Testimonials

“GBA has been an integral partner to Hawaii’s Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (ECCS) work as we are both working together to enact the vision of the Hawaii State Legislature that “All of Hawaii’s Children will be safe, healthy, and ready to succeed.” As a partner in our system building efforts, GBA has been critical to ECCS efforts working in the areas of parenting, medical home, social emotional competence of young children, early care and education, and family support.  We’ve been fortunate to have GBA as our partner to improve the system for the children and families of Hawaii!”
- Keiko Nitta, DOH

“Thank you to the Board, advisory and staff who are working together to advocate for this [Keiki First] bill.  Appreciate all the effort to submit testimony and talking to your legislators and colleagues. Thank you, Dave and Liz for working tirelessly to support Keiki First. We ask for continued guidance as to how we can strategically plan our next steps for the crossover. We appreciate the coordinators as point of information and contact and all the staff’s work to be one voice on behalf of our youngest children!!”
- Sharon Taba, GBA Board President

“I hear about all the many great things GBA is doing and when I walk into the GBA offices I always expect to see a staff of 60 or more… How do you all do it?!” - Saskia Trail, Early Childhood Professional

“Our children are our future and no one understands this better than Good Beginnings Alliance. Through the efforts of the Big Island Good Beginnings Alliance Community Council, early childhood education is getting the attention that it deserves. We need someone to focus on early childhood education and Good Beginnings Alliance is meeting this need.”
- Cindy Evans, Hawai`i State Representative

“Good Beginnings Alliance has had a great impact on my life. It has incorporated my family into the community by providing me a network of information, people, and activities. It also provided a smooth transition from the playgroups to preschool for my older daughter.”
- Marnie Crawford - Kaua`i Parent