Specifications include, but are not limited to: Early Childhood Iowa (ECI), within the Iowa Department of Management, has received grant funding for strategic communications planning consultation support to align with the goals, strategies, and action steps detailed throughout the, “We are ECI” Strategic Plan 2019-2022 (strategic plan). A primary goal of focus will begin with goal two of the plan, “build public will for investing in young children and their families.” The strategic plan includes a total of five goals which are focused on promoting a coordinated infrastructure to advance the early childhood system, build public will for investing in young children and their families, transform the early childhood workforce, ensure that young children and families receive the services they need when they need them, and to improve the quality of early childhood services for young children and their families. Please refer to the strategic plan for further goal, strategy, and action step details