Community Assessment OverviewEarly ExplorersHead Start & Early Head Start Policy CouncilNovember 2011

Community Assessment Overview•Policy •Population•Changes in Communities- oil, flooding,

housing & low unemployment rate•Child Care/Early Childhood Services•Children with Disabilities •Characteristics of Head Start children•Perceptions of Head Start parents•Community Resources •Conclusions

Community Assessment Policy

•Policy http://staff.earlyexplorers.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/252_Community_Assessment.pdf

Service Area Current Sites:AnamooseBottineauDevils LakeHarvey MaddockRugbyTownerTurtle LakeVelva

Population

Population 0-5 Geograp

hic Area

Numb

er of

Births

2008

Teen

Births

2009

Number

of

Children

born to

unwed

women

Childre

n 0-2

2009

Childre

n 3-5

2009

Childre

n

under

5 in

povert

y

Children

served

in

County

(2010)

Benson 147 39 111 (76%) 457 412 326 12

Bottinea

u

64 n/r 12 (19%) 198 172 61 14

McHenry 55 n/r 13 (24%) 152 163 49 54

McLean 76 n/r 23 (30%) 239 217 80 20

Pierce 53 n/r 15(28%) 113 118 14 18

Ramsey 162 25 78 (48%) 434 385 123 123

Sheridan 7 n/r n/r 17 10 3 3

Towner 19 n/r 11(58%) 44 37 3 0

Wells 30 6 13 (43%) 107 87 29 38

Total 613 70 276 (36%) 1761 1601 688

[1]North Dakota Kids Count http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/bystate/[2] Community Health Profiles http://www.ndhealth.gov/HealthData/CountyHealthProfiles/First%20District%20Health%20Units%20Profile.pdf

Race & Ethnicity- 0-18 County White/

Caucasian

Black American

Indian

Asian, Native

Hawaiian or

other Pacific

Islander

Hispanic Total

Benson 648 19 1786 3 82 2538

Bottineau 1129 33 55 10 13 1240

McHenry 1049 5 14 1 14 1083

McLean 1406 11 209 9 35 1670

Pierce 836 4 20 2 14 876

Ramsey 2225 33 490 17 63 2828

Sheridan 181 1 3 0 1 186

Towner 359 1 19 2 3 384

Wells 745 3 10 6 5 769

Total 8578 110 2606 50 230 11574

79%

1%

16%

1%3%

Race and Ethnicity of Children in Early Ex-plorers Ages 0-5 in 2010-2011 year

WhiteBlack or African Amer-icanAmerican IndianAsianHispanic

Changes in Communities•Oil Producing Areas•Flooding•Housing•Low Unemployment Rate

▫Commuting ▫No support▫North Dakota does not have the same

services as other states.

Oil Facts -2011Edition of ND Oil & Gas Industry Report• North Dakota is the fourth largest oil producing state in

the US. • Seventeen counties in North Dakota are oil producing. • The state’s average production in 2010 was 309,679

barrels of oil per day, totaling 113,032,814 barrels for the year. This is 33,296,346 barrels greater than the 2009 total.

• In 2010, the average wage in the oil and gas extraction industry was $90,225. That wage is 141.5% above the state average wage of $37,353.

• In 2010, the oil industry paid $85.2 million in royalties and $295 in lease bonuses to trust funds managed by the State Land Department.

• The oil and gas industry employed 12,750 last year, and companies expect that number to keep going up. The industry and the state are updating a study to keep pace with the need for labor, skills and housing as the number of rigs in the state keeps increasing.

Flood Facts• Over 4100 homes were lost in the Minot flood

forcing families into neighboring communities or looking for housing. Only 471 homes had flood insurance.

• Devils Lake has swallowed up 182,240 acres around the lake taking over homes and farmland. At its spill elevation, Devils Lake will cover more than 261,000 acres. Over 40 miles of roads have been have been raised and 220 homes and/or business have been moved away from the lake.

