FCI provides technical support to interested entities, ranging from local organizations to state-level partners, through the following stages of replication: (1) consultation, (2) orientation, (3) installation, (4) implementation, (5) certification, and (6) expansion.
FCI takes a human-centered design approach in building trusting relationships with communities and recognizing that its partners are local experts acting as change agents for families. FCI implementation specialists partner with communities to tailor the services and trainings to their needs based on the following factors:
- Scope of service area (statewide, regional, clusters, localized)
- Locale (urban, suburban, rural)
- Sustainability plan for five-year financing
- Population demographics, community characteristics, and assets
- Scaling plan to reach the total birth population
- Implementation plan for achieving FCI certification
- Plan to align local early childhood resources