News & Updates
Effective Cross-Agency Collaboration Enabled by Data
The Hawaiʻi School Facilities Authority (SFA) has been tasked to create 465 pre-K classrooms by 2032 in coordination with supporting teacher housing efforts to ensure there are trained and available teachers to teach in the newly added classrooms. In order to build classrooms and housing where they are most needed and will be best utilized, SFA – alongside other community and government partners, including the Executive Office on Early Learning – has turned to data to make the most informed choices possible.
Addressing Hawai‘i’s Child Care Needs Through Data and Collaboration
Carol Wear, interim executive director at PATCH, has dedicated over 30 years of her career to the early childhood sector and helping families navigate the child care system. In recent years, however, Wear has witnessed the system become more challenged and strained. While the current shortage is concerning, stakeholders of the early childhood sector, have mobilized to respond to the issue through innovative program design and cross-sector partnerships and collaborations to begin working towards ensuring all children in Hawai‘i have access to quality child care.