• Construction/rebuilding requires housing

Supply VS Demand 2010County % of Women

with children

ages 0 to 5 in

labor force

Children

ages 0 to

5

potentiall

y needing

child care

Capacit

y of

licensed

child

care

Children

enrolled

in Head

Start

Recipients of

Child Care

Assistance

program 0-13

Benson 68% 553 57 12 93

Bottineau 80% 291 176 14 56

McHenry 73% 212 121 54 57

McLean 70% 295 193 15 47

Pierce 79% 183 140 18 55

Ramsey 86% 666 898 125 302

Sheridan 58% 17 33 3 2

Towner 82% 72 87 0 22

Wells 81% 147 165 41 25

Total 75% 2436 1870 282 659

Licensed Providers 2010

Benson Bottineau McHenry McLean Pierce Ramsey Sheridan Towner Wells

Family 1 4 1 1 0 6 1 2 0

Group 3 10 7 13 6 24 2 2 7

Center 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1

2.5

7.5

12.5

17.5

22.5

27.5

Licensed County Providers 2010

Num

ber

of

Pro

vid

ers

Children With Disabilities•Early Head Start works primarily with

two infant development programs•Head Start works with five special

education units•Each unit and school district operates

complete different•Program is required to reserve 10% of

enrollment for children with special needs

Disability Enrollment 2010-2011Head Start – 23% Early Head Start- 26%

Speech &

Lan-guage Delay64%

Mental Retar-dation25%

Non Categor-ical Delays

11%

100%

Develop-mental De-lays

Program Options

Head Start – 216 childrenEarly Head Start – 66 children

Center- 5 Days34%

Center- 4 Days55%

Com-bina-tion6%

Home Based6%

Head Start

Center48%

Combo8%

Home Based44%

Early Head Start

Enrollment by Age

Head Start Early Head Start

Prenatal Under 1 1 year old 2 years old0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

9

2926

17

3 years old

4 years old

5 + 0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

112124

12

Eligibility

Type of Eligibility Head

Start

Early Head

Start

Income below 100% of

federal poverty line

210 68

Receipt of public

assistance such as TAF,

SSI

13 6

Status as a foster child 3 3

Status as homeless 1 1

Over Income 14 3

Health Care / Medical Homes

Have

Hea

lth In

sura

nce

Have

Med

ical H

ome

Up-to

-dat

e on

hea

lth car

e

Up-to

dat

e on

Imm

unizat

ions

Have

a de

ntal

hom

e0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Health Outcomes 2010-2011

HSEHS

Family Composition

Single parent family two parent family0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Family Composition 2010-2011

Head StartEarly Head Start

Employment StatusTwo Parent Family Employment

Single Parent Employment

60%

32%

8%

59%

38%

3%

Two Parent Families Employment Status

Head Start Early Head Start

Parent is employedParent is not working Parent is in School

75%

25%

18%

79%

21%

47%

Single Parent Employment Status

Head Start Early Head Start

Community Resources

•Rate of families have insurance

•Reasons physicians will not move to rural areas

•List of Services

Nutrition ServicesCounty Free and

Reduced

Meals, 2009

Recipient of

Food Stamps

(SNAPS) 0-18,

2009

Women,

Infants and

Children

Participating in

WIC, 2009

Benson 76.4% 59% 870

Bottineau 35% 21% 133

McHenry 48% 21.5% 109

36% 18% 176

Pierce 33% 24% 100

Ramsey 40.5% 30% 660

50% 43% 44

Towner 32% 23% 31

Wells 31% 18% 95

Community Assessment Conclusions1. Early Explorers Head Start is serving the

majority of at risk or income eligible children.

Recommendation – Head Start will continue to focus on recruitment efforts and work with local agencies to identify at risk populations. There are no areas within the service area that have a large number of underserved income eligible children. Any pockets of underserved children may be served through future Pre-Kindergarten Partnerships with school districts.

Community Assessment Conclusions2. Pre-Kindergarten collaborations are

necessary to survive future legislation providing funding for state funded Pre-Kindergarten programs.

Recommendations- The program will continue to work with local school districts in identifying potential partnerships. The program will focus on hiring new employees that meet the Title 1 state teacher licensor requirements.

Community Assessment Conclusions3. Increase collaboration with community

partners.

Recommendations- The program has a number of strong partnerships with community partners. This can be increased to extend parent education opportunities to families not enrolled in the Head Start program and better connect financial resources to serve at risk families.

Community Assessment Conclusions4. Expand Early Head Start Services in

Pierce County.

Recommendation- Infant and toddler childcare are difficult to obtain by low income families. The program will make application when expansion opportunities arise.

Community Assessment Conclusions5. The population and housing trends are

unpredictable based on the oil boom in the Bakken Formation and the impact of the Minot and Devils Lake flood. Families are moving to North Dakota looking for work and unable to find house. The shifts in population are too new to have concrete evidence of population trends.

Recommendations- The program will work with community leaders and economic development boards to educate on the importance of availability to affordable housing and quality care.

Community Assessment Conclusions7. Improve the data collection of parent-

identified needs outside of program services.

Recommendations- the program will begin a survey of parents identifying more target services that respond to the identified needs of families.

•Based on shortages in the medically underserved areas, the program must focus on the importance of a medical home and increase parents medical literacy skills. Recommendations- The program will continue to encourage parents to establish a medical home and provide information on preventative health measures including physical fitness, childhood obesity, nutrition and mental health.

Community Assessment Conclusions8. Revise Community Assessment Process.

Recommendations- The program will look at individual county assessments to provide a stronger target of services and needs.

 

•Based on shortages in the medically underserved areas, the program must focus on the importance of a medical home and increase parents medical literacy skills. Recommendations- The program will continue to encourage parents to establish a medical home and provide information on preventative health measures including physical fitness, childhood obesity, nutrition and mental health.