Moving the Needle on Interagency Collaboration: Insights from Leaders on Vermont’s Early Childhood System
Building Bright Futures (BBF) undertook a data collection effort in January 2024 to measure and monitor interagency collaboration among a select group of early childhood partners in Vermont. This brief includes the methods, results, and discussion of this data collection effort.
Vermont’s early childhood systems are complex, with intersecting histories, policies, and populations served. Services that support young children and families are distributed across multiple state government agencies and early childhood partner organizations. And these systems are increasingly being asked to streamline their processes for working together to ease the burden of system navigation on families. Achieving this goal requires trust, collaboration, and partnership between early childhood partners and leaders.
