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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

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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

KANSAS CHILDREN' S CABINET AND TRUST FUND

KIM MOORE, CHAIR

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

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MELISSA ROOKER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BOARD DOCS REMINDER

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http://bit.ly/KCCTF

HALEY POLLOCK

REMARKS FROM GOVERNOR’S DIRECTOR OF POLICY

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DINAH SYKES

NATIONAL GOVERNOR’S ASSOCIATION

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Action Plan Goal #1: DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN

Environmental Scan Purpose

ASQ ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN

• Who is screening?
• When is screening taking place?
• What screening tools are being

used?

SENSEMAKER STORY COLLECTION

• How do people experience Infant-

Toddler Services in Kansas?

• Through narratives, how can

trends/gaps be identified to inform improvement efforts?

Environmental Scan Update

406 surveys completed Highest responses among:

• tiny-k programs
• Head Start/Early Head

Start

• Parents as Teachers
• Health departments

459 stories collected “Share a story about a time you felt encouraged or concerned about the development of a child you are close to or have worked with.”

Environmental Scan Next Steps

ANALYZE & MAP DATA

January-April 2019

USE DATA TO INFORM PROGRAM & 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

AMANDA PETERSEN

EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEMS BUILDING, PRESCHOOL DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUNDING

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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

• f 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
• f 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
• f 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/

MEGAN LEOPOLD CENTER FOR PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AND RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

FULL-DAY, FULL-YEAR CHILD CARE

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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

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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”

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UNDERSTANDING INFANT MORTALITY IN KANSAS THROUGH SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

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JESSICA SPRAGUE-JONES CENTER FOR PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS AND RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

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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)

EFFORTS TO REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY IN KANSAS

• State-level collaboration
• Community collaboration and outreach
• Improved data collection and analysis
• Professional development trainings
• Evidence-based programming

NEW BUSINESS

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2019 CABINET MEETINGS

• FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2019
• FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2019
• FRIDAY, November 1, 2019

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