KANSAS CHILDREN’S CABINET & TRUST FUND Friday, February 15, 2019 IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF AT-RISK KANSAS CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
APPROVAL OF 10/26/18 MEETING MINUTES KANSAS CHILDREN' S CABINET AND TRUST FUND
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS KIM MOORE, CHAIR KANSAS CHILDREN' S CABINET AND TRUST FUND
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS MELISSA ROOKER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KANSAS CHILDREN' S CABINET AND TRUST FUND
BOARD DOCS REMINDER http://bit.ly/KCCTF KANSAS CHILDREN' S CABINET AND TRUST FUND
REMARKS FROM GOVERNOR’S DIRECTOR OF POLICY HALEY POLLOCK KANSAS CHILDREN' S CABINET AND TRUST FUND
NATIONAL GOVERNOR’S ASSOCIATION DINAH SYKES KANSAS CHILDREN' S CABINET AND TRUST FUND
Action Plan Goal #1: DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN
Environmental Scan Purpose ASQ SENSEMAKER STORY ENVIRONMENTAL COLLECTION SCAN • How do people experience Infant- Toddler Services in Kansas? • Who is screening? • Through narratives, how can • When is screening taking place? trends/gaps be identified to inform improvement efforts? • What screening tools are being used?
Environmental Scan Update 406 surveys completed 459 stories collected Highest responses among: “Share a story about a time tiny-k programs you felt encouraged or • Head Start/Early Head concerned about the • Start development of a child you are Parents as Teachers close to or have worked with.” • Health departments •
Environmental Scan Next Steps USE DATA TO ANALYZE & INFORM MAP DATA PROGRAM & January-April 2019 POLICY
Action Plan Goal #2: SENSEMAKER “ Our Tomorrows ”
Our Tomorrows Purpose Every day, we hear stories of resilient families that have bounced back from great challenges. Stories of hope…and stories of struggle. Through these stories we are gathering nuggets of wisdom about the ways in which things could, and should, be doing better…to make OUR TOMORROWS brighter. http://kucppr.org/ourtomorrows/
Our Tomorrows Update 517 stories collected
Our Tomorrows Next Steps • Collect 500 stories • Prepare emergent patterns report • Develop story packs to lead community conversations • Create community profiles (Summer 2019) • Conduct community SenseMaking sessions and menu of safe-to-fail interventions (Summer 2019)
Action Plan Goal #3: CHILDREN’S BUDGET
EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEMS BUILDING, PRESCHOOL DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUNDING AMANDA PETERSEN KANSAS CHILDREN' S CABINET AND TRUST FUND
Strengthening Early Childhood in Kansas in 2019
Strengthening Early Childhood in Kansas in 2019 • Kansas has been awarded $4,482,305 in federal grant funding. • Funding is authorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education. • The Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five is a one-year planning grant. • The grant period is Dec. 31, 2018 – Dec. 30, 2019.
How Kansas will approach this effort • Working collaboratively across sectors. • Meaningfully engaging families and communities. • Building on existing initiatives, programs and systems. • Working quickly to complete activities by Dec. 30, 2019.
What Kansas will do in 2019 • Conduct needs assessment. • Develop strategic plan. • Maximize parental choice and knowledge. • Share best practices among early childhood providers. • After the needs assessment and strategic plan are completed, improve the overall quality of early childhood care and education programs in the state.
Conduct Needs Assessment • Collect and analyze existing needs assessments. Include alignment with: – Title V Maternal & Child Health Services – Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) – Infant Toddler Services (Part C) • Story collection and community sensemaking. • Community engagement sessions. • Gather additional information. • Synthesize findings.
Develop Strategic Plan • Review needs assessment findings and assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to the Kansas early childhood system. • Review state and community early childhood structures. • Host summit of early childhood stakeholders. • Develop strategic plan. • Communicate results back to communities.
