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Framingham Early Childhood Needs Assessment Findings

Discover the preliminary findings from Early Childhood Alliance of Framingham's comprehensive needs assessment, highlighting parent priorities and community concerns for improving quality of life in Framingham.

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Framingham Early Childhood Needs Assessment Findings

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  1. Preliminary Findings from Our Needs Assessment March 18, 2010

  2. MISSION: The Early Childhood Alliance of Framingham (ECAF) is dedicated to promoting and supporting the healthy growth and development of young children from birth to age 5 by strengthening families and advocating for high quality learning experiences. The Early Childhood Alliance of Framingham is a Coordinated Family and Community Engagement program funded by a grant through the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care, administrated by the Framingham Public Schools.

  3. What We Do: • Resources and Services • Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators • Family Support and Education • Kindergarten and Special Education Transition Activities • Resource Center with Internet Access • Community Advocacy Efforts • Early Childhood Enrichment Activities • Cross Community Partnerships

  4. Needs AssessmentOur Process • Parent Survey in English, Spanish and Portuguese • Community Provider Survey

  5. Needs AssessmentOur Process Community Leader Interviews A comprehensive set of interviews with representatives from Early Education , Faith Communities, Health Care and Referral Resources all across Framingham.

  6. Kinds of Families Responding

  7. Primary Languagein the Home

  8. Family Size Ages of your children

  9. Where are your children under six during the day?

  10. What services are you receiving?

  11. FREE indoor play spaces or drop-in playgroups

  12. Early Childhood ServicesEnglish Survey

  13. Early Childhood ServicesPortuguese Survey

  14. Early Childhood ServicesSpanish Survey

  15. Family Support Services:English Survey

  16. Family Support Services:Portuguese Survey

  17. Family Support Services:Spanish Survey

  18. Health ServicesEnglish Survey

  19. Health ServicesPortuguese Survey

  20. Health ServicesSpanish Survey

  21. Basic NeedsEnglish Survey

  22. Basic NeedsPortuguese Survey

  23. Basic NeedsSpanish Survey

  24. How much do the following concern you? English

  25. How much do the following concern you? Portuguese

  26. How much do the following concern you? Spanish

  27. Combined Parent Survey Responses

  28. Parent Survey Comments What would improve your quality of life? Topping the list with 53 responses; increased available free or affordable informal places to take children under six for social, educational and recreational activities. Followed closely by 33 responses for access to quality affordable child care; including pre-school education, extended day care and after school programs. Time and money also figured prominently in comments, more time to spend as a family, more financial resources to support family life.

  29. Parent Survey Priorities What should we focus on? • Again topping the results was parent’s wish for more free informal and affordable community recreation for their families with young children (29), followed by need for quality affordable child care and early childhood education (17). • Community safety, especially shared community spaces such as parks was identified by 15 respondents. • Combined responses in regard to basic needs such as housing, transportation, employment and food and nutrition support were included in 14 responses. • Concerns about the quality of education (8), parent education (7) and knowledge of and coordination of services (7) followed in the number of times mentioned.

  30. Community Provider SurveyWho we engaged

  31. Do You Provide Early Childhood Services?

  32. Kinds of Early Childhood Services Provided

  33. Who’s Served Ages Served

  34. Program Funding Sources

  35. Are you able to serve all those eligible for your services?

  36. Number of Requests per Week for Services

  37. How do you manage those you are unable to serve?

  38. Early Childhood Services

  39. Early Childhood Services

  40. Early Childhood ServicesParent Survey

  41. Family Support

  42. Family Support

  43. Family Support- Parent

  44. Health

  45. Health

  46. Health- Parents

  47. Basic Needs

  48. Basic Needs

  49. Basic Needs Parent

  50. Safety Issues in families with children under six

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