Goal

To coordinate the work of various early childhood Technical Assistance (TA) efforts working with states to avoid duplication, share knowledge and improve delivery and impact of TA. To further strengthen the collaborative possibilities and to take advantage of new technologies for doing so, this web site was created. It is intended to be a hub of resources for and communication among Consortium participants and other early childhood TA partners.

Who We Are, What We Do, Where We Work

• Consortium Participants (MS-Word) This file was updated 12-04-09.
• Project Profiles (MS-Word, updated 3-17-08)
• Previously used Project Profile Form (MS-Word) that may be useful in preparing your abstract for the new database form available after you log-in.
• TA Providers by State (MS-Excel, dated 2-22-2008) This file is not up to date for all projects, among them NCCIC.


• Map of Projects Active in each StateThis information is drawn from the EC TA Projects Database. Not all projects are in the database, and those that are may not be up to date. Several data fields may be used differently across projects.
• Log-in to update your project data, or to complete a new form to be included in the database. The purpose of the database is to eliminate the documents above that describe various aspects of the EC TA Consortium member projects.

Meetings and Calls

Link to information on upcoming and most recent events below. For past events, go to the previous events page.

• Minutes from EC TA Consortium Call February 9, 2010 (MS-Word)
• Minutes from EC TA Consortium Call January 12, 2010 (MS-Word)

Early Childhood Systems Federal Partners Workgroup TA Coordination Subcommittee

The EC Systems Federal Partners Workgroup was first set up with ECCS grantees. When the federal partners decided to promote more TA coordination, a TA coordination subcommittee was established. The subcommittee has developed the following documents to facilitate collaborative TA efforts to support states in building comprehensive EC systems across the full range of early childhood sectors that impact the lives of children and families.

• Guiding Principles for TA Collaboration - describes the key elements that need to be addressed in comprehensive system building, and the principles of practice that govern collaborative TA efforts.
• Early Childhood TA Coordination Logic Model - delineates activities related to planning, providing and documenting collaborative TA designed to build state capacity to develop coordinated EC systems.
• Federal EC Workgroups and EC TA Projects - depicts the organizational structure of Federal agencies and selected TA agencies they fund, and indicates agency representation on various Federal early childhood workgroups.
• TA Connections: Federal, State and Community - shows connections between national TA agencies that support comprehensive EC systems and their primary state/community TA clients across federal funding streams.
• Acronym List for Federal EC Programs - lists acronyms and full names of the organizations/agencies referenced in the preceding documents along with the funder's logo.

Workgroup Areas

EC TA Consortium project members may participate in any of the following workgroups. Each workgroup has a public Web page and a discussion area.Eligible participants must log-in to access the workgroup areas or update their TA project's information.

• State Recruitment and Selection  Facilitator: Camille Catlett
• Planning Processes   Facilitators: Martha Diefendorf, Camille Catlett, Linda Brekken
• Communities of Practice   Facilitators: Susan Stewart and Pam Winton
• Evaluation   Facilitators: Rob Corso and Lynne Kahn
• Early Childhood Systems Federal Partners Workgroup TA Coordination Subcommittee  Facilitators: Melissa Brodowski