Ionia County Great Start Collaborative Strategic

PlanningReviewing trends from new information & data

Setting Priorities for Goals & Strategies

Census Data: fewer children in county population, but more (higher percentage) of children are in poverty, and/or receiving a public assistance benefit indicating trouble meeting economic basic needs. (More on SNAP, TANF, MA/MI child; free or reduce cost lunch in school)

TANF- Because of the high percentage of TANF families in Ionia, the 2012 TANF benefit limits added by DHS and then the state legislature had a big impact in Ionia. MLPP data ranks Ionia County with the highest percentage drop in FIP cases from 2nd 2011 to 2nd quarter 2012 of all Michigan counties (with a 48% percent drop)

Updated Data Highlights

County has seen a decrease in teen parent population for first time in many years – with repeat teen births down by 4%

County seeing a dramatic increase in number of children ages 0-5 where there is substantiated child abuse and neglect. Up from 18.25%to 25.6% in most recent reported years, and above state average of 13.8%

2.8% Increase in mothers without or only late prenatal care

Percentage of WIC children reported overweight or “at risk” of being overweight is down from 2011

Updated Data Highlights & Trends – from GSC 2012 Annual Report

Updated Data Highlights & Trends – from Kindergarten Round up

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Families Needed Help with Basic Needs - Kindergarten Round up Survey

Updated Data Highlights & Trends – from Spend a Buck (Priority Setting)

Families Needed Help with Basic Needs - Kindergarten Round up Survey

Increase preschool opportunities

38.1%

Basic Needs Support for 0-5 families19.1%

Parent Leadership opportunity

18.1%

Child hood obesity prevention activites

16.7%

Collaboration between EC service providers

8.1%

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Café Conversation Trends-What struck participants as important

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Social/emotional

Health

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Categories for "Do Better On"

Café Conversation Trends-What struck participants as important

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Budget cuts

Lack of knowing resources available

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Biggest Challenges

Café Conversation Trends-What struck participants as important

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Healthy children

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Parents ready

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Key Factors for Improving School Readiness

What has changed? What is new? What is not showing up as a priority that

might surprise you?

What trends from Data & Café Conversations related to Strategic Goal Setting?

6 Goals: Establish and maintain the infrastructure of the ICGS

Collaborative Birth to five children and their families are physically

healthy Birth to five children and their families are socially and

emotionally healthy Families support and guide the learning of their

children ages birth to five Children in Ionia County are preapred to succeed in

school Families of birth to five children are safe and

economically stable

Current Goals in Strategic Plan

Strongest Areas Intentional Systems Change Actions Effective Partnership Parent LeadershipAreas to Target Improvement Strong Relational Networks Interdependent Organizations Active Constituents

2012 Evaluation on Goal Progress by membership survey

Are there any goals want to drop? Because goal is completed? No longer a high priority to parents? Someone else is now the lead in handling?

Updating Strategic Goals

Of remaining Strategic Goals- which might need to be modified?

Based on what learned from Café Conversations?

Changing local needs or priorities? Someone else is now the lead entity in

handling?

Any new strategic Goals that need to add?

Updating Strategic Goals

What do you think is no longer a priority? What needs to be modified? Of the remaining list – what is the top

priority strategy

For each Goal’s set of Strategies

1. Diversity in Board membership2. Improve engagement & effectiveness of

Board3. Support parent engagement in Board and in

activities4. Educate parents, faith based organizations

and policymakers on Great Start mission and vision

5. Increase blended funding6. Develop coordinated message and brand

Goal 1–Establish & Maintain the Great Start Infrastructure

1. Improve public awareness on importance of breastfeeding and increase support

2. Help reduce childhood obesity through nutrition and activity

3. Improve oral health for young children4. Reduce smoking during pregnancy5. Have easy local access to prenatal care6. Maintain immunization rates for 0-5 children7. Have social/emotional health supports through

primary care for 0-5 parents

Goal 2: Birth to 5 year old children and families are physically healthy

1. Enhance support for early childhood providers regarding social emotional health interventions for 0-5 children

2. Enhance supports for families regarding social emotional health interventions

3. Increase the availability of mental health services for families with children age 0-5

4. Maintain home visiting support for families with children age 0-5

Goal 3: Birth to age 5 children and families are socially and emotionally healthy

Expand the number of family support opportunities

Increase opportunities for free or low cost options for families to meet basic needs

Goal 4: Families support and guide the learning of their children

1. Promote quality preschool experiences in county2. Increase number of low cost or free quality preschool

opportunities available to all children3. Have universal preschool opportunities in county4. Increase training opportunities for child care

providers5. Identify and promote common messaging on brain

development and literacy readiness connections6. Increase the number of early childhood programs

with quality care7. Increase preschool economic investment awareness

Goal 5: Children in Ionia County are prepared to succeed in school

1. Increase community awareness of early childhood programs and resources

2. Increase awareness and use by community partners of family friendly practices

3. Increase the knowledge and awareness by families to increase access to programs and services

4. Strengthen collaboration between referral sources5. Support early childhood service provider

collaboration

Goal 6: Families with children age 0-5 are safe and economically stable