1. Idaho Infant Toddler Program and the
Playing Well Together
Idaho Infant Toddler Program and the
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Grant

2. If You Hang Out Enough You Might Start Looking the Same

3. No, Really. . ..

4. Common Goals ECCS Planning phase goal:
To develop a comprehensive strategic plan that will recognize and support the existing system of care and learning, and integrate health, social and educational programs and financing mechanisms into a system that reflects and supports community efforts and interests.

5. Goal 1: Facilitate the activities of the Early Care and Learning Cross Systems Task Force which will establish an ongoing communication network between state agencies, policymakers, families, stakeholders and communities. . .

6. Yikes!
Sounded a lot like the mission of ICC

7. Goal 2: Develop multi-agency state partnerships among critical stakeholders

8. Hmmm. . . This goals sounded familiar too!
Identify existing interagency agreements/formal partnerships
Formalize state and regional partnerships
Review strategic plans of other org.
Contact, meet, survey identified early care and learning coalitions/org
Review stakeholders. . .

9. Goal 3: Compile resources and identify information on the current best practices in early childhood systems building

10. Goal 4: Provide a comprehensive statewide mapping of existing early care and learning programs and resources, as well as existing gaps

11. GOAL 5: Support partnerships to align current initiatives in the support of a comprehensive system of early childhood professional development

12. Can You Say . . .
CSPD

13. Goal 6: To develop a powerful message to increase public awareness of quality early care and learning programs as a critical par of the foundation to promote healthy families and communities

14. That Too?
ICC and Infant Toddler Program have public awareness responsibilities

15. Goal 7: Align policy and funding streams to develop and support integrated early care and learning system development
Wow, we could use that, too!!!

16. We Decided To Just Jump In

17. The Early Childhood Coordinating Council –EC3
In 2006, the Interagency Coordinating Council and the Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Task Force consolidated their efforts under a single council with representation to meet the requirements of IDEA and the expanded role as advisory to the ECCS grant activities

18. Staffing and Funding The ECCS grant project coordinator
is supervised by the Part C Coordinator
The ECCS Coordinator
Executive Director of the EC3
Staffs the Council and supports the Regional Early Childhood Committees
Funding is braided

19. It Is Really An Issue Of Time Management

20. Efficiencies and Collaboration
In the past 6 months the Head Start Collaboration Council has also merged
Representation to meet Head Start Reauthorization early childhood council requirements
Transition Process to realign support staff assignments
Facilitates common goals and projects

21. What’s In It For Me?

22. Benefits To Part C
Increased, dedicated staff and leadership for council and regional committees
Broader base of stakeholders to facilitate inclusion and linkages to child care providers, legislature, early childhood expertise/professional organizations
Increased visibility in early childhood community and advocacy efforts

23. Benefits to Part C, continued
Support for projects like compiling and distributing PA packets to physicians including information on:
Medical Home and e.i.
Autism screening and identification
Plagiocephaly remolding and torticollis
Central directory (211 CareLine)
Coordinated Fund Allocation to Initiatives that Serve Families of Young Children
Updated, enhanced, and maintain Early Childhood Information Clearinghouse

24. Benefits to ECCS Relatively stable administrative home
(With lots of bureaucratic hoops!)
Federal and State statutory authority for EC3 sustainability
In “inside” line to promote/facilitate change in child care, Medicaid, and behavioral health programs
Collegial support

25. Shared Future Plans Advance Medical Home
Improve physician screening and referral practices
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Promotion of inclusive practices
Professional development
Interagency agreement updates

26. Shared Future Plans/Ongoing Work
Early Learning Guidelines
Improved quality of child care
Increased access to CHIP/Medicaid
Pre-school opportunities to minimize service gaps at age 3
And more

27. We Don’t Just Play Well. . .
We Are Family