Governance & Advisory
How We’re Governed
The Early Childhood Hub of Lane County is guided by a Governance Council, our main decision-making body. Three advisory groups also support this work: the Family Leadership Council, the Stakeholders group, and the Pediatric Advisory Council. Together with the Child Care Sector Strategist, these groups bring lived experience and professional knowledge to help shape and strengthen our work across the region.
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Governance Council
The Governance Council provides strategic leadership and oversight for the Early Childhood Hub of Lane County. It is composed of members from the following key sectors: early learning and care, K-12 public education, health and human services, housing, business and community leaders, Tribal nations and parents & caregivers.
Hub Stakeholders
The Early Learning Stakeholders group works to strengthen connections between organizations, programs, and community members. Meeting monthly, this group collaborates across systems and sectors to reach children and families throughout Lane County, supporting their development and long-term success.
Monthly Update
After summer break, the Stakeholders resumed meeting in September. The two new co-facilitators for the 2026-27 year are Becky Lamoureux, UO Moss Street Children’s Center and Krystal Sanchez, Lane ESD Migrant Education.
Family Leadership Council
The Family Leadership Council (FLC) gives parents a chance to share their voices in decisions that impact young children and families. Through this group, we listen to the experiences, ideas, and hopes of families like yours. Parent input is used to support the overall development and implementation of our programs that support young children in our community.
The Council is made up of parents or caregivers of a child age 8 or younger in Lane County. Members participate in bilingual monthly meetings.
Monthly Update
Family Leadership Council co-chairs and Hub staff spent the summer months collaborating on onboarding/offboarding processes and future meeting planning to align monthly meetings with the other Hub advisory groups. The group came together to celebrate at its annual summer gathering in August and resumed meeting in September.
Pediatric Advisory Team
The Pediatric Advisory Team is a group of Lane County pediatric care providers who work with early learning programs, coordinated care organizations (CCO), and public health agencies. They meet monthly to share health and mental health issues their patients face, set shared goals, and find ways to make a positive difference for young children and their families.
Monthly Update
In June, the Pediatric Advisory Team focused on postpartum depression. Dr. Brooke Kyle of Women’s Care presented to the group and outlined the different types of postpartum depression. PAT took a break for July and August and will resume meeting in September.
Child Care Sector Strategist
Holly Mar-Conte is the Child Care Sector Strategist for Lane County. This position works dynamically with business leaders in the community to create innovative solutions that increase access to quality child care in Lane County. The Hub coordinates and collaborates with Holly on an ongoing basis to address child care challenges for families.
Work Group Committees
Our Work Groups and Committees bring families, partners, and staff together to improve services for children and families.
Early Childhood Mental Health Group (ECMH)
The Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) Group is led by the Early Childhood Hub of Lane County. The group works together to support the social-emotional and mental health needs of young children and their families. Members help identify providers who offer early childhood mental health and social-emotional services, connect families to the supports they need, provide training opportunities and address gaps in services to improve access to care.
Every Child Belongs Advisory Group (ECB)
Every Child Belongs is Oregon’s initiative to help early learning educators keep children in care by offering timely, responsive support when challenges arise.
In collaboration with Quality Care Connections, the Regional Service Provider for ECB, this group brings together Hub staff and community partners to support the successful launch and implementation of Every Child Belongs. It works to ensure that services are accessible, welcoming, and supportive for providers, while also making sure that the needs of children and families are fully met.
ODHS Advisory Group
This group works with the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) to help improve services for children and families. Members share ideas, give feedback, with the goal of improving the system.