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Presentation SECCS National Conference Wendy Wayne, NP, Ed.D. 19 September 2005 California Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems

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58 37 million people 2,600,000 children under 5 Home to 27.9% of US foreign born 94% live in urban areas 6.5% unemployment

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Ethnicity of California Children under 6 Years of Age

Challenges of children in immigrant families: 

Challenges of children in immigrant families About 30 percent of all children live in low-income immigrant families. 84 percent of California children in immigrant families have at least one parent who works full- time . Over three in 10 children in immigrant families live in poverty, while about one in 10 children in native families lives in poverty. Over six in 10 children in immigrant families live in low-income households, while four in 10 children in native families live in low-income

LANGUAGES AT HOME: 

LANGUAGES AT HOME LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME # STUDENTS Spanish 1,348,934 Vietnamese 36,574 Hmong 25,199 Cantonese 24,004 Tagalog 20,650 Korean 17,627 Mandarin 12,105 Armenian 11,727 Khmer 11,360 Punjabi 8,751 Russian 7,980 Arabic 7,751 Farsi 5,643 Lao 5,120 Japanese 4,814 California averages more than four times as many English Learners per classroom as the rest of the United States.

CSECCS EFFORT : 

CSECCS EFFORT Began June 2004 Needs assessment: Interviews & Focus Groups Monthly E-mail updates, website & brochure Established 20 member Steering Comm. Delphi Study Collected Data sets Conducted Internal and External Environmental Scans Identified Best Practices

California First Five: 

California First Five The California Children and Families Act of 1998 is designed to provide, on a community-by-community basis, all children prenatal to five years of age with a comprehensive, integrated system of early childhood development services. Through the integration of: health care quality child care parent education and effective intervention programs

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California Special Needs Project Children’s Readiness for School Kit for New Parents Child Care Health Linkages Project California Oral Health Initiative School Readiness Initiative Master Plan for Education

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First Five Children with a Regular Medical Home by Ethnicity

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Children with Health Insurance by Ethnicity Source: 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

California’s 58 CountiesPreschool Activity: 

California’s 58 Counties Preschool Activity

Steering Committee Members: 

Steering Committee Members

California’s Challenges: 

California’s Challenges Inability to adequately share information across state agencies because of confidentiality requirements. Data are collected in different systems that cannot communicate. Cultural and linguistic diversity throughout California Funding for early childhood services is fragmented. Categorical funding results in program silos Failure to maximize and leverage funds across agencies for shared populations, programs and services. Lack of a common set of child outcome indicators that can be used across programs serving children and their families

VISION, MISSION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES: 

VISION, MISSION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES VISION: California supports families and communities to ensure that children are safe, healthy and learning every day. Mission: The mission of California’s Early Childhood Comprehensive System Initiative is to develop an integrated, comprehensive approach that supports and strengthens families and communities and offers equal opportunities for young children to achieve their full potential.

GOALS : 

GOALS To create statewide momentum and support for integrating early childhood comprehensive services in California To ensure that coordinated and integrated prevention, early identification and intervention services are available to all children prenatal to five years of age and their families To ensure that policy makers and service providers have multi-disciplinary training in order to deliver high quality integrated services to children and families To maximize funds that are directed toward services for children and families To collect and analyze data in order to ensure optimal care for children and families To ensure that the strengths of families are maximized and they are involved in decision making.

Key Objectives: 

Key Objectives Objective (2.1): Support activities to accomplish comprehensive screening for all children birth to 5 years of age for hearing, vision, oral health, language/ speech and developmental delays – including socio-emotional development. Objective (4.1): Support new pathways to funding and service delivery, including financial gain for early childhood programs. Objective (5.3): Support efforts to establish, fund and staff, an on-line electronic universal application form for services Objective (6.2): Support existing coalitions to involve parents in the planning and implementation of programs.

ACTIVITIES IN CALIFORNIASUPPORTING INTEGRATION OF SERVICES: 

ACTIVITIES IN CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING INTEGRATION OF SERVICES School Readiness Programs Family Resource Centers First 5 funded projects at the County level 211 State Interagency Team

One e appOne Stop access to Health Care: 

One e app One Stop access to Health Care Interactive, web based Electronically screens and submits eligibility data Single application for publicly funded health programs

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Public Schools ESEA, Title I School Lunch & Breakfast Head Start IDEA After-School Programs Textbook Funding Tests & Achievement Teacher Issues GED Medi-Cal – EPSDT Healthy Families Parent Expansion Child Health & Disability Program Expanded Access Primary Care Trauma Case Funding Co-payments for ER Services Child Lead Poisoning Prevention Program HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education Breast Cancer Screening Food Stamps WIC TANF GAIN, CAL Learn, Cal WORKS, etc. School-Based MH Services for Medi-Cal Kids Probation Officers in Schools Cardenas-Schiff Legislation Health Care Through Probation Mental Health Evaluations Juvenile Halls AGENCIES – PROGRAMS & SERVICES ? Which Agencies Could Help This Family? Child Care – CCDBG, SSBG, Cal WORKS Child Care, etc. After-School Programs – 21st Century Learning Centers, etc. Promoting Safe & Stable Families Child abuse & Neglect Programs Foster Care – Transition, Independent Living, Housing, etc. Adoption Assistance, Adoption Opportunities

Understanding LA Systems That Affect FamiliesA Look at How 40+ Programs Might Touch One Los Angeles Family: 

Understanding LA Systems That Affect Families A Look at How 40+ Programs Might Touch One Los Angeles Family Margaret Dunkle The George Washington University & The LA County Children’s Planning Council 2002

Thriving families with childrenready to learn: 

Thriving families with children ready to learn Questions???