Expert Committee meetings were held October 2006 through September 2007 and included joint meetings with Finance Taskforce on May 23, 2007 and September 25, 2007.  Final recommendations are presented in the Expert Committee Report to Community, Recommendations on Program and Service Priorities.

Report released on April 23, 2009

FULL REPORT

  The Expert Committee Report to the Community, Recommendations on Program and Service Priorities

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  Executive Summary     

 The Charge to the Expert Committee:
             • Review programs and services comprising a comprehensive
                  early childhood system for Boulder County 
             • Assess the needs and gaps in the current system
             • Make recommendations to the Leadership Committee, the Finance 
                 Task Force, and ECCBC
             • Produce the Report of the Expert Committee:  Programs and Services 
                 for Boulder County

Committee members: Include professionals from the 4 domains of early childhood: 
             • Child Care and Early Education
             • Health Care 
             • Mental Health 
             • Family Support and Parent Engagement

Committee Members:
Jordana Ash: Team Leader of Child Development Services, Mental Health Center
Steve Callander: Co-Chair of ECCBC, Executive Director of the Boulder Day Nursery
Joan Chartrand: Community Service Director, Boulder YMCA
Annette Crawford: City of Boulder, HHS/CYF, Recruitment & Training Manager
Judy Fry: City of Boulder, HHS/CYF, Resource & Referral Manager
Richard Garcia: Executive Director of the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition
Stephanie Greenberg: Boulder County Movement for Children
Janet Gutman: Student Services Director, St. Vrain Valley School District, Committee Co-chair
Maria Harper: Director, Boulder County Head Start
Suzanne Helburn: University of Colorado, Professor of Economics
Tikki Heublein: Co-Director, Center for Alternative and Responsible Education
Joan Holtz: Early Intervention Program Manager, Imagine!
Sue McCord: University of Colorado, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
April Menzies: Front Range Community College, Career Education Coordinator
Susan Moore: University of Colorado, Director, Clinical Education and Services
Jane Nelson: ECCBC School Readiness Coordinator, Committee Co-chair
Amy Ogilvie: Executive Director, Longmont Children’s Council
Sarah Scully: Child Health Promotion Coordinator, Boulder County Public Health
Marcia Seegers: ECE Instruction, Front Range Community College
Doreen Smith: Deputy Program Manager, Aspen Family Services
Denys Vigil: Co-Director, Center for Alternative and Responsible Education
Karen Weaver: Early Childhood Coordinator, Boulder Valley School District
Marsa Williams: President, Aspen Family Services

Staff:
Bobbie Watson: Director ECCBC
Alison Birchard: System Planner, ECCBC