Partnership Expansion Collaborate with Summit County-focused agencies and local media partners to scale the countywide tuition assistance program, leveraging ECO’s coordination and Head Start/ Early Head Start experience to reach more families and attract additional funding or grants.

Funding Scale Position ECO’s revenue stream as a growing, diversified platform that can pursue additional state or federal funding, sponsorships, and donor campaigns by highlighting their role in improving affordability and access to early childhood programs.

Tech Leverage Offer technology modernization or integration services that align with ECO’s stack (PHP, MySQL, RequireJS) to enhance data management, eligibility processing, and reporting for grants, partnerships, and program outcomes.

Program Synergy Propose joint program development opportunities with comparable nonprofit education providers to expand service reach, share best practices, and scale administrative coordination for Head Start, Child Care Resource & Referral, and related initiatives.

Brand & Outreach Develop co-branded outreach campaigns with local media and community organizations to raise awareness of tuition assistance programs, increase enrollment in early childhood services, and attract sponsorships from larger national organizations.