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"Launching Every Child as a Healthy Lifelong Learner"
Parents,
Children & Families
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Parents,
Children & Families
Our Community
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Strategic Plan
Early Education Professionals
Policy Makers & Investors
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In all that we do, the Down East Partnership for Children ensures that we are strategically investing our resources to make a difference in the lives of the children and families we serve. To do so, DEPC invests its resources into a model of services that will help it achieve its vision, mission, and goals of its strategic plan. We use evaluation to continuously improve our services to help families and our community move forward.
Vision: We believe that all children and their families can reach their full potential when surrounded by a united and supportive community.
Mission: To build a strong foundation for children and families by advocating and supporting both high quality early care and education and a coordinated system of community resources.
Committed to the Future of Our Children & Community
Goals
Unique Support for Each Child and Family
DEPC values and respects that each child and family is unique and, as such, has unique strengths and needs.
To achieve this goal:
- Children will have access to resources that support their growth and development in the five domains of child development (cognition, language & communication, approaches to learning, social & emotional, and health and physical).
- Families will have increased knowledge and access to resources to support their child’s growth and development from prenatal through age 8.
High Quality Early Care & Education Environments
DEPC believes that the developmental period for children from 0 to age 8 is critical to launching them as lifelong learners. During this time, children are exposed to a variety of environments. Each of these environments (home, child care, and school) must be of high quality for children to be successful.
To achieve this goal:
- Families will have the skills and knowledge to be their child’s first teacher by creating a high quality learning environment at home.
- Child care facilities will have formally educated staff that can nurture and stimulate the growth and development of individual children utilizing developmentally appropriate practices.
- Schools will be able to model ready school best practices to transition children effectively into engaging and developmentally appropriate environments that continue to nurture and develop each individual child’s growth.
- Families, child care providers, and schools will collaborate to create effective transition strategies between environments.
Access to Coordinated Community Resources
DEPC has always valued collaboration and the role it plays in coordinating resources to increase availability and access to services that meet the needs of the community.
To achieve this goal:
- Individuals will have the leadership skills and knowledge to effectively advocate for resources in their community.
- Service systems will be aligned to increase access to resources based on ongoing assessments of community needs.
DEPC sets Strategic Milestones to determine the major advancements we are striving for related to our 3 long-term goals. For each milestone, there are also specific indicators to measure our anticipated minimum level of success in the next 3-5 years.
Read our full strategic plan for more information.
