Impact Initiative

An opportunity from Start Early Consulting to join states and communities across the country in building high-quality, equitable early childhood systems – with limited time, no-cost consulting support.

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The Impact Initiative from Start Early Consulting

Every year, the Impact Initiative creates an opportunity to strengthen early childhood leaders’ ability to address equity issues in their system with the support of high-quality consulting. The Impact Initiative is designed to leverage philanthropic resources to boost local systems-building work, offer lessons and insights for other states and communities, and promote equity and quality across the early childhood field.

Through a simple application process, the Impact Initiative pairs systems with experienced Start Early consultants so public sector leaders and advocates can more quickly understand, plan for, and implement specific improvements to policies and programs. Through this collaborative, tailored engagement, leaders leverage Start Early’s decades of experience to move their local system-building priorities forward.

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[Through the Impact initiative,] we partnered with two amazing Start Early consultants who helped us learn about policy and advocacy work. As providers, we knew our discipline and how to work with kids, but we didn’t know how to advocate at the state level. [Working with Start Early] has helped immensely.

Caitlin Conley, Founding Chair, Kentucky Early Intervention Providers Association
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Accessible Consulting Support that Drives Change

Past Impact Initiatives have offered hundreds of hours of complimentary, tailored support from Start Early consultants. Impact Initiative engagements have included:

  • Systems Mapping for community early childhood system leaders
  • Tailored support for state public sector leaders to improve Home Visiting systems and policy
  • Advocacy strategy for state advocates working toward more equitable and inclusive systems for children with disabilities and developmental delays
  • Customized consulting for community leaders re-envisioning early childhood and advancing racial equity

Hands-On Subject Matter Experts

Start Early consultants have decades of experience designing and improving prenatal to five early childhood policy and systems at the national, state, and local level. Impact Initiatives create wider access to subject matter expertise spanning many priority areas:

  • Key sectors: Early Intervention and Special Education, Home Visiting, Child Care and Pre-K, and Head Start & Early Head Start Systems
  • Key strategies: Engaging families and providers, advocacy strategy, and systems implementation

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