Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County

Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County This SB6 page is designed as a forum for parents of young children and those who want these As a coalition, SB6 works across systems.

SB6 works with partners to develop a community-wide system to ensure that parents of young children have what they need to succeed. SB6 selects, designs, implements (through implementing partners) early childhood projects, programs and policies that further the Douglas County Comprehensive Early Childhood Plan. This plan consists of the following components:
1. All families with young children hav

e access to comprehensive, coordinated, collaborative systems that are responsive to the unique needs of each family.
2. All families have access to high quality, affordable early care and education.
3. All families with young children have access to systems that coordinate resulting in effective elementary education transitions that ensure optimal social, emotional, and cognitive development.
4. All families with young children have access to the resources needed to balance work and family life.
5. All families have local access to coordinated physical, emotional, and dental healthcare and wellness services and safe environments.

03/18/2026

Join us April 16 for Public Health After Dark, a community event of accessible data and dialogue about birth outcomes. We'll explore disparities and the systems, policies, and lived experiences that shape them.

When: April 16 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Where: Community Health Facility, 200 Maine St., Second floor meeting room

This is a free event, but we ask that you RSVP at this link bit.ly/4sBAodA.

LMH Health LiveWell Douglas County Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County

Our friends at Ballard doing super great things!! ❤️
03/11/2026

Our friends at Ballard doing super great things!! ❤️

The goal of the $1 million endowment? To protect affordability for families and sustainable wages for educators for generations to come.

03/03/2026
We’re excited to share that for the entire month of March, when you shop and eat at The Merc, you can round up your spar...
03/02/2026

We’re excited to share that for the entire month of March, when you shop and eat at The Merc, you can round up your spare change or make a donation at checkout to support ECCo. This is an easy way to uplift our programs that work directly with families while also supporting a local business that gives back. 💚🥳

Thanks to support from the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition, we are now an official milk depot site in partnership with th...
02/18/2026

Thanks to support from the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition, we are now an official milk depot site in partnership with the Oklahoma Mothers' Milk Bank! Human milk is the best medicine for sick and premature babies, and we’re honored to help make safe donor milk more accessible.👩‍🍼

Having a local depot also brings Douglas County one step closer to earning the Communities Supporting Breastfeeding Plus designation through KBC — a recognition for communities building strong, breastfeeding-friendly systems of support. 🥳

Like raising children, this work truly takes a village. So if you’ve ever considered donating, we invite you to take the next step and start the screening process today. Every ounce makes a difference for a baby in need. 💕

https://okmilkbank.org/forms/milk-donation/

Thank you for supporting families! 💙
02/04/2026

Thank you for supporting families! 💙

Today Cans for the Community donated $1,000 to Centro Hispano Resource Center, a nonprofit organization that serves Latino and Spanish speaking families with children age 6 and under. They provide the following services: care coordination, language therapy, resource networking, advocacy, and child development screening.

Cool things happening with our partners at the hub!
01/23/2026

Cool things happening with our partners at the hub!

💙 We’re sending a HUGE thank-you to Maximus Lawrence and their EAC team for hosting a diaper drive for our families! Community support like this means so much and lets new parents focus on what matters most. 🍼🤎

Thank you to all that contributed and made this possible! 🥳

12/04/2025

🍪 Milk and cookies… the perfect pair. 💛 Just like breastfeeding support and community care.

We’re grateful for the everyday moments — and the families behind them — that remind us why this work matters. Looking to make a BIG impact this holiday? Give to our collective’s Giving for Good campaign and help sustain culturally rooted, community-led support.

https://dccfoundation.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/grant?grant_id=53799

Find us in this year’s DCCF Giving for Good digital catalog! Every dollar you donate to ECCo during the month of Decembe...
11/12/2025

Find us in this year’s DCCF Giving for Good digital catalog! Every dollar you donate to ECCo during the month of December will be matched at 50% by generous DCCF donors. Your gift goes even further this holiday season! 💙

Congratulations to everyone selected for Leadership Lawrence 2026 — and a special shoutout to our very own Daneka Vann! ...
09/10/2025

Congratulations to everyone selected for Leadership Lawrence 2026 — and a special shoutout to our very own Daneka Vann! 🎉

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3110 Mesa Way
Lawrence, KS
66049

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+17858428719

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