Camp Collaboration

Camp Collaboration is back for 2025!
Join us on Tuesday, August 19 from 9:00-11:30am

  • Camp Collaboration is a day of celebration and teamwork for organizations serving the Prenatal - Age 3 community in Porter County. We have time for networking/brainstorming, showcasing current progress, and awarding our Collaboration Challenge Grant Awards.

  • In order to attend camp, your organization must host a booth. Camp Collaboration is open to community organizations serving the Prenatal-Age 3 community in Porter County, IN.

    Full registration details and information can be found HERE.

  • Camp Collaboration is provided at no cost! We want to collaborate, elevate, and celebrate the collective work we do together.

  • Booth registration closes on July 18.
    Additional Camper registration closes on August 1.

    Booth registration is first come, first served, and space is limited!

  • You can email Hadassah Moore at hadassah@firstthingspc.org for more information.

2025 Collaboration Challenge

Letters of Intent for Collaboration Challenge 2025 are now closed. For complete grant guidelines & frequently asked questions,
CLICK HERE.

2024 Collaboration Challenge Grant Awardees

Each project earned $10,000 to support the prenatal - age three systems of care in Porter County

  • Healthy Beginnings Porter County

    • Mental Health America Northwest Indiana, Porter County Health Department, Porter County Fetal Infant Mortality Review

  • Early Connections: Building Home-School Connections from Birth

    • Parents as Teachers Porter County, Portage Township Schools

  • Food is Health: Prenatal - Three

    • Powers Health, Valparaiso Family YMCA

  • Expanding Early Childhood Support

    • Duneland School Corporation, Kidworks

  • Building Strong Foundations - Prenatal Memberships

    • Portage Township YMCA, Northshore Health Centers

  • Intensive Developmental Milestone Training Opportunities for Early Learning Center Teachers and Caregivers.

    • Duneland Family YMCA, Jacob’s Ladder Pediatric Rehabilitation

  • Empowering Mothers: Awareness, Recovery, and Support Campaign

    • Three20 Recovery, Gabriel’s Horn, Homes of Compassion (Bringing Children Hope)

  • Perinatal Mental Health: An Integrated Care Approach for Health Professionals

    • Porter-Starke Services, Powers Health

  • Discovery Forest

    • Valpo Parks, Kidworks

  • Early Childhood Environmental Education is a Powerful Tool to Help Children Grow, Learn and Develop

    • Dunes Learning Center, Duneland Family YMCA