TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 2 I. Context 3 II. Project Overview 4 9 III. 2016-2017 Implementation Activities IV. 2016-2017 Implementation Timeline & Structure 12 V. Appendices A. Steering Committee & Core Team 2015 – August 2016 13 B. Key events and activities since April 2015 14 C. Stakeholders engaged in planning phase 15 D. DC, MD, VA pathway frameworks crosswalk 16 ABOUT THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN This plan was prepared by FSG through the generous support of the Washington Area Women’s Foundation and its Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative. FSG Washington Area Women’s Foundation FSG is a mission-driven consulting firm Washington Area Women’s Foundation is the supporting leaders in creating large-scale, only public foundation dedicated to increasing lasting social change. Through strategy, resources and opportunities for women and evaluation, and research we help many types of girls in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. actors — individually and collectively — make We mobilize our community to ensure that progress against the world’s toughest problems. economically vulnerable women and girls in the Our teams work across all sectors by partnering Washington region have the resources they with leading foundations, businesses, need to thrive. nonprofits, and governments in every region of Washington Area Women’s Foundation the globe. established the Early Care and Education We seek to reimagine social change by Funders Collaborative in 2008, as a multi-year, identifying ways to maximize the impact of multi-million dollar collective funding effort. The existing resources, amplifying the work of others Collaborative is supported and directed by to help advance knowledge and practice, and corporate funders and local and national inspiring change agents around the world to foundations. achieve greater impact.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 2 I. Context 3 II. Project Overview 4 III. 2016-2017 Implementation Activities 9 IV. 2016-2017 Implementation Timeline & Structure 12 V. Appendices A. Steering Committee & Core Team 2015 – August 2016 13 B. Key events and activities since April 2015 14 C. Stakeholders engaged in planning phase 15 D. DC, MD, VA pathway frameworks crosswalk 16 ABOUT THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN This plan was prepared by FSG through the generous support of the Washington Area Women’s Foundation and its Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative. FSG Washington Area Women’s Foundation FSG is a mission-driven consulting firm supporting leaders in creating large-scale, lasting social change. Through strategy, evaluation, and research we help many types of actors — individually and collectively — make progress against the world’s toughest problems. Our teams work across all sectors by partnering with leading foundations, businesses, nonprofits, and governments in every region of the globe. We seek to reimagine social change by identifying ways to maximize the impact of existing resources, amplifying the work of others to help advance knowledge and practice, and inspiring change agents around the world to achieve greater impact. Washington Area Women’s Foundation is the only public foundation dedicated to increasing resources and opportunities for women and girls in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. We mobilize our community to ensure that economically vulnerable women and girls in the Washington region have the resources they need to thrive. Washington Area Women’s Foundation established the Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative in 2008, as a multi-year, multi-million dollar collective funding effort. The Collaborative is supported and directed by corporate funders and local and national foundations.
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