thread Today
Products & Services
Team Impact
Initiative Names & Acronyms
Administration Makes thread Function
FINAL JEOPARDY: thread's Future
100

These are the cities where our current offices are located.

What is Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau?

100

This is the cost of our family services.

What is free/no cost?

100

This team ensures thread's monetary internal controls and accounting.

Who is the finance department?

100

This service supports infant toddler care and programs interested in accreditation. 

What are Quality Initiatives/QIs?

100

This is the name of our CRM (Client Relationship Management) system.

What is Salesforce?

200
This is the number of employees working at thread.

What is 44?

200

This is thread's newest team and service focus.

What is Community Services?

200

This team ensures all training across the state is high quality and builds early educator skills.

Who is the Alaska SEED team?

200

This service is connected to a nationally recognized milestone for early educators.

What is the CDA service offering/supports?

200

This tool guides our financial planning and spending.

What is the agency budget?

300

This is the first and last name of one of the thread board members.

What is (one of 11 members)?

300

This technology supports customer access to thread information.

What is the Salesforce ServicePortal?

300

This team coaches and trains early educators and program administrators.

Who is the Professional Development team?

300

This is thread's shared services microsite.

What is threadTools?

300

These are the dates of our fiscal year.

What is July 1 to June 30?

400

These are thread's five values.

What is Empowerment, Access, Child Care Professionalism, Children's Rights, and Entrepreneurial-Incubator?

400
This initiative was developed in response to teacher stress and burn out during COVID-19.

What is the early educator Wellness Initiative?

400

This is one of our find development campaigns.

What is 1 of: Pick.Click.Give., Annual Grow campaign, Summit sponsorships, thread Awards sponsorships?

400

These are two of Alaska SEED's financial supports.

What is ROOTS/PDRs/TRs/CDA?

400

These are the three functions of our Office Manager and Administrative Associates.

What is answering the phone, taking in/tracking mail, doing agency errands, supporting team needs, ordering supplies, managing copier/postage machines, etc.

500

This is one of thread's (3) strategic goals.

What is:

1. Stabilize child care through funding, services/supports, data and advocacy.

2. Innovate, educate and advocate for diverse funding and system resources to strengthen and support a thriving child care sector.

3. Build agency/organization infrastructure and capacity to implement long-term vision, strategic plan, and continue to provide quality services and supports.

500

This online tool helps advocates engage in the political process.

What is the Action Center?

500

These are the three primary services offered to families by the family services team.

What is Child Care Referrals, Child Care Assistance, thread line (or community referrals)?

500

This is thread's current parent advocacy project.

What is Parents for Care?

500

thread's Executive Assistant supports these two teams.

What is the Board and Management team?

1000

This is the name of thread’s new 10-year business plan to drive change in the child care sector.

What is Child Care Works?