Partnerships, Alliances, and Coordination Techniques

1. Partnerships, Alliances, and Coordination Techniques Where’s the Money?: Financing and Partnerships: Sessions I and II NECTAC Inclusion Institute July 23, 2008 Facilitated by: The National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) NCCIC Is a Service of the Child Care Bureau

2. Facilitators Abby Cohen,NCCICtechnical assistance (TA) specialist for Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Region IX Susan Rohrbough, NCCIC TA specialist for ACF Region V

3. Participants will be able to … Understand basic steps of planning financing strategies for successful partnerships Identify and analyze present funding opportunities Understand and apply successful financing and collaborative leadership strategies Session Objectives

4. Today’s Agenda Welcome and introductions Overview of session I and II content Financing strategies for successful partnerships Examining funding opportunities Applying collaborative leadership principles in financing efforts Interactive activities and exercises Gain familiarity with basic steps to financing Learn more about collaborative leadership and financing strategies

5. PACT • Partnerships, Alliances, and Coordination Techniques (PACT) is an initiative of NCCIC, a service of the Child Care Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • PACT gives State, Territory, and Tribal policymakers—particularly Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators and their partners—the resources they need to build more comprehensive and collaborative early care and school-age programs for serving children and families

6. PACT Materials • PACT Collaborative Leadership Strategies: A Guide for Child Care Administrators and Their Partners • Web-based guide contains an introduction and six training modules: • Fundamentals of Collaborative Leadership • Creating, Implementing, and Sustaining Partnerships • Communication Strategies • Management and Facilitation Strategies for Successful Partnerships • Financing Partnerships • Building Capacity to Evaluate Partnership Initiatives

7. Financing and Partnerships Why discuss these two topics? What are the benefits of exploring these two topics together? What do you see as challenges?

8. Collaborative Leadership Collaborative leadership is developed by a group that is partnering to solve identified issues. Leaders of the group use supportive and inclusive methods to ensure that those they represent are part of the change process. Discussing financing provides an opportunity to share strategies, tools, and resources to increase collaborative leadership capacity. Reference: Collaborative Leadership. (2004h). Collaborative leadership: Fundamental concepts: Facilitator’s guide. Retrieved March 14, 2008, from www.collaborativeleadership.org/pages/curriculum/manual_sections/Cl_fundamental_concepts_manual_facilitators_guide.pdf

9. Collaboration Pyramid Collaboration Communication Coordination Cooperation Note: Different authors use the terms “cooperation” and “coordination” interchangeably. This diagram follows the work of Sharon Lynn Kagan in defining the least intense level as cooperation. Used with permission. PACT 15

10. Collaboration Framework II Reference: Collaborative Leadership. (2004h). Collaborative leadership: Fundamental concepts: Facilitator’s guide. Retrieved March 14, 2008, from www.collaborativeleadership.org/pages/curriculum/manual_sections/Cl_fundamental_concepts_manual_facilitators_guide.pdf

11. Partnership New levels of service achieved; agreements are established Coordination Independent agencies formally working together on some common goals Cooperation Independent agencies building relationships and sharing information informally Communication Independent agencies exchanging information—networking Collaboration Framework III Adapted from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and Great Lakes Resource Access Project

12. Financing and Partnerships Why discuss these two topics? What are the benefits of exploring these two topics together? What do you see as challenges?

13. 1. Understand Basic Steps to Planning Financing Strategies Determine the goals Define what needs financing Define benchmarks and measurements Determine the cost

14. Sample Vision Statements All caregivers will have the tools and supports they need to provide high-quality, inclusive child care and provide the development opportunities children with disabilities and their families need to succeed in school and life. Low-income working families will have access to high-quality infant and toddler child care.

15. Sample Benchmarks • Shorter-term benchmarks • Provide 120 hours of training to family, friend, and neighbor caregivers in the county • Provide books and resources to support training of family, friend, and neighbor caregivers • Longer-term benchmarks • 40 percent of family, friend, and neighbor caregivers will start training within the year • All families in the county will have access to trained family, friend, and neighbor caregivers

16. Cost Projections Create a cost model … • Identify the cost factors • Salaries, supplies • Identify the cost influences • Duration • Identify baseline estimates

17. Budget Model • Is based on a program model • Prekindergarten contracting with child care • Head Start partnering with child care subsidy programs • Indicates various programs’ contribution and variables • Framework for fiscal budgeting

18. Cost Allocation • Is an organized way to identify the cost shared across organizations, grants, or contracts • Shows prorated cost across several programs • Provides a mechanism for equitable distribution of shared cost

19. 2. Identify and Analyze Present Funding Identify existing funding and regulations Analyze present spending Identify gaps and unnecessary or duplicative spending Use existing data or gather data Identify experts on funding streams

20. 3. Become Familiar With Successful Financing Strategies Make better use of existing resources Maximize public revenue/Federal revenue Generate or create new revenue Allocate public revenue in new ways Expand private-sector finance Enlist public-private partnerships Build new partnerships Create more flexibility in existing funding streams

21. Reflections I learned … I relearned … I will apply … I would like to know more about … I am surprised by …

22. Thank you! PACT is an initiative of NCCIC, a service of the Child Care Bureau Facilitated by the National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center 10530 Rosehaven Street, Suite 400●Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 800-616-2242● Fax: 800-716-2242●TTY: 800-516-2242 Email: info@nccic.org●Web: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov

