Links & Resources

Funding Opportunities

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  Tool O for 2025 - 2026 funding applicants (286K)
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  Regional EC Community Plan (1.1MB)
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  Community Plan Comprehensive Update 2022 (467K)
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  Lee County Market Analysis (1.9MB)
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  Child Care Strategic plan Lee County (492K)
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  Van Buren County Child Care Strategic Plan (456K)
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  Children First Bylaws (460K)
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  Children First Policies and Procedures (502K)

Web Links To Childhood Services

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  Early Childhood Iowa

  The Early Childhood Iowa web site serves as a site to promote Iowa's system of systems in the area of early care, health, and education.
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  Every Child Counts

  In May, 2004, the Child and Family Policy Center established a new advocacy division for its state work, Every Child Counts. The goal of Every Child Counts is to build a grassroots network of child advocates who can inform and influence Iowa policies. Every Child Counts will focus upon three policy arenas for the 2005 legislative session:
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  Reach Out And Read

  Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a program that promotes early literacy by bringing new books and advice about the importance of reading aloud into the pediatric exam room.
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  Iowa Quality Rating System
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  Iowa Legislators

  Keep yourself informed and contact your legislators on topics that matter to you.
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  Lee County Health Department
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  Child Care Resource and Referral
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  Southeast Iowa Early Childhood facebook

Early Childhood Resources

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  FY2008 to FY2013 funds comparison (177K)
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  Communities Losing Fluoride! (143K)

  See attached report from IDPH regarding communities discontinuation of this valuable health resource.
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  Board Application (22K)

  Please complete and submit to the Children First office
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  Van Buren County Community Services Directory (481K)

Board Meeting Agendas

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  4-22-25 (147K)
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  5-27-25 (144K)
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  6-24-25 (152K)
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  8-25-25 (145K)
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  9-22-25 (149K)
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  10-27-25 (149K)
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  Special meeting 11-1-25 (137K)
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  11-24-25 with ECTF (137K)
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  1-26-26 (37K)
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  2-23-26 (38K)
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  3-23-26 (38K)
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  4-22-26 (135K)

Board Meeting Minutes

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  4-22-25 (40K)
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  5-27-25 (35K)
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  5-27-25 combined meeting (66K)
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  8-25-25 (42K)
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  9-22-25 (43K)
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  11-24-25 with ECTF (59K)
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  10-27-25 (43K)
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  11-1-25 (37K)
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  1-26-26 (41K)
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  2-23-26 (43K)
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  3-23-26 (41K)
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  4-22-26 (43K)

Early Childhood Task Force Agendas

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  11-17-21 (217K)
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  3-16-22 (225K)
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  4-20-22 (227K)
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  6-22-22 (218K)
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  9-21-22 (55K)
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  10-19-22 (56K)
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  11-16-22 (56K)
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  1-18-23 (418K)
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  3-15-23 (489K)
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  4-19-23 (416K)
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  5-22-23 (419K)
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  6-21-23 (416K)

Early Childhood Task Force Minutes

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  3-16-22 (119K)
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  5-23-22 (227K)
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  6-22-22 (117K)
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  9-21-22 (18K)
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  10-19-22 (335K)
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  11-16-22 (326K)
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  1-18-23 (342K)
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  3-15-23 (395K)
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  4-19-23 (392K)
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  5-22-23 (404K)
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  6-21-23 (202K)

Our annual reports

District 6 ECI meetings

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  Board elect meeting 10-15-25 (181K)
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  11-12-25 meeting (179K)
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  11-12-25 minutes (51K)
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  Board elect meeting 1-21-26 (189K)

Southeast Iowa Early Childhood

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  minutes 5-7-26 (43K)
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  minutes 5-12-26 (45K)
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  minutes 5-21-26 (43K)
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  minutes 6-16-26 (69K)
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  Exec. committee notes 7-7-26 (59K)
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  Agenda 7-21-26 (286K)
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  minutes 7-21-26 (65K)
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  minutes 8-5-26 (68K)
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  minutes 8-18-26 (77K)
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  Agenda special meeting 8-25-26 (307K)
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  minutes 8-25-26 (79K)
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  Agenda 9-15-26 (307K)
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  minutes 9-15-26 (98K)