About ECIDS
ECIDS is a modern approach for connecting data across the early childhood mixed delivery system and is designed to equip communities with the data necessary to deliver and coordinate early childhood services
ECIDS represents a collaboration between state agencies, providers, organizations, and communities to collect, connect, integrate, and report information about the early childhood population and programs across Nebraska. ECIDS uses a modern, cloud-based technology to link data to support collaborative research and reporting initiatives while allowing contributing organizations to retain control over their source systems.
The ECIDS initiative promotes broader ownership through focused stakeholder engagement and outreach. Forthcoming data governance, which must balance organizational/agency autonomy with overall state needs, provides the framework to implement ECIDS in Nebraska.
Funding and Support
ECIDS is supported through a collaborative effort between the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE), the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (NDHHS), and other community and early care and education organizations.
ECIDS is made possible by two federal initiatives:
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Preschool Development Grant (B-5) (PDG), Grant Number 90TP0079-02, of the USDHHS-Administration for Children and Families, Office of Early Childhood; Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Nebraska Department of Education; and Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, following grant requirements of 70% federal funding with 30% match from state and private resources.
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American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Grant Number 2101NECDC6, of the USDHHS-Administration for Children and Families and Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
ECIDS’ contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Child Care, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.