2.  Three Prior Committees  Established in State Statute  Must comply with an array of federal and state statutes  Purpose: Advise Governor, Legislature and state agencies on all early childhood initiatives

3.  Governor Designated in June 2008

4.  State Agencies  Local  Higher Education  Parents of young children  Parents of children with disabilities

5.  Frequency  Format  Committees  Family Stories  Traveling Meeting

6.  Biennial Reports to the Governor on the Status of Early Childhood  Status of various early childhood services in the state  Recommendations across the various early childhood arenas

8.  ECICC already existed in State Statute  ECCS approached ECICC about being advisory body for strategic plan  Advisory body since inception in 2003  In 2009 created different organizational structure-Chartered Early Childhood Systems Team

10.  Cross-team representation  TFKF work groups all have ECICC members  Examples of shared leadership: -Data Coalition -Social-Emotional supports for children -Early Childhood Systems Team -Transportation Task Force

11.  ECICC Website: http://www.education.ne.gov/ecicc/index.html Terry Rohren: terry.rohren@nebraska.gov  To view TFKF Strategic Plan & Work Group Membership Lists go to: http://www.dhhs.ne.gov/LifespanHealth/Together -Kids-Families.htm Lynne Brehm: lynne.brehm@nebraska.gov