2012-13 Annual Evaluation Report October 23, 2013

1. 2012-13 • Annual Evaluation Report • October 23, 2013 • Pr

2. Overview Overall Well-Being of Children in Santa Cruz County • A profile of Santa Cruz County’s youngest children • County trends in indicators of child and family well-being Profile of First 5 Participants Highlights of 2012-13 Results • Healthy Children • Strong Families • Children Learning and Ready for School Questions and Discussion

3. Overall Well-Being of Children in Santa Cruz County

4. Profile of Santa Cruz County’s Youngest Children • Santa Cruz County has a growing and diverse population of young children. English Language Proficiency of County Kindergarteners (2012-13) Ethnicity of County Children 0-5 (2013)

5. Countywide Trends: Employment Unemployment remains high, although rates have decreased slightly since last year.

6. Countywide Trends: Public Assistance Enrollment in public assistance programs remained steady or increased. * 2012 data

7. Countywide Trends: Public Health Insurance Enrollment in Medi-Cal increased while enrollment in Healthy Families and Healthy Kids decreased.

8. Countywide Trends: Prenatal Care & MediCal Births Not enough young mothers received early prenatal care. Most of the births to young mothers were paid for by MediCal. * 2012 data

9. Profile of First 5 Participants

10. Profile: Children Ages 0-5 Served First 5-supported programs are wide-reaching • 7,966 unique children served in FY 2012-13

11. Profile: Ethnicity, Language & Geography First 5’s funded programs consistently reach children who are Latino, live in Spanish-speaking households and live in South County

12. Profile: Risk Indicators vs Areas Served First 5 serves children in the highest risk zones of the county Distribution of Children Who Received Services (2012-13), by ZIP Code

13. Healthy Children

14. Healthy Children: Insurance Coverage Newly Enrolled Children in Publicly-Funded Health Insurance Programs 11,410 children ages 0-5 have gained access to public health insurance via the Health Care Outreach Coalition since 2004

15. Healthy Children: Newborn Enrollments Baby Gateway is connecting Santa Cruz County’s newborns to medical care

16. Healthy Children: Medical & Dental Homes Children (ages 2-6) enrolled in Healthy Kids have access to a Primary Care Practitioner Children (ages 3-6) enrolled in Healthy Kids are getting well-child checkups

17. Healthy Children: Medical & Dental Homes The majority of children ages 0-5 in the county have access to dental care

18. Healthy Children: Use of Preventive Services Percentage of Children (Ages 0-5) in the County Who Visited the Emergency Department in the Past Year More children ages 0-5 are receiving preventive medical and dental care, reducing their visits to the Emergency Department

19. Healthy Children: Developmental Milestones • 146 children served (2011-2013) • 54% Latino / 40% Caucasian The Dominican Interdisciplinary Child Development Program is providing coordinated, comprehensive care to meet the developmental and social/emotional needs of young children in foster care.

20. Healthy Children: Developmental Milestones • Percentage of Children in DICDP (Ages 0-5) With These Diagnoses and Services, at Intake (2011-2013) Young children in foster care are receiving early intervention, increasing the likelihood they will meet developmental milestones.

21. Strong Families

22. Strong Families: Child Abuse & Neglect Change in Families Together Participants’ Risk Levels Over Time (2007-13) * Although very few families had a “low risk” score at baseline, these families were omitted from these analyses so that only those who could demonstrate reduced risk on the tool remained in the analysis. Families Together participants are reducing their level of risk for child abuse and neglect

23. Strong Families: Parenting Practices • Families throughout Santa Cruz County are using the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program to strengthen parent-child relationships

24. Strong Families: Parenting Practices • Families receiving in-depth parenting assistance are making significant improvements in multiple domains. • This is particularly true for parents experiencing the highest levels of distress

25. Strong Families: Child Behaviors All behaviors were a problem Clinical Cut-off:>=15 No behaviors were a problem Triple P participants experience improvements in their children’s behaviors

26. Children Learning and Ready for School

27. Children Learning and Ready for School: Quality Early Learning Initiative

28. Children Learning and Ready for School: 3rd Grade Reading Scores Percentage of 3rd Grade Students in the County At / Above Grade Level In English/Language Arts Santa Cruz County’s 3rd grade reading scores remain lower than statewide scores Freedom Elementary has made tremendous improvements

29. Children Learning and Ready for School: SEEDS-Trained Educators First 5 has trained over 500 Early Childhood Educators and Reading Corps Tutors in SEEDS

30. Children Learning and Ready for School: Quality in Classrooms Preschool Classrooms of SEEDS-Trained Early Childhood Educators: Key Language and Literacy Supports (2007-2013) The quality of support for language and literacy increases when early childhood educators are trained in SEEDS

31. Children Learning and Ready for School:Pre-Literacy Skills Percentage of Children At/Above Targets for Later Reading Success (2012-13) Children in SEEDS-Plus trained classrooms increase their skills in key predictors of later reading success

32. Children Learning and Ready for School: Santa Cruz Reading Corps Percentage of “Tutored” Children At or Above Targets for Later Reading Success – English Assessments (2012-2013) Primarily English-Speaking Children Children in Reading Corps classrooms increase their pre-literacy skills when they receive tailored support

33. Questions?