Upcoming Events 2010

Oct. 4 - KDEC Inclusion Summit, Salina, KS, 1-4 pm. Click here for registration form.

Oct. 5 - 2nd Statewide KELC Meeting, Salina, KS, 9am to 3 pm. Click here for registration form.

Nov. 3-5, 34th Annual Governor's Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect, Wichita, KS.  For more information, go to www.kcsl.org.

The Kansas Early Learning Collaborative (KELC) is an innovative collaboration among six major Kansas early learning organizations. 

KELC received an Early Childhood Block Grant (ECBG) from the Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund (KCCTF).   

Each KELC partner organization provides evidence-based services to young children and families.

The organizations:

• Kansas Association of Child  Care Resource and Referral Agencies (KACCRRA)
• Kansas Association for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (KAIMH)
• Kansas Children’s Service League Healthy Families (KCSL)
• Kansas Division of Early Childhood (KDEC)
• Kansas Head Start Association (KHSA)
• Kansas Parents as Teachers Association (KPATA).

The purpose of the collaboration is to:

• expand, enhance and integrate  early learning and family support services to pregnant women, children ages 0-3 and their families providing the strong foundation children need to be successful in school and in life.
  
• provide assistance in collaborative service delivery to KELC  county providers.

Kansas Kids

15% of Kansas Children live in poverty...

a 25% increase from 2000 to 2008.

Source: 2010 Kids Count Data Book, datacenter.kidscount.org.