Collaborative Partners:

Collaborative Partners: Community Based Child Abuse Prevention and

Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems

Collaborative Partners:

Community Based Child Abuse Prevention and Family Preservation Resources – Nebraska Children and Families Foundation (NCFF) Jennifer Skala

Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems – Together for Kids and Families (TFKF), Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Lynne Brehm

Partnership: The Nebraska Dance

A person associated with another or others in some activity of common interest; implies a relationship in which each has equal status and a certain independence but also implicit or formal obligations to the other or others. For example, either of the two persons dancing together. (The American Heritage Dictionary, 2nd College Ed.)

*Arrows depicting connections do not adequately represent a functioning system.

State statutes & budget

Professional and Research Organizations

State LegislatureGovernor U.S. Dept. of EducationU.S. Dept. of Health and

Human Services

Strategic planning grant to inform

policy

Essential Education Recommendations

Early Childhood Policy Study

No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Together for Kids and Families Early Learning Guidelines

Resource to inform best practice. Meets mandatory requirement of state plan for Child Care Development Funding.

Other State Agencies

Health & Human Services System Policy

Cabinet [appointed]

State Board of Education [elected],

Commissioner & Deputy

State system to serve children with disabilities, Part C (Birth-3):- Identification- Monitoring- Services coordination - Implementation - Funding

Builds early childhood systems. Creates partnerships between HS and state agencies/programs. Facilitates involvement of HS in state policies.

Planning Region Teams (PRT)

Good Start, Grow Smart Initiative

Child Care Subsidy

Child Care Development Fund

Head Start/Early Head Start

Maternal and Child Health Grant

Center and Family-based Child Care and Education Programs; School

District Programs (ages 3-8)

Head Start State Collaboration Office

(HSSCO)

Co-Leads (IDEA-Part C)

Early Childhood Interagency Coordinating

Council (ECICC)Established by state and federal statute,

members appointed by the Governor

Gaps & Barriers Standing

Committee

Special Issue Task

Forces

ADVISORY

Community Services, Implementation and Training Groups

Regional Training Coalitions (RTC)

Educational Service Units (ESU)

Special Education

Advisory Council (SEAC)

Established by federal regs, appointed by

State Brd. of Ed.

ADVISORY

Nebraska Health & Human Services System (HHSS):

• Office of Early Childhood Early Childhood Training Center• Special Education

Nebraska Department of Education (NDE):

• Health and Human Services • Regulation & Licensure

Early Childhood

Programs and Initiatives

Early Development

Network (EDN—Early Intervention)

Policy Development and Regulation Groups

Program/Project Leadership, Implementation, Oversight & Support Groups

Government Administrative and Funding Groups

Comparison of the state of Nebraska and the New England States

Nebraska and its Population

Covers 76,872 square miles, or an area about 20% greater than New England.

It is a 10 hour drive from SE corner to NW corner. Total population 1,711,263 (2000 Census) Average population density 22.3 persons per square mile. 32 of 93 counties are designated as Frontier, Which means 6 or

fewer persons per square mile.


39% of the population lives in the two metropolitan population centers, Omaha and Lincoln. This means that there are significant urban and rural differences that need to be respected.

72% of total population live in communities which have a population of 1,000 people or less.


Four federally-recognized Native American Tribes, three with a land base and one without.

U.S. Strategic Command - 2500 military and civilian personnel.

The State’s minority population grew: 23% from 1980 - 1990. 83.5% from 1990 - 2000.

Additional Considerations

34% of Nebraska’s counties are considered Primary Health Care Professional Shortage areas.

78% of Nebraska’s counties are Medically under served areas.

Shortage of health specialists

50% of practicing dentists plan to retire by 2013.

20% of Nebraska’s Counties have NO Dentists.

