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The Alliance offers a range of resources and networking opportunities to strengthen the work at the local and regional levels. We encourage ongoing interaction among our members to elevate the critical role of early childhood coalitions throughout New Hampshire.
What is the alliance?
The New Hampshire Alliance of Early Childhood Coalitions (Alliance) promotes, supports, and builds the capacity of early childhood coalitions across the Granite State. By offering resources and networking opportunities and promoting peer learning and knowledge sharing, the Alliance is strengthening coalition work at the local and regional levels. Using a collective impact model, the Alliance elevates the critical role of early childhood coalitions in strengthening the statewide system of multi-sector services and supports for children and families. Also, the Alliance is a critical bridge to ensure the connection between and alignment across statewide, regional, and local early childhood system-building efforts. who are alliance members?
Alliance members include the local early childhood coalitions working at the community level as well as coalition leaders who are leading regional efforts . More than half of Alliance members have existed for more than five years, while others were formed more recently with PDG funding. what does the alliance offer its members?
The Alliance supports early childhood coalitions by fostering a vibrant, shared space for learning, collaboration, and connection. Through high-quality training, individualized technical assistance, and resources such as the Starting an Early Childhood Coalition Handbook, the Alliance equips coalitions to grow stronger and more effective. The Alliance creates a space for early childhood coalitions across the state to learn from one another - from the challenges and success of local efforts, to planting the seeds of new ideas that Coalition leaders can use in their communities. As a membership organization, the Alliance elevates the voice of family and community —championing the importance of an integrated early childhood system and the critical return on investing in young children. how does the alliance ensure coalition success?
The Alliance developed a practice profile framework with critical components for coalition success. Such components include meaningful caregiver participation, an orientation process for new members, an evaluation system, communication pathways to provide feedback and support loops, values and guiding principles, a clear vision and mission, a backbone organization to support the coalition, and designated and identified leadership. Coalition success is also dependent on meaningful multi-sector participation from those representing behavioral health/substance use disorder providers, businesses, child welfare, community action programs, early learning/childcare centers, early supports and services, the faith community, Family Resource Centers, first responders (police, fire, EMTs), Head Start/Early Head Start, health care, higher education, home visiting, libraries, municipalities, parents/family members, philanthropy, recreation, schools and school districts, and WIC/nutrition support programs. The Alliance created a tool to help coalitions assess the extent to which they meet all critical components. |
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Alliance Leadership
Advisory Board
Sarah FoxExecutive Director
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Patrice BakerErin CayerStephanie SavardEllen TaetzschMark Watman |
The New Hampshire Alliance of Early Childhood Coalitions is grateful to be funded in part by grants from:
