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Mid-America Regional Council
600 Broadway, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone 816/474-4240
Fax 816/421-7758

Partners in Quality

Partners in Quality for Early Childhood Care and Education is made up of organizations from the public and private sector that have made a commitment to support early learning in Greater Kansas City. The vision of PIQ is to build a nationally unsurpassed early learning system in metropolitan Kansas City, ensuring the success of all children in our community. PIQ's mission is to engage a broad, influential group of metropolitan Kansas City organizations and individuals to design and implement a national unsurpassed early learning system through individual commitment and collective action.

2013 Agendas & Meeting Notes

2012 Agendas & Meeting Notes

PIQ has developed the following overarching goals:

Workforce Development

Access to Quality

Family Support

Public Policy

Evaluation

An update of the PIQ strategic plan will be available in early 2011.

Members

Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Bi-County United Way
Bright Horizons-Citicorp Family Center
Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph
Early Childhood Special Education Directors’ Forum
Early Head Start Shawnee Mission
Economic Opportunity Foundation
El Centro, Inc.
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Francis Institute
Francis Family Foundation
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Guadalupe Centers, Inc.
Hall Family Foundation
Healthy Steps
HOMEFRONT
Independence School District
Jewish Heritage Foundation
Kansas City, Missouri, School District
Kansas City Public Television Channel 19
Local Investment Commission
Maternal Child and Health Coalition
Metropolitan Community Colleges
Metropolitan Council on Early Learning
Mid-America Association of the Education of Young Children
Mid-America Regional Council
Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership
National Center for Fathering
OPEN Initiative
Parents as Teachers Consortium
Park University
Partnership for Children
Pembroke Hill School
Project EAGLE
Seton Center Family and Health Services
St. Mark's Child and Development Center
St. Therese Early Education Center
St. Vincent's Operation Breakthrough
The Family Conservancy
The H&R Block Foundation
UMKC Family Studies Program
UMKC-Edgar L. and Rheta A. Berkley Child and Family Development Center
United Community Services
United Way of Wyandotte County
University of Missouri-Kansas City Family Studies
University of Missouri- Kansas City Institute for Human Development
Up With Parents and Other Caregivers
YMCA of Greater Kansas City