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Because All Children Are Our Children
Because All Children Are Our Children
School Readiness in Miami-Dade County
Key Findings to Convey
•Keep Perspective – service area is large, diverse, disparate
•Many local initiatives involved – Coordination an issue but conversion not needed
•Challenges re lack of sufficient lead poisoning and develop-mental screenings and of child welfare agency integration
•Glaring disparities reveal need to target/reallocate resources
•How to best share data in a responsible manner
•Miami-Dade County is leading way in Florida
Because All Children Are Our Children
School Readiness in Miami-Dade County
Strategies for Extending Work Locally
•Build relationships with ECE providers/membership groups
•Coordinate existing initiatives to achieve integration of services
•Focus on sharing data and maps – it is eye-opening
•Engage in discussions with policy-makers to expand supply
•Bring data and potential solutions to neighborhoods
•Publish school readiness brief highlighting disparities/successes
•Work with KIDS COUNT and CSCs to identify/track consistent ECE indicators within Florida
•Advocate to preserve funding for children
Because All Children Are Our Children
School Readiness in Miami-Dade County
Suggestions for NNIP National Work• Inventory other national efforts and determine how
NNIP’s work differs or complements – what is our value added?
•Build upon new political landscape; leverage internet network
•Promote Early Childcare and Education as an education policy not simply workforce support
•Envision a national comprehensive school readiness system that can be built in pieces to acknowledge economic constraints
•Ensure cohesion not competition among systems/stakeholders by engaging all in consultation and support
•Require common key indicators to measure and compare from the start