El Dorado County Board of Education June 7, 2016 “All children will live in nurturing families and enter school ready to learn.”

Vision Improve school readiness for expectant parents and children ages 0-5 following Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child in five areas ( ): Most parents reported having access to the resources they need (92%). 63% reported reading with their child every day, and among entering kindergartners 87% reported using positive strategies to guide and teach their child. 45% of all licensed providers were Tier 3 on the quality rating matrix, indicating that quality is in place. 95% reported their child had a well child exam within the past 12 months and 48% reported their child had a developmental screening. All children will live in nurturing families and enter school ready to learn.

Theory of Change In FY 14-15, 81% of children in El Dorado County entered school ready to learn. INVESTMENTS Commissioners Staff Funding Community Partners Research Strategic Plan Fiscal Plan Communication Plan Leadership CONDITIONS : The early childhood system is aligned, coordinated and family centered. Families are stable and attached. Children are supported to enter school ready to succeed. Families are healthy. OUTPUTS ACTIVITIES PARTICIPATION OUTCOMES—IMPACT SHORT MEDIUM LONG INPUTS ACTION: Access community resources. Confidence in caring for their child. Read to their child on a daily basis. Choose high quality child care. Regularly monitor their child’ health and development. LEARNING: Know community resources. Have someone to talk to when caring for their child. Know positive ways to guide and teach their child. Know normal behavior for their child. Have support in concrete times of need. WHO WE REACH: Parents Guardians Families ECE Providers Community Partners Educators Community Leaders WHAT WE DO: Partnerships: Establish Community Hubs within each of the five Supervisorial Districts at a library. Awareness: Communicate the importance of all children entering school ready to learn. Engagement: Empower parents as their child’s first teacher. Support: Connect families with concrete supports in times of need.

Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework Strengthening Families is an approach designed to increase family strengths —in particular, parent capabilities— promote optimal child development and reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect. The Strengthening Families approach is grounded in seven foundational ideas: a.Two-generation approach b.Consideration of culture c.Strengths based perspective d.Biology of stress e.Resilience theory f.Focus on well-being g.Nature of risk and protective factors.

A New Approach Protective Factors Social and emotional competence of children Knowledge of parenting and child development Social connections Parental resilience Concrete support in times of need

Community Hubs: Parents as Their Child’s First Teacher Wellness Stress Building Resilience Community Nurses Health Navigators Family Engagement Early Literacy

Strategic Plan Five Libraries in each of the Supervisorial Districts will serve as Community Hubs (El Dorado Hills, Cameron Park, Placerville, Georgetown and South Lake Tahoe). Early literacy and family engagement specialist will offer activities that support parents as their first teacher at Community and School Hubs (Pioneer, Camino, Pinewood, Sutter’s Mill, Green Valley. Health Navigators will assist families with securing insurance, finding doctors and dentists, and attending all well child visits. Community Nurses will offer a continuum of services to meet unique family needs, ranging from screenings, assessments, support and referrals. All families will be supported using a trauma informed care lens, sensitive to reducing pervasive and toxic stress. The Strategic Plan supports the implementation of Community Hubs, collaborating with community partners to achieve the vision that “all children will live in nurturing families and enter school ready to learn.”

FY Community Hub Funding Community Hubs are collaboratively funded, leveraging prevention and early intervention dollars in systems change. Strategy Commission Funding Leveraged Funding Family Engagement $ 120,000 $ 50,000 $ 20,000 Family Literacy $ 215,000$ 48,000 Quality Child Care $ 170,000$ 288,148 Healthy Children $ 187,500 $ 660,417 *$ 640,357 Systems Change $ 455,000*$ 60,000 Total $ 1,147,500 $1,066,565 *$1,766,922

Long Term Fiscal Plan The Strategic Plan will be based on funding decisions: Priority to maintain Early Childhood System. Commission funding direct services within the annual allocation. Five-year Strategic Plan serving as the basis for decision- making. Long range fiscal plans assessed over a ten-year period. A strategic, systematic approach is taken in developing recommendations Staff and contractors will continue to research opportunities to leverage additional funding.

FY Evaluation Plan Overarching Indicator: # and % of children in the county demonstrating skills, knowledge and behaviors associated with readiness (School Readiness). Prevention Indicators: # and % of parents that report highly in Nurturing and Attachment (Family Engagement). # and % of parents report that they or another family member reads with the child each day (Family Literacy) # and % of parents report the early childhood education program where the child attends regularly shares information about quality (Quality Child Care) # and % of children receiving timely well-child visits (Healthy Children) # and % of parents reporting highly in Resiliency (Systems Change) The Evaluation Plan will provide data on resiliency as reported by the Family Strengthening Protective Factors Survey Tool.

Partnerships Continued Support For: Annual articulation between child care and kindergarten teachers on an annual basis Facilitation of kindergarten entry screens Engage in Discussions to: Pilot School Based Hubs (Pioneer, Camino, Pinewood, Sutter’s Mill, Green Valley). Arrange for the Dental Van in each school district. Connect families to their local Hub (El Dorado Hills, Cameron Park, Placerville, Georgetown, South Lake Tahoe). How can the El Dorado County Board of Education partner with Community Hubs?

Commission Commissioners: Ginger Swigart, Chair, Community Representative Earl “Trey” Washburn, MD, Vice Chair, Medical Representative Patricia Charles Heathers, PhD, EDC HHSA Representative Wendy David, Community Representative Ed Manansala, Ed D, Education Representative Sue Novasel, EDC Board of Supervisors Representative Janet Saitman, Community Representative Drew Woodall, Community Representative Alexis Zoss, EDC HHSA Representative Staff: Kathleen Guerrero, Executive Director Andrea Powers, Program Coordinator Heather Hardy, Program Assistant 2776 Ray Lawyer Drive, Placerville