8.4 Public-Private Partnerships

Lead Agencies must demonstrate how they encourage partnerships among other public agencies, Tribal organizations, private entities, faith-based organizations, businesses, or organizations that promote business involvement, and/or community-based organizations to leverage existing service delivery (i.e., cooperative agreement among providers to pool resources to pay for shared fixed costs and operation) to leverage existing child care and early education service delivery systems and to increase the supply and quality of child care services for children younger than age 13. 8.4.1 Lead Agency public-private partnerships Identify and describe any public-private partnerships encouraged by the Lead Agency to leverage public and private resources to further the goals of CCDF: ECECD is a recipient of private philanthropy funds that are directly supporting enhanced data visualization and analysis, improved supply building for infant and toddler care, infant and early childhood mental health consultation, expansion of evidence-based home visiting models and overall, a more coordinated, and equitable Prenatal to Age Three (PN-3) system. Through ECECD’s partnership with Growing Up New Mexico, the department invests in a statewide Family Leadership Council and an active PN-3 Coalition focused on improving state policies and investments. ECECD developed a public private partnership with Partnership for Community Action to implement Abriendo Puertas statewide to improve parent and family engagement and leadership opportunities. ECECD is also using public private partnerships to build a strong local to state governance system through local early childhood system building coalitions that actively engage businesses, families and providers with a focus on increasing access to high-quality early childhood services and supports. Finally, ECECD has a public private partnership with the New Mexico Finance Authority to issue low interest loans to child care providers that want to expand the supply of child care.