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Early Childhood Iowa

Early Childhood Iowa. System Change. System Change is defined as: A “revision of the ways that people and institutions think, behave, and use their resources to affect fundamentally the types, quality, and degree of service delivery to children and families.”

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Early Childhood Iowa

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  1. Early Childhood Iowa

  2. System Change • System Change is defined as: • A “revision of the ways that people and institutions think, behave, and use their resources to affect fundamentally the types, quality, and degree of service delivery to children and families.” • Together We Can: A guide for Crafting a Profamily System of Education and Human Services, 1993

  3. System Change • This change is achieved through • the commitment of resources, • a willingness to alter existing policies, and • partners “sharing a vision, establishing common goals, and agreeing to use their power to achieve them.” • Together We Can: A guide for Crafting a Profamily System of Education and • Human Services, 1993

  4. Building Iowa’s Early Care, Health, and Education System • North Carolina’s Smart Start technical assistance grant • Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems grant • Early Childhood Iowa Legislation • Early Childhood local system development grant (funded through National Governor’s Association)

  5. Early Childhood Iowa Legislation • Early Childhood Iowa Council • Steering committee – currently co-chairs committee • Component groups- public and private partnership • State Agency Liaison Team • Lead Agency – Iowa Department of Public Health

  6. Unified Vision Every child, beginning at birth, will be healthy and successful. • Strategic Plan Single, comprehensive plan for children zero to five years and their families Early Childhood Iowa

  7. ECI System • Community Empowerment (DOM) • DPH • DHR • DHS • DE • DED Empowerment Technical Assistance Team (SET) • Governor’s Office • DPH • DHR • DHS • CHSC • DE • ISU Extension • DOM/ State Agency Liaison Group (SALT) ECI STAKEHOLDERS INFRASTRUCTURE GROUPS PROGRAMMATIC GROUPS Governance, Planning, Administration Quality Services & Programs Co-ChairsGroup Professional Development Resources and Funding Public Engagement Results Accountability Implies direct accountability and partnership relationship Implies advisory and information exchange

  8. Early Childhood Iowa Stakeholders PURPOSE: Be a catalyst in the development of Iowa’s comprehensive, integrated Early Care, Health, and Education System.

  9. Early Childhood Iowa Stakeholders Guiding Principles Develop to make Early Childhood Iowa Stakeholders accountable to their mission of building a comprehensive Early Care, Health, and Education System for the State of Iowa. • Broad Based Representation • Respect • Responsiveness • Informed Decision Making • Agent of Change

  10. Component Workgroups Program • Quality Services and Programs • Professional and Workforce Development • Public Engagement Infrastructure • Governance, Planning, and Administration • Results Accountability • Resources and Funding

  11. Strategies for System Change Programs Quality Services and Programs • Family Support Leadership group • Child Care Issue Brief • Mental Health Network Professional and Workforce Development • Professional development landscape • Professional development Web site Public Engagement • Public awareness of early childhood • Early Care, Health & Education Day on the Hill

  12. Strategies for System Change Governance, Planning and Administration • Governance structure of ECI • Diversity Summit, Retreat, and work plan • State level assessment of system building process Resources and Funding • Fiscal assessment on 2006 data Results Accountability • Indicators and goal measures • Strategic Plan Infrastructure

  13. Strategies for System Change • Accountability for results • Public will to support early childhood issues • Strengthen leadership • Expand the organizational capacity • Unifying vision Every child, beginning at birth, will be healthy and successful.

  14. Relationship of ECI and Empowerment • Partnership • Advisory for Iowa Empowerment Board along with Community Empowerment Coordinators • ECI Strategic Plan used as a framework for Empowerment Board

  15. For More Information… www.earlychildhoodiowa.org Gretchen Hageman Iowa Department of Public Health 515-281-7585 ghageman@idph.state.ia.us Jenny Hodges Iowa Department of Public Health 515-281- 4926 jhodges@idph.state.ia.us

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