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NOW Sustainability

Planning for sustainability can help mitigate these challenges and help your coalition thrive for the long term.

NOW Data Storytelling

What story is the data telling us? We recognize that data — quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods — is only as powerful as the stories behind it.

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NOW Community Engagement

We believe that equitable transformation and alignment of community systems requires intentionally shifting those most impacted by inequity from margin to center.

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NOW Coalition Development & Governance

Coalitions have emerged as an effective and impactful vehicle to bring diverse sets of organizations and stakeholders to the table, leverage collective resources, and coordinate action

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NOW Learning Community: Young Child Wellness Council

Tuscaloosa Young Child Wellness Council (YCWC) was formed in 2015, where fourteen agencies were represented and has since grown and continued to identify potential partners.

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NOW Learning Community: Linking Immigrant Families to Early Childhood Education Project

The Linking Immigrant Families to Early Childhood Education (LIFE) Project was developed and launched in January 2017.

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NOW Learning Community: McKinley County Early Childhood Coalition

The membership of the McKinley County Early Childhood Coalition (MCECC) consists of health and education representatives, home visiting programs, child care, non- profit organizations, early intervention and any individuals who are interested in the objectives of the Coalition.

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NOW Learning Community: Family Engagement Network

First Things First creates a family-centered, comprehensive, collaborative and high-quality early childhood system

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NOW Learning Community: Berkeley Early Education and Care Collective

The Berkeley Early Education and Care Collective (BEE Collective) was formed in 2017, to build an integrated mental health framework to increase the social-emotional development outcomes of children, birth to 6, in Berkeley County, SC.

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NOW Learning Community: Voices and Choices for Children Coalition

Our coalition focuses on developing strongly engaged cultural communities of learning, organizing and advocacy

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NOW Learning Community: Adelante

Since 2017, Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) and Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition (CSPC) have partnered to support Spanish speaking families and service providing agencies

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NOW Learning Community: Generations Forward Children’s Collaborative

Generations Forward Children’s Collaborative is a growing collaborative of over 150 Whatcom County partners with a shared purpose

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NOW Learning Community: Essex County Council for Young Children

Essex County Council for Young Children (ECCYC) aims to create an environment where parents and families come together with providers and other community members

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NOW Learning Community: Austin Neighborhood Network

Austin Neighborhood Network's mission is to increase the collective impact of its member organizations.

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NOW Equity Tools

NOW Levers of Community Change. Equity requires intentional and targeted attention to the communities that bear the disproportionate burden of health, economic, and education inequality.

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Philadelphia Early Care and Education Collaboration Strategic Roadmap

The ECE Strategic Roadmap prioritizes collaborative actions and outlines elements of successful partnerships between early learning programs and community based organizations that promote equitable engagement of parents and families that support healthy child development.

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A Dignity-Centered Guide to Reflecting on Cooperative Funding Structures

Developed as part of a Cooperative Design Lab, this reflection guide encourages funders and their potential partners to think intentionally about the goals and outcomes of their relationship, building on elements of successful cooperative and collaborative structures.

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NOW Playbook: Transformative Community Capacity to Advance Equity

The Networks of Opportunity for Child Wellbeing (NOW) Playbook is a resource guide that provides tools for those working to promote the wellbeing of children and families, advance equity, and align systems of care and education in early childhood.

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