Communities
- Provide access to high quality, affordable early care and education programs;
- Ensure a safe and healthy environment for families;
- Assure access to prevention and intervention services;
- Provide opportunities for lifelong learning for parents (especially the undereducated);
- Wrap-around child care services for working parents; and
- Collaboration and alliance of agencies to better prepare children for school readiness. The following are examples of agencies that should be involved:
- Child care providers
- Head Start
- Universities and colleges
- Local Early Childhood Councils
- School districts
- Preschool teachers
- Kindergarten teachers
- Family Resource Centers
- Special Education​
- Public Libraries