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Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness (OPSR)

“Don’t come to us because you think we have the most problems; come to us because we have the answers.”

Abigail Echo-Hawk (Pawnee), Director of Urban Indian Health Institute

Mission: To lead Oklahoma in coordinating an early childhood system that strengthens families and ensures all children are ready for school.

• Debra Andersen, Executive Director
• Carlye McQuiston, Program Director
• Gabrielle Jacobi, Program Coordinator
• Katie Parker, Community Relations Specialist

Early Learning Equity and Diversity (E-LEaD Team)

A cross sector state stakeholder group comprised of individuals connected to this work and focused on an equity lens.

• Julian Guerrero, Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Shelly Patterson, Oklahoma Health Care Authority
• Persephone Starks, Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Alicia Salvatore, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
• Marny Dunlap, MD, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
• Audra Haney, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
• Curtin Calvin, Oklahoma Education Television Authority

Focus Area

Engage communities to enhance knowledge of available resources that can help mitigate the risk factors of infant mortality

D A T A

TEXAS CIMARRON BEAVER HARPER WOODS WOODWARD ELLIS WASHINGTON GRADY LINCOLN ALFALFA GRANT GARFIELD MAJOR DEWEY CUSTER WASHITA BECKHAM ROGER MILLS — B L A I N E CADDO CANADIAN LOGAN PAYNE CREEK OKFUSKE OKMULGEE HUGHES PONTOTOC GARVIN STEPHENS COMANCHE KIOWA JACKSON TILLMAN COTTON JEFFERSON LOVE CARTER GREER HARMON MARSHALL BRYAN ATOKA COAL PITTSBURG LATIMER PUSHMATAHA CHOCTAW MCCURTAIN LEFLORE SEQUOYAH MCINTOSH MUSKOGEE CHEROKEE ADAIR DELAWARE OTTAWA MAYES ROGERS NOWATA WAGONER TULSA HASKELL OSAGE KAY NOBLE MURRAY JOHNSTON CRAIG SEMINOLE OKLAHOMA

Infant Mortality Rate 7.9 or less 8.0-8.9 9.0-10.9 11.0-12.9+ not enough data

8.5 12.9 12.6 8.4 9.9 8.9 8.8 10.1 8.9 10.4 8.4 13 10.2 11.2 9.8 11.1 11.1 10.1 8.3 8.0 8.5 11.0 8.8 10.1

2012 - 2016 Infant Mortality Rates of Oklahoma

(Oklahoma State Average 7.4)

0.0 — — — 5.8 — — 5.7 — — — — — — — — 6.8 4.8 5.7 6.6 — — 7.6 — 5.3 7.3 4.8 6.2 — 7.7 9.7 7.6 8.0 7.4 — 3.8 — — 6.8 — 7.0 7.2 5.3 — 7.0 6.8 7.4 5.9 6.1 7.1 5.7

SEQUOYAH

Key Indian Health Service Clinic Indian Health Service Hospital

Ponca Tribe Health Clinic Cherokee Nation Health Clinic Chickasaw Nation Health Clinic Choctaw Nation Health Clinic Muscogee Nation Health Clinic Iowa Tribe Health Clinic

Indian Health Service Clinics and Hospitals and Infant Mortality Rates by County

(Oklahoma State Average IMR 7.4)

Infant Mortality Rate 7.9 or less 8.0-8.9 9.0-10.9 11.0-12.9+ No data available

Focus Community and Community Partnerships

Tribal Communities

• Chickasaw Nation
• Cherokee Nation

SEQUOYAH

OKC Indian Clinic Oak Grove Chickasaw Nation Cherokee Nation Okfuskee County

Summary of Current Status of Work

Progress Towards Five Year Plan

• Implement Sensemaker
• Follow-up on Oak Grove
• Engaged sectors: Health &

Mental Health

Accelerators

• Center for Public Partnerships and Research
• TA, guidance and expertise provided by Georgia, Trevor, Eva Carter,

and our E-LEaD Team

Barriers

• Relationship building takes time
• IRB Approval/CITI Training
• Navigating new sovereign governments

Technical Assistance: What’s Been Helpful

• Equity Training
• Access to additional webinars
• Creation of Basecamp
• Always having support and someone to

answer our questions as we go

Technical Assistance: Additional Resources

• Having time to discuss with other states

what their successes and challenges have been and how they relate to our

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Questions?