OUR
COLLECTIVE
VISION & GOALS

We believe in an equitable, unified early childhood system centering racial equity and ensuring families access to seamless, high-quality early child development, health, and educational services.

Geaux Far Louisiana identified five goals to create an equitable, unified, child- and family-centered early childhood system that centers racial equity and ensures families have access to seamless, high-quality early childhood development, health, and educational services.

  • Families and providers are engaged and prioritized in leadership and decision-making throughout the state’s early childhood system.

  • All families have access to an inclusive, caring, well-coordinated network that helps them meet their basic needs and support child development.

  • All families receive family-centered, comprehensive, whole-person physical and mental health care from pregnancy, through the early childhood years, and beyond.

  • All families have equitable access to affordable high-quality early care and education that is well-funded and responsive to the needs of families, children, and the educators and providers who make it possible.

  • All employers in Louisiana have family-friendly policies that support employees with prioritizing the well-being of their children.

 

TIMELINE

  • January-March 2024: Expanding Staffing
    Implement Geaux Far Week, grow Steering Committee, expand engagement, and develop Communications Campaign

    April-June 2024: Implementation Plan Development
    Host Geaux Far Day at the Capitol, launch Regional Liaisons, implement Communications Campaign, and create shared Data System

    July-September 2024: Partnership Engagement
    Assess progress on 2024 Policy Agenda, support Regional Liaisons, expand Implementation Partners, implement shared Data System and Communications Campaign

    October-December 2024: Assessment of Progress
    Identify 2025 Priorities and Work Plan, hold annual Retreat, Continue implementing Communications Campaign & shared Data System

  • January-March 2023: Steering Committee Goal Lead
    Recommit Steering Committee, identify working agreements with implementation partners, host launch events, identify 2023 priorities

    April-June 2023: Implementation Plan Development
    Advocate to advance 2023 policy priorities during legislative session, create implementation plan for Geaux Far goal areas, establish data system/dashboard

    July-September 2023: Partnership Engagement
    Develop and begin implementing state election campaign, ongoing implementation to advance Geaux Far goals

    October-December 2023: Assessment of Progress
    Implement election campaign, assess 2023 progress and develop 2024 plan, ongoing implementation to advance Geaux Far goals

  • January 2022: Plan Community Engagement Efforts
    Engagement with committee members will lead the creation, advocacy, and maintenance of the unified, statewide plan.

    February 2022: Begin Community Engagement Efforts
    In the first year, the Steering Committee will engage in meetings, planning sessions, and surveys

    April 2022: Review of Community Input
    Our team will review and analyze the input from parents and early childhood providers to synthesize a unified vision for planning and implementation.

    May 2022: Strategic Planning Retreat
    Committee members will gather together to ensure the needs of parents and early childhood education & health providers are represented in the unified, statewide plan.

    June 2022: Groundtruth Draft Plan
    A draft plan will be presented, reviewed, and revised based on feedback from committee members.

    August 2022: Finalize Plan
    The plan will be submitted for statewide implementation.

    October 2022: Implementation Planning
    The Steering Committee will continue to meet as we work to create a guiding plan for implementation and maintenance of the plan.

    November 2022: Begin Implementation
    In an effort to achieve impact that will change policy, systems, and bring our vision to reality, we will translate our strategic goals into actionable initiatives, and work across partners & communities to complete these initiatives.

  • December 2021: Launch Steering Committee
    The Steering Committee contains 32 members. These members are majority parents or early childhood education & health providers.

The Geaux Far Steering Committee Contains 36 members. 55% of them being parents or early childhood education & health providers. Engagement with these key stakeholders is leading the creation, advocacy, and maintenance of the unified, statewide plan. In our first year, the Steering Committee has been engaging in meetings, planning sessions, and surveys.

COALITION

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