Including and Expanding Early Head Start in Early ... for the Office of Head Start by the Early Head Start National Resource Center, 2011 A member of the National Head Start Training

Developed for the Office of Head Start by the

Early Head Start National Resource Center, 2011

A member of the National Head Start Training and Technical Assistance Network

Including and Expanding Early Head

Start in Early Childhood Systems

Beth Walling, EHS/NRC@ZTT

Lilli Copp, Florida HS Collaboration Office

Darshana Spach, Maine, Hornby Zeller

Developing a Continuum

of Home Visiting Services

in Maine

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History of Home Visiting

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Maine Families Home Visiting

• Statewide program

• State-funded professional development

– PAT and Touchpoints®

– Standards of Practice

• Ongoing quality assurance and evaluation

• Funding

Maine Families

•Network in all 16 counties

•Unique partnerships with

community providers

•Core public health home

visiting delivery system

Other Home Visiting Programs

• Early Head Start

• Public Health Nursing

• Community Health Nursing

• Non-state funded programs

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Federal MIECHV Needs

Assessment• Isolated families in rural

communities

• ↑ poverty

• ↑ drug-affected births

• Substance abuse

• Gaps in infrastructure

• Need for stakeholder buy-in

and input

• ‘Community’ defined at

county level

• Three high need counties

• Project LAUNCH

Project LAUNCH here

MIECHV Needs Assessment

State Plan Development

• Public Hearing on Needs Assessment findings

• Stakeholder Meetings

• Focus Groups with underserved populations

• Build existing resources

• Reward local collaboration

Florida’s Early Head Start

Partnerships

Linking with State Infant and Toddler

Networks

Florida’s Head Start Stats

2009-2010

• 42,493 total children HS/EHS

• 37,541 total enrollment

• 37,376 in HS

• 5,117 in EHS & 546 Pregnant women

• 3,244 in Migrant & Seasonal HS

• Nearly $300 Million in federal funds

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Florida’s School Readiness Stats

2009-2010

• 240,907 Children in School Readiness

• 156,832 4-year-olds in VPK

• > $617 Million in federal and state funds in School Readiness

• 68, 884 Infants and Toddlers

• 51,730 Private Centers/School

• 10,750 Family Child Care

• 444 Informal and 68 Public Schools

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Note: Projects described here are funded through Federal ARRA funds.

Florida’s ECE System

• Office of Early Learning

– CCDBG and Quality Initiatives

– School Readiness (SR)

– Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK)

– Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R)

– 31 Early Learning Coalitions

• Four Networks – Infants & Toddlers, Inclusion,

Preschool and After School

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Other Partners

• Department of Education

– VPK Rules

– Kindergarten Screening and Readiness Rate

• Department of Children and Families

– Licensing and Certification

• Head Start, Early Head Start and Migrant

– Early Learning Coalition

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Maine’s Home Visiting System:

Stakeholder Involvement

• Responding as a community to needs of families

• Relying on national experts and current

research

• Recognizing capacity of providers in Maine

Head Start, Early Head Start, Project LAUNCH,

Public Health, Advocates, Trainers, Substance Abuse

Services, Medical Community, Epidemiologists,

Evaluators, Leadership

Finding Common Ground

• Home Visiting Definition and Design

• Coordinated Referral System

• Data Collection and Evaluation

• Professional Development

Strengths and Partners

• Zero to Three TA

– State Infant/Toddler Specialist

– HSSCO Location

– Self Assessment

• Two Goals– Strengthen the I&T Network w/in Early Learning Coalitions

– Training & Collaboration with EHS

– Invited ZTT to ELC ED meeting

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Integration of Early Head Start

• Enhanced Communication with Infant/Toddler Network– Conference Calls

– Webinars

– Training

• Understanding System Differences

• Breaking Down Barriers

• Accountability and Evaluation Measures

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Home Visiting

Professional Development

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Maine Roads to Quality

• Registry for Early Care and Education

(Career Lattice)

• Home Visiting Track

– training participation

– work experience

– education documentation

• Aligned with Standards of Practice

• Connection for all ECEs

• Recognition of accomplishments

Professional Development

Required Training

• Infant Mental Health

• Parents as Teachers

• Touchpoints ®

• Reflective Supervision

• Core Content Areas (i.e. Perinatal

Substance Abuse)

• Great Beginnings

Professional Development

• Early Learning Partners Initiative

– Developing Infant/Toddler Core Competencies

– Network of Trainers

– Professional Development Registry

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Accountability and Evaluation

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Accountability and Evaluation

Ongoing Maine Families evaluation

• State and National Public Health Benchmarks

(child and family outcomes)

• Standards of Practice and model fidelity

(process outcomes for quality assurance)

Plan to leverage MCH epidemiologists for

alignment of data

Discussion of cross systems data analysis

Data Driven Policy

Use of evaluation data to support:

• Ongoing state investment in home visiting

• Systems improvements

• Priority funding for communities at risk

• Creative local collaboration

Changing Landscape

• Office of Early Learning

• State Child Care Administrator

• Cuts to funding

– child care

– VPK

• Funding changes in FY12 for EHS

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State Landscape Changes

• Needs Assessment workplans

• Governor’s budget

• Redirection of stakeholder energy

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Stakeholders Unite

For Further Information

Maine Families www.mainefamilies.org

Maine MIECHV http://mainecgc.org/miechv.htm

Sheryl Peavey, State Administrator

Darshana Spach, Evaluator

Developed for the Office of Head Start by the

Early Head Start National Resource Center, 2011

A member of the National Head Start Training and Technical Assistance Network

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