ECAC Resources

Helpful early childhood resources for parents, families and caregivers, ECAC meeting notes, and early childhood research.

Early Childhood Resources

Developmental Milestones Map

Your child is learning new ways to play, speak, and move every day! You can learn about some of the big milestones (important signs that your child is growing) for your child’s age.

This document is available for families, child care providers, early childhood organizations, pediatricians, doulas, birth workers, and etc. to print. The version available here is a low-quality for electronic use only. For a print-ready, high file that can be printed please contact us at ecacbaltimorecity@gmail.com

View Milestones

ECAC Meeting Minutes

The coalition meetings quarterly in March, June, September, and December. Below you can read the meeting minutes. Minutes are approved during the proceeding coalition meeting and uploaded to the website after approval.

ECAC quarterly meetings are virtual and open to the public. If you are interested in attending the next meeting, email us at ecacbaltimorecity@gmail.com to obtain the meeting link.

December 2023

September 2023

December 2022

September 2022

ECAC Workgroup Report Outs

Review report outs from Strong Backbone, Open Heart, Smart Thinking and All Hands In workgroups.

Strong Backbone

 

All Hands In

 

Open Heart

 

Smart Thinking

 

Previous Workgroup Report Outs

Strong Backbone

June 2023

March 2023

All Hands In

June 2023

March 2023

Open Heart

June 2023

March 2023

Smart Thinking

June 2023

March 2023

Early Childhood Reports

Early childhood reports and research for families, service providers, legislators, advocates, funders, and other early childhood stakeholders.

Baltimore City Early Childhood Systems Report

The Baltimore City ECAC worked with consultants Policy Studies Associates and Extraordinary Changes in order to obtain a comprehensive look at the services provided in Baltimore City, the strengths and challenges, parent experiences, lessons from other states and jurisdictions, and recommendations for systemic change. The purpose of this report is to determine how to better align early childhood system components with each other in a way that works best for the community.

Baltimore City’s Young Children: Prenatal to Five Experiences Report

This report explores how services in Baltimore City might meet the needs of families with young children more effectively. A Mayor’s Office of Children and Family Success, Baltimore Education Research Consortium, and Baltimore City Early Childhood Advisory Council publication.

Baltimore City Early Childhood Care & Education Landscape Analysis

The Baltimore City Early Childhood Landscape Analysis set out to explore key questions about early childhood care in Baltimore that were developed in collaboration with the Baltimore City Early Childhood Advisory Council (ECAC).

Child Care After COVID: Equity, efficiency, and effectiveness in the financing and delivery of child care in Baltimore and Maryland

Well before the current pandemic, the economics of child care were unmanageable for both families and providers. COVID-19 has only increased this pressure heightening awareness about how critical child care is to enabling families to work, to reopening the economy, and to broader community prosperity. An Abell Foundation report.

Maryland’s Prenatal-to-Three Equity Report

This inaugural Maryland’s Prenatal-to-Three (PN-3) Equity Report draws on diverse data sources to characterize the extent to which Maryland has achieved an equitable prenatal-to-three system of care for three broad areas: Healthy Beginnings, Supported Families, and High-Quality Early Care and Learning. A Building Better Beginnings (B3) Maryland initiative report.