County Commissioner Elaine Fischer

Nurture

Bright Futures

For the past 26 years Elaine Fischer has given back to the Telluride community as a Telluride Town Council member, Mayor, Chair Person of the Historical Architecture Review Committee (HARC) and is now serving as County Commissioner.

Through her political involvement, Elaine is very in tune with important and pressing issues on a local and national level such as child care and early childhood development.

“Children in the U.S. aren’t receiving adequate education and training in order to compete in our global economy. I’m a strong proponent of developing initiatives that focus on early childhood development that will give our children a head start and ultimately build a highly skilled and educated workforce.”

• The Bright Futures Initiative focuses on several critical areas that promote early childhood development including child care quality improvement, specialized training for child care providers, a resource and referral system to help parents find quality child care in the region, and a Parents as Teachers Program, which provides family outreach through home visits.
• In conjunction with the Bright Futures Initiative, the second annual Economic Summit on Early Childhood Investment will be held in Telluride in September 2008. Business leaders, noted economists and scholars will convene to strategize on developing policies and practices that make the successful development of children the top economic priority of the U.S., ultimately generating a more productive workforce and enhancing the nation’s economic success in terms of GDP and job growth.