New Mexico Strong Starts for Children (Strong Starts), is a project of the Paul J. Aicher Foundation and Everyday Democracy, funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in January 2010, and is part of the Our Voices, Our Children initiative of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Our Voices, Our Children was aimed at engaging citizens and policymakers in talks about the future of early childhood development in New Mexico. Strong Starts was designed to use the Everyday Democracy dialogue to change model in community dialogues to reveal perceptions, priorities and policy preferences, and ultimately help improve practices and programs.