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Family Support & Early Childhood Development

01 Family Support & Early Childhood Development · 1,003 edit slice
310
orgs
1,273
activities
59
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 310 organizations and 1,273 activities — CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA, CHILD ACTION, OPTIONS FOR LEARNING, ARIZONA'S CHILDREN ASSOCIATION and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (69%) and California (31%). The field's most common shared approach is "Advance Payment Based on Need", run by 1 orgs.
CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA and CHILD ACTION hold roughly a third of all activity — know those first.
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who to look at first

shortlist

Ranked by activity breadth, method diversity, and network reach across the slice. Attach a memo to this report and this list re-ranks around your intent.

where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 69% · 215 orgs
California 31% · 95 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 310

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where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

USDA 15
Government
Medi-Cal 9
Government
Arizona Department of Child Safety 4
Government
California Department of Social Services 4
Government
First Things First 4
Government
Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 4
Government
State of California 4
Government
Arizona Department of Education 3
Government
Arizona Department of Health Services 3
Government
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) 3
Government
Federal government 3
Government
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 3
Government
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health 3
Government
Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 3
Government
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Advance Payment Based on Need
51
1
Advance Scheduling Policy
2
Allergy-Safe Environment
4
Alumni-Driven Continuity
1
Client-Choice Model
4
Community-Led Development
1
Compliance Standardization
1
Conceptual Learning Through Thematic Units
4
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

Medi-Cal Government
shared by 10 orgs
Arizona Department of Revenue Government
shared by 9 orgs
University of Arizona Partner
shared by 9 orgs
Arizona Department of Health Services Government
shared by 8 orgs
Arizona State University Partner
shared by 8 orgs
USDA Government
shared by 8 orgs
Amazon Partner
shared by 7 orgs
Arizona Department of Child Safety Partner
shared by 7 orgs
First Things First Partner
shared by 7 orgs
Arizona Department of Education Government
shared by 6 orgs
Northern Arizona University Partner
shared by 6 orgs
American Heart Association Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Arizona Department of Child Safety Government
shared by 5 orgs
Arizona Department of Economic Security Government
shared by 5 orgs
Blue Cross Blue Shield Partner
shared by 5 orgs
Department of Child Safety Government
shared by 5 orgs
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.

scale of the field

rollup metrics

Aggregated scale claims from orgs in the slice. Treat as a floor, not a ceiling — many orgs don't publish these numbers, so totals underrepresent real reach. Extreme outliers (often unit-mismatches upstream) are filtered out.

320.2M
Pounds distributed
from 10 orgs
232.3M
People served
from 112 orgs
146.0M
annual revenue
from 9 orgs
10.1M
Meals provided
from 7 orgs
107K
Partner organizations
from 108 orgs
76K
Staff
from 77 orgs