KAIMH is a Proud Member of the Kansas Early Learning Collaborative

The Kansas Early Learning Collaborative (KELC) is an innovative collaboration among six major Kansas early learning organizations.  The organizations are the Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (KACCRRA), Kansas Association of Infant Mental Health (KAIMH), Kansas Children’s Service League (KCSL), Kansas Division of Early Childhood (KDEC), Kansas Head Start Association (KHSA), and the Kansas Parents as Teachers Association (KPATA).

The collaborations purpose is to:

• expand, enhance and integrate the early learning and family support services these organizations offer to pregnant women, children ages 0-3 and their parents to provide the strong foundation children need to become healthy, educated, self-sufficient adults
  
  
• provide assistance in collaborative service delivery to the KELC  organization’s county providers

KELC was provided funding from Kansas Early Childhood Block Grant funds for 2009, by the Kansas Children's Cabinet and Trust Fund. KELC Partner Services funded by KCCTF are:

KACCRRA:  Infant Toddler Recruitment Project (ITRP)and  Kansas Quality Rating System (KQRS)

KAIMH:  Kansas Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsement System and Mental Health Consultation Services

KCSL:  Healthy Families

KDEC:  Inclusion throughout KELC partner’s programs and the infant toddler service delivery system, training to screen for enhancement of early intervention for special needs children

KHSA:  Kansas Early Head Start (KEHS)

KPATA:  Parents as Teachers (PAT)

Twelve Kansas counties, Crawford, Cherokee, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Harvey, Johnson, Leavenworth, Montgomery, Saline, Shawnee and Wyandotte were targeted for expansion and enhancement of the above services and for assistance in collaborative service delivery.