32% of Nebraska’s Counties have only 1 or 2 Dentists. (Source: Nebraska Dental Association Workforce Study, 2001)

Additional Considerations

14% of children age 5 and under live in poverty (2000 Census)

30% of Nebraska’s minority children live in poverty (2000 Census)

73% of the working mothers in Nebraska have children under the age of six. (Kids Count 2007)

Nebraska ranks third in the nation with 67% of women in the labor force. (Status of women in Nebraska)

TFKF Work Group Organization

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Partnership Overview

Early Childhood Family Support Initiatives home visitation, respite, parent education, Positive Behavioral

Interventions and Support (PBiS)

Indicator Development –refined list of priority indicators for collaborative actions Call to Action (ages 0-21) - NCFF TFKF Indicators (ages 0-8)

TFKF Access Work Group and the NCFF Learning Collaborative to identify best practices and help communities overcome

barriers to access

Early Childhood Family Support Initiatives: Home Visitation, Respite, Parent Education, Positive

Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBiS)

TFKF Family Support Work Group (Chaired by NCFF Early Childhood Policy Director) Home Visitation Respite

Multiple Funding Sources Include: CBCAP Head Start/Early Head Start Even Start Head Start-State Collaboration Office Family Preservation Medicaid Child Welfare 0-3 Endowment



TFKF Parent Education Work Group (Chaired by NCFF, Associate Vice President of Communications Learning from Day One Public Awareness Campaign

Multiple Funding Sources Include: CCDF – Child Care Development Fund Head Start-State Collaboration Office Together for Kids and Families CBCAP Family Preservation 0-3 Endowment



TFKF Mental Health Work Group Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBiS)

NCFF representation on PBiS Leadership Team

Multiple Funding Sources Include: CBCAP CCDF – Child Care Development Fund Nebraska Department of Education (NDE)

Early Childhood Training Center (ECTC) Head Start-State Collaboration Office Together for Kids and Families State Infrastructure Grant (SAMHSA) Family Preservation 0-3 Endowment

Training and Technical Assistance – Center for Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)

Indicator Development: Call to Action (ages 0-21) - NCFF

TFKF Indicators (ages 0-8)

Call to Action Goals Partner with existing data/indicator initiatives including TFKF Educate and provide information to a wide array of stakeholders on

cutting-edge science related to Priority Indicators To identify priority indicators (through a selection process) that are

agreed upon by stakeholders Develop actions based on data that will improve child (and family)

well-being in Nebraska Based on data and evidence-based practices, a group of decision

makers will develop an action plan designed to impact policies in Nebraska that affect child and family well-being. This stakeholder meeting is scheduled for May 15, 2008.

Indicators for Collaborative Action

Level 1A Indicators- Indicators for which data is available and we are ready to engage partners to take action.

Breastfeeding- Percent of mothers who breastfeed exclusively at 6 months, supplementation up to 1 year (AAP)

Rate of Abuse/Neglect (Safe Children) in Children Percent of low birth weight babies born

Level 2 Indicators-Indicators for which we currently either do not have data, or a clearly defined indicator, but are important and areas for future exploration

Percent of Children with Medical Home Percent of children enrolled in an early childhood program

Percent of children “ready for school” Children’s Mental health or Maternal Depression

Community and State Organizing

MCOs

Home Health

Parks

Economic Development

Mass Transit

Employers

Nursing Homes

Mental Health

Drug Treatment

Civic GroupsCHCs

Laboratory Facilities

Hospitals

EMS Community Centers

Doctors

Health Department

Churches

Philanthropist

Elected Officials

Tribal Health

Schools

Police

Fire

Corrections

Environmental Health

TFKF Access Work Group and the NCFF Learning Collaborative:

To Identify Best Practices and develop collaborations within communities and between state and local entities to overcome obstacles and breakdown silos Underinsured and Uninsured Medical Home Transportation

Multiple Funding Sources Include: CBCAP Head Start-State Collaboration Office Together for Kids and Families Family Preservation

NCFF Learning Collaborative

To develop functional sustainable collaborations in Nebraska

Vision: We see Greater Nebraska Communities transformed and sustained through collaborative leadership

Mission: We will increase leadership capacity to create healthy communities for children and families

NCFF Learning Collaborative

Sites: Hall County-Grand Island, Keith County-Ogallala and Cherry County-Valentine

Funded Activities Facilitator Service Array Assessment in 28 Counties Learning Collaborative Meetings Peer Review Process- Assessments and Site Visits Best Practice Development

Thank you!

For more information contact:

Jennifer Skala, Director of Programs and Evaluation

Nebraska Children and Families Foundation

(402) 817-2001

[email protected]

http://www.nebraskachildren.org

Lynne Brehm, TFKF Program Coordinator

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

(402) 471-1384

[email protected]

http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/hew/fah/Together-Kids-Families.htm

http://www.nebraskachildren.org/



http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/hew/fah/Together-Kids-Families.htm

Documents

Collaborative Partners: