PARTNERS
Early Connections is working with many individuals and organizations
in the Greater Houston community in order to raise public
awareness about the importance of the first years of life
to a child’s long-term healthy development and to provide
education to those that significantly influence the quality
of care for young children.
Initial
Funding Partners
Bank of
America/Success By Six
Cockrell
Foundation
Duke Energy*
Greater Houston Collaborative for Children (GHCC)
Greater Houston Community Foundation
Gulf Coast Workforce Board
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
The
Houston Chronicle*
Initiatives for Children*
Rockwell
Fund
St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities
United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast
Connecting
Partners in the Community
Numerous
Houston-area organizations who interact with families of young
children have joined the Early Connections effort.
Adoptation
Aid
to Victims of Domestic Abuse
AVANCE, Inc.- Houston
AVANCE Head Start
Baylor College of Medicine
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston
Center for Faith and Health Initiatives
Center for Hearing and Speech
Center for Houston’s Future
Child Advocates, Inc
Child Builders, Parents Under Construction
Child Care Licensing, TDFPS
Children’s Defense Fund
Child Development Center of the Houston -
Galveston Psychoanalytic
Institute
Children’s Assessment Center
Children at Risk
Children’s Museum of Houston
Community Doula
Community Family Center, Inc.
Communities
in Schools
Council
on Alcohol and Drugs
Covenant
House of Texas
DePelchin Children’s Center
East End Education Project
East End Healthy Children’s Collaborative
Early Childhood Intervention
ECI
Keep Pace
ESCAPE Family Service Center
Family-Centered Child Care Collaborative
Family Services
Gulf Coast Communities Services Association Head Start
Harris
County Breastfeeding Coalition
Harris
County Department of Education
Harris
County Department of Education Head Start
Harris
County Office of Community Services
Houston Area Association for the Education of Young Children
Healthy Family Initiatives
Houston Community College Department of
Child Development and Education
Houston PBS Channel 8
Houston Independent School District
Houston Public Library
Jewish Community Center of Houston
Joint City/County Commission on Children
Junior League of Houston
Local
Infant Formula for Emergencies - LIFE/Houston
MALDEF Houston Parent Leadership Program
March of Dimes, Texas Gulf Coast Chapter
Mental Health Association of Greater Houston
Mental Health/Mental Retardation of Harris County
Mexican Institute of Greater Houston
National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Houston Section
Neighborhood Centers, Inc.
North Harris College Child Development and Family Studies
Program
Northwest
Assistance Ministries - The Children's Clinic
Project
GRAD
Reach Out and Read Texas
Robert Eckels, County Judge of Harris County
San
Jacinto College-Central, Child Develop. & Family Studies
Dept.
Texas Children’s Hospital
Texas Program for Society and Health
The Arc of Greater Houston
The BRIDGE / El PUENTE and BRIDGE II
YMCA of the Greater Houston Area
*In-kind
support
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