Early Learning Collective
Parent voices. Shared priorities. Community action.
Families know what their families and communities need. The Early Learning Collective creates a place to turn that lived experience into connection, shared priorities and action.
From Lived Experience to Community Action
The Early Learning Collective brings families together as Community Builders, creating a pathway for people closest to the opportunities and challenges to help shape what comes next.
FAMILIES
Set the trajectory.
Bring lived experience, identify shared priorities and determine where they want to focus their energy.
PROVIDER ENRICHMENT SERVICES
Incubates. Equips. Connects
Provides training, communication tools and behind-the-scenes infrastructure while connecting Community Builders with people and organizations that can help.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Open doors. Share expertise.
Provide resources.
Government, schools, nonprofits, businesses, funders and community leaders bring resources and expertise that can help community-led ideas move forward.
Together, lived experience becomes community action.
What Can Community Builders Shape?
Priorities don’t begin with PES. They emerge from families, conversations and lived experience. When people discover that others are seeing the same opportunities or challenges, the Collective gives them a way to explore what they might do together.
Places + Spaces
Parks, trails, nature spaces and places where families gather.
Family Resources
Connecting families with information, services and opportunities..
Schools + Learning
Helping families understand, navigate and participate in systems affecting their children.
Belonging + Connection
Creating opportunities for diverse families and neighbors to know one another.
Community Voice
Helping families bring their experiences and ideas to the people making decisions.
Why PES Is Here
Provider Enrichment Services serves as the incubator and connector for the Early Learning Collective. PES helps Community Builders develop the skills, relationships and access they need to move ideas forward while families determine the priorities and direction of the Collective.