Areas of Interest:

As one of America's oldest foundations with 181 years of commitment to Hawaii, we believe in supporting and encouraging universal access to high-quality preschool settings and awarding grants to support state and federal policy, as well as to improve public and private preschool systems.

Our reason for joining ECFC:

Our membership in ECFC gives us access to peer learning, group learning, coordinated action at the federal level, learning about current Early Childhood Education research, and networking.

Where our work is focused:

Statewide in Hawaii.

What we want to work on with our peers:

We would like to discuss building public pre-k as part of universal access to early childhood education and federal policy that supports state initiatives.