Maximize Parental Choice and Knowledge • Amplify the experiences of families in the development of the needs assessment and strategic plan. • Support parent leadership. • Link Kansas Family Engagement and Partnership Standards to evidence-based practices. • Enhance support for communities to adopt the Help Me Grow Kansas framework. • Enhance Integrated Referral and Intake System (IRIS).
Share Best Practices • Expand cadre of Technical Assistance System Network trainers available to deliver the Early Childhood Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) curriculum. • Enhance Kansas’ child care quality recognition and improvement system pilot (Links to Quality). • The Kansas Preschool Pilot is designated as the state’s matching funds.
Improve Quality • Informed by results of the needs assessment and strategic plan. • Target funds to improve the overall quality of early childhood services.
Expected Outcomes • Decisions affecting early childhood in Kansas are informed by and coordinated through children, parents, families, communities, stakeholders and agencies. • An actionable, statewide strategic plan for early childhood is relevant to and validated by stakeholders and communities. • Best practices are amplified, and workforce challenges are recognized and addressed. • Quality services in communities are connected, coordinated and accessible so that families have choice in the resources that best meet their needs. • A sustainability plan leverages funding to scale efforts, maximize efficiencies and increase access to early childhood services.
Stay Engaged and Informed • Webinars (every other Wednesday at 12PM – next one is Feb. 20) to share information, take questions, and get feedback. • Email Updates (following the webinar) with recording and key links. • Website Page with webinar links, a sign-up for email updates, and contact form. http://kschildrenscabinet.org/early-childhood- initiatives-in-kansas-2019/
FULL-DAY, FULL-YEAR CHILD CARE MEGAN LEOPOLD CENTER FOR PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AND RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS KANSAS CHILDREN' S CABINET AND TRUST FUND
FULL-DAY, FULL-YEAR CHILD CARE • Interviews with individuals involved in the development and continued success of TOP • Independent research • Identified central themes around benefits and barriers • Children, parents, the workforce, and the community
BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN AND PARENTS • Children enter kindergarten ready to learn • More likely to graduate high school and attend college • Increased success in the workplace • Parents see increased workplace success • Consistent attendance and timeliness • Increased ability to pursue educational and professional goals • Safety and consistency • Children develop increased social emotional skills • Parents have peace of mind
BENEFITS FOR WORKFORCE AND COMMUNITY • Employers have more engaged and reliable employees • Decreased absences and turnover • Communities see: • Economic growth • Increased opportunities for children and families • Increased access to full day care narrows the achievement gap • Increases quality of care for children living in poverty • Supports children of color who are currently disproportionally affected
BARRIERS • Full-day, full-year centers are expensive to maintain • Many funds are not available to use for full day care, requiring blending and braiding of funds • Finding and maintaining staff KANSAS CHILDREN' S CABINET AND TRUST FUND
UPDATES • Extended the school readiness description to be more holistic • Included ECBG statistics to highlight the success of another Kansas program • Added an additional recommendation: “Identify at-risk communities at the county level by thoroughly assessing child and family risk factors and the community’s capacity to meet child care needs” KANSAS CHILDREN' S CABINET AND TRUST FUND
UNDERSTANDING INFANT MORTALITY IN KANSAS THROUGH SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH JESSICA SPRAGUE-JONES CENTER FOR PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AND RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS KANSAS CHILDREN' S CABINET AND TRUST FUND KANSAS CHILDREN' S CABINET AND TRUST FUND
BACKGROUND • Cabinet interest in learning more about infant mortality generally, and Kansas-specific information • April 2018 KCCTF Meeting • Presentations on infant mortality and safe sleep promotion • Research brief developed as an in-depth follow-up • Close collaboration between KU-CPPR, KDHE, KIDS Network • Principal data sources include KDHE, U.S. Census Bureau, Kansas Health Matters
KEY MESSAGES • Individual and community-level social determinants of health are linked to adverse perinatal outcomes • Highest infant mortality rates in Kansas among: • African Americans (compared to all other racial/ethnic groups) • Medicaid recipients (compared to non-recipients)
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