Upcoming Events 2010

Oct. 4 - KDEC Inclusion Summit, Salina, KS, 1-4 pm. Click here for registration form.

Oct. 5 - 2nd Statewide KELC Meeting, Salina, KS, 9am to 3 pm. Click here for registration form.

Nov. 3-5, 34th Annual Governor's Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect, Wichita, KS.  For more information, go to www.kcsl.org.

About KELC

The Kansas Early Learning Collaborative, KELC,  is an innovative partnership among six statewide early learning organizations.  KELC expands and strengthens access to, the quality of and collaboration among evidence-based early childhood services throughout Kansas for families with children prenatal to age five.

The six early learning organizations:

• Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (KACCRRA)
• Kansas Association for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (KAIMH)
• Kansas Children’s Service League (KCSL) Healthy Families
• Kansas Division of Early Childhood  (KDEC)
• Kansas Head Start Association (KHSA)
• Kansas Parents as Teachers Association (KPATA)

The 12 focus counties:

• Cherokee
• Crawford
• Ellis
• Finney
• Ford
• Harvey
• Johnson
• Leavenworth
• Montgomery
• Saline
• Shawnee
• Wyandotte

Kansas Kids

15% of Kansas Children live in poverty...

a 25% increase from 2000 to 2008.

Source: 2010 Kids Count Data Book, datacenter.kidscount.org.