Partnerships

1. Partnerships Presented by, Karen Gorton Clackamas County Early Learning Committee Carol Middleton Director of School Improvement Services, P-21 Clackamas Education Service District League of Women Voters, November 2, 2013 Clackamas County Early Learning HUB Collaborative

2. Clackamas County Early Learning Collaborative Our Shared Goals • Children Ready for Kindergarten • Children Raised in Stable, Attached Families • Integrated, Aligned System of Family Services

3. Sampling of Our Partnerships… • Children prenatal through 6 years of age • Families, Parents, Caregivers, Grandparents, Foster Parents • Early Learning - Pre-Kindergarten Service Providers Head Start, Child Care Providers, Preschools, Early Intervention, Healthy Families • K-12 Education - School Districts, P-12 Federal/State Grant Programs and Parent Groups, Teachers, Principals, School Improvement Leaders, Superintendents • Health Providers - Community Health, Health Share of Oregon, Family Care Inc., Pediatricians • Social Service/Human Service Providers (Department of Human Services-Child Welfare/Self Sufficiency, Housing Authority, Food Banks • Business Community

4. Our Collaborative Partnership will… • Focus on Early Identification & Risk Assessment • No Wrong Door Coordination & Integration of Services • Identify Common Performance Based Outcomes • Integrate and/or Coordinate Data Systems • Streamline Governance Structures • Improve Parental Access and Participation • Train and Support Early Learning Work Force

5. Clackamas County Early Learning System Coordination, Development, and Integration Advisory Committee for the Clackamas Early Learning Collaborative (ACCEL) Clackamas County Early Childhood Committee Our Charge Early Learning Systems Planning and Development Coordination and Integration of Early Childhood Services Membership Representation Early Childhood, Health, Behavioral Health & Addictions, Social Services, Education, Parent Education, Community College, Early Intervention, (Non-profits, government and public agencies, etc.) Parent Education Home Visiting Early Childhood Mental Health Healthy Families Kindergarten Transition Early Intervention Child Care Family Resource Coordination Other Standing or Ad Hoc Committees As Needed Clackamas County Early Learning System Service Delivery & Program Accountability Local Early Learning Collaborative Based on local catchment area agreements Local Early Learning Collaborative Based on local catchment area agreements Local Early Learning Collaborative Based on local catchment area agreements Local Early Learning Collaborative Based on local catchment area agreements Local Early Learning Collaborative Based on local catchment area agreements Local Early Learning Collaborative Based on local catchment area agreements FAMILY RESOURCE COORDINATION

6. Advisory Committee Clackamas Early Learning Collaborative ACCEL Purpose Design the Clackamas Early Learning Hub. Advise on policy. Resource and design system priorities to create a high quality early childhood learning system that integrates and coordinates resources to ensure all children are ready for kindergarten, ready to read in 1st grade, and reading at grade-level by end of the 3rd grade.

7. ACCEL Advisory Committee Clackamas Early Learning Collaborative Sampling of Membership Representation • Clackamas County Education Service District • Clackamas County Health, Housing & Human Services-Behavioral Health Division, Public Health, Children Youth & Families Divisions • Clackamas County Libraries, Clackamas County Corrections • Community and Parent Representatives • Coordinated Care Organizations-Health Share of Oregon • Head Starts - Clackamas County Children’s Commission, Oregon Child Development Coalition, CESD OPK • Non-Profits - Youth Villages, Family Stepping Stones • Oregon Department of Human Services • Canby, Gladstone, North Clackamas School Districts • Workforce Investment of Clackamas County

8. CCEC Committee and Work GroupsSample of Representation, Over 150 contacts • Clackamas County Education Service District (Early Intervention/ECSE, Child Care Resource & Referral • Clackamas Community College • Clackamas County Health, Housing & Human Services-Behavioral Health Division, Children Youth & Families, Housing Authority, Public Health Divisions • Clackamas County Libraries • Clackamas County-Corrections • Community Representatives • Coordinated Care Organizations-Health Share of Oregon, Family Care, Inc. • Head Starts - Clackamas County Children’s Commission, Oregon Child Development Coalition, Oregon Pre-Kindergarten • Non-Profits - Family Stepping Stones, Northwest Family Services, Metropolitan Family Services, Todos Juntos, Morrison Family Services, Albertina Kerr • Oregon Department of Human Services • Parent Representatives • School Districts-Estacada, Gladstone, N. Clackamas, Oregon Trails, Oregon City

9. CCECC and Work Groups Highlights Family Resource Coordination, Navigation Pilot Sites • SPRF Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families • Coordinating DHS Family Navigator Project • Resource Coordination sites – Gