A Tribal Early Learning Initiative (TELI) is a partnership between American Indian and Alaska Native communities and ACF designed to:
- Better coordinate tribal early learning and development programs, including child care, Head Start, preschool, home visiting, and other services
- Create and support seamless, high-quality early childhood systems
- Raise the quality of services to children and families across the prenatal-to-kindergarten-entry continuum
- Identify and break down barriers to collaboration and systems improvement
TELI offers Tribes the opportunity to develop coordinated early childhood services and systems in their communities. To read the latest on the TELI, including current opportunities to join the TELI Collaborative or TELI Network, visit the About TELI tab.
ECD launches a new cohort of the Tribal Early Learning Initiative Collaborative
For more information, please contact:
tribalecd@acf.hhs.gov.
About TELI
The Tribal Early Learning Initiative (TELI) is a partnership between ACF and American Indian and Alaska Native communities with Head Start, Child Care Development Fund, and Tribal Home Visiting programs. ACF partners with tribal communities to coordinate services, improve efficiencies, and build community-driven early childhood systems.
TELI Partners
The tribes in the TELI Collaborative receive individualized and collective technical assistance as part of a peer learning network over a 3-year period.
Reports and Resources
Reports and resources provide information on how Tribes have or could incorporate TELI into their early childhood systems building initiatives.