23. Partnerships, Alliances, and Coordination Techniques Where’s the Money?: Financing and Partnerships: Sessions I and II NECTAC Inclusion Institute July 23, 2008 Facilitated by: The National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) NCCIC Is a Service of the Child Care Bureau

24. Facilitators Abby Cohen,NCCICtechnical assistance (TA) specialist for Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Region IX Susan Rohrbough, NCCIC TA specialist for ACF Region V

25. Participants will be able to … Understand basic steps of planning financing strategies for successful partnerships Identify and analyze present funding opportunities Understand and apply successful financing and collaborative leadership strategies Session Objectives

26. Today’s Agenda Welcome and introductions Overview of session I and II content Financing strategies for successful partnerships Examining funding opportunities Applying collaborative leadership principles in financing efforts Interactive activities and exercises Gain familiarity with basic steps to financing Learn more about collaborative leadership and financing strategies

27. PACT Materials • PACT Collaborative Leadership Strategies: A Guide for Child Care Administrators and Their Partners • Web-based guide contains an introduction and six training modules: • Fundamentals of Collaborative Leadership • Creating, Implementing, and Sustaining Partnerships • Communication Strategies • Management and Facilitation Strategies for Successful Partnerships • Financing Partnerships • Building Capacity to Evaluate Partnership Initiatives

28. PACT • Partnerships, Alliances, and Coordination Techniques (PACT) is an initiative of NCCIC, a service of the Child Care Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • PACT gives State, Territory, and Tribal policymakers—particularly Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Administrators and their partners—the resources they need to build more comprehensive and collaborative early care and school-age programs for serving children and families

29. 2. Identify and Analyze Present Funding Identify existing funding and regulations Analyze present spending Identify gaps and unnecessary or duplicative spending Use existing data or gather data Identify experts on funding streams

30. What categories of spending/funding will be included in the analysis? Who are the experts on the budget/fund source? Under whose authority is the budget being considered? What is the funding source? What is the timeframe? Are there specific outcome measures associated with the funding source? Is the funding source an appropriate use for the project? Are there duplications? Are there opportunities to maximize or leverage funds? Questions to Consider

31. Analyze Present Funding, Example 1 Johnson, K. (2006). Developing fiscal analyses and children’s budgets to support ECCS and children. p. 3.Retrieved February 8, 2008, from www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_677.pdf

32. Analyze Present Funding, Example 2 Johnson, K. (2006). Developing fiscal analyses and children’s budgets to support ECCS and children. p. 3.Retrieved February 8, 2008, from www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_677.pdf

33. Analyze Present Funding, Example 3a Johnson, K. (2006). Developing fiscal analyses and children’s budgets to support ECCS and children. p. 3.Retrieved February 8, 2008, from www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_677.pdf

34. Analyze Present Funding, Example 3b Johnson, K. (2006). Developing fiscal analyses and children’s budgets to support ECCS and children. p. 4.Retrieved February 8, 2008, from www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_677.pdf

35. Consider All Possible Funding Streams Federal funding State funding and investments Local government funding and investments Public-private partnership funding

36. 21st Century Community Learning Centers Child and Adult Care Food Program CCDF Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Children’s Health Insurance Program Early Reading First Even Start Head Start Early Head Start Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part C and Part B Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Social Services Block Grant Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Title I Women, Infants, and Children Workforce Development Federal Funding Streams

37. State child care tax credits State department of education State early childhood education investments State-funded prekindergarten State juvenile justice program State match to CCDF State workforce development boards TANF transfers TANF direct State Funding Streams

38. Local Funding Streams Examples: • Local tax for early childhood education • United Way • City and county general revenues • Foundation affinity groups

39. Public-Private Partnerships Employers Private philanthropy State incentives for local partnerships

40. 3. Become Familiar With Successful Financing Strategies Make better use of existing resources Maximize public revenue/Federal revenue Generate or create new revenue Allocate public revenue in new ways Expand private-sector finance Enlist public-private partnerships Build new partnerships Create more flexibility in existing funding streams

41. Review Successful Finance Strategies and Models • Higher education model • Financial aid need analysis • Financial aid packaging and administration • Use of diverse forms of financial aid • Use of diverse sources of revenue • Approaches to institutional support and pricing • Housing model • Low-income housing tax credit • Home mortgage tax deduction

42. Planning Assistance/Resources • Projects with Federal funding • Afterschool Investment Project • NCCIC, PACT • State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems grants • National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center • Additional resources • The Alliance for Early Childhood Finance • The Build Initiative • Linking Economic Development and Child Care • Policy Matters • Smart Start’s National Technical Assistance Center • Strengthening Families

43. State Models Louisiana – Created a children’s budget to support early childhood education priority areas Kansas – Used an economic impact study to support a finance strategy for early childhood education

44. Local Models Seattle, WA – Used several approaches to fund an increase in quality and quantity of early learning activities Aspen, CO – Used a taxing strategy to provide increased funding for child care

45. Finalize the Deal–Create Your Own Strategy Agree on approach Make clear in writing the approach and commitment from partners Create infrastructure Plan for maintaining strategy and sustaining effort Plan for evaluation of strategy

46. Reflections I learned … I relearned … I will apply … I would like to know more about … I am surprised by …

47. Thank you! PACT is an initiative of NCCIC, a service of the Child Care Bureau Facilitated by the National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center 10530 Rosehaven Street, Suite 400●Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 800-616-2242● Fax: 800-716-2242●TTY: 800-516-2242 Email: info@nccic.org●Web: http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov