NV Community Health Worker Association, Family TIES, NV Institute for Children’s Research & Policy at UNLV, Children’s Advocacy Alliance, NV Statewide Coalition Partnership, PDG B-5, NECAC (Nevada Early Childhood Advisory council – Starting Early is Starting Right on Time.
