All children in the Wasatch Back deserve the best opportunities in their earliest years to thrive, learn, and grow.
Our Mission
The Early Childhood Alliance engages, educates, and supports members, children, parents, and the community-at-large to prioritize accessible, excellent and equitable outcomes for children in the Wasatch Back from the prenatal stage through age three.
Photo Credit: PC Tots
The greatest academic need in Park City School District is the achievement gap.
77%
of Utah’s population lives in a childcare desert, with inadequate childcare availability
13%
return on investment for comprehensive, high-quality, birth-to-five early education
85%
of English-Language Learner students in the Park City School District are not kindergarten-ready
Child care is a two-generation workforce issue, essential to support the workforce of today and vital to develop our workforce of tomorrow.
Our Beginning
The Early Childhood Alliance was initially convened in late 2018 by Park City Community Foundation. Thanks to generous seed funding from the Richard E. and Nancy P. Marriott Foundation and early visionary supporters such as Brian and Kirsten Shirken, what started as a task force has grown into an alliance of community members, local nonprofits, childcare providers, mental and physical health providers, educators, parents, and donors. After being housed at PC Tots for three years, starting in January, 2023, the Early Childhood Alliance has moved into the Community Foundation.
Children, their parents, and the economies in which they operate are all better off when societies provide easily accessible, high-quality child care and early education options.
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The future economic growth of our country rests on the opportunities we create for our children.
Get Involved
Early childhood affects the workforce of today and tomorrow. We know how important this time period is in setting the foundation for the rest of a child’s life; we just need the will to act. Join us to meaningfully improve the lives of the youngest members of our community.
Overview of the child care landscape in the Wasatch Back and a call to action to invest local public dollars to support this industry. Click here to download a two-page PDF summary of this overview.
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Infants and toddlers can’t speak or advocate for themselves; we must do it for them.
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- Annual Report of the Director of Public Health, 2018. Adverse Childhood Experiences, Resilience and Trauma Informed Care: A Public Health Approach to Understanding and Responding to Adversity
Read our Strategic Plan