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THE GOALS OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD INITIATIVE

The Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) of Allegheny County (including the city of Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, was an ambitious, large-scale effort to provide high-quality early care and education (ECE) services to disadvantaged infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children. As understood by ECI’s planners, such services go well beyond the simple supervision of children while parents work or attend school. Following the lead of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the leading professional organization in the field, ECI’s initiators believed that high-quality ECE has a strong educational component, with a focus on developmentally appropriate care, play, and learning activities, regardless of whether it is provided in preschool programs (including Head Start programs), childcare centers, or family child-care homes, and regardless of whether it is provided on a part-day or full-day basis.