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Over the span of four days, members of Gov. Laura Kelly’s Early Childhood Transition Task Force met with around 500 Kansans in nine Kansas communities to talk about early childhood across the state as part of the Community Engagement Tour.
Executive order 23-01, signed by Gov. Kelly in January, created the Early Childhood Task Force. The executive order stated that the task force was responsible for conducting a series of stakeholder engagement opportunities; eliciting feedback on the current early childhood governance structure and better understanding the needs of parents; families, providers and businesses.
The task force on Thursday, Aug. 17, had its third meeting to review what was learned during the Community Engagement Tour. The Hunt Institute provided support to the task force and found 43.9% of participants of the tour were service providers. The rest were made up of parents, community members, policymakers and more.
Through the tour, The Hunt Institute found several things to improve on, as well as celebrate. They found they needed to improve the following:
As the task force found a number of things that need improvement, they also found several things worth celebrating. Those include:
Some initiatives the task force will consider include supporting public-private partnerships; consolidate programs under on agency for easy navigation; streamline licensing process; and provide technical assistance and education.
To read materials from Thursday’s meeting, click here. The task force will next meet on Wednesday, Oct. 18 to compile an initial draft of recommendations. The task force hopes to deliver its final report to Governor Laura Kelly in December, prior to the deadline of Jan. 1, 2024, set forth in Executive Order 23-01.
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