Identifying community partners should include the widest possible net in order to ensure that everyone who may have interest and/or involvement is invited to attend. This includes educators, mental health providers, medical providers, and more. Engage in conversations in a way to identify more potential community partners and invite them. The more community involvement the better-quality services families will receive. We recommend representation from the following entities:
- 2-1-1
- Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R’s)
- Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program (CYSHCNs)/(Title V)
- Children’s Trust Fund
- Child advocacy groups
- Early Childhood Comprehensive System Grant (ECCS)
- Home Visiting Programs, including Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)
- Early Childhood Special Education (Part B)
- Early Intervention (Part C)
- Family support groups
- Foundations
- Hospitals
- Parents
- Physician/Champion
- Physician outreach programs
- Program Evaluators
- State Medicaid Agency
- Specialized Call Centers
- State Health Department
- State Child Welfare Agency
- State Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Success By 6
- United Way Local Chapters
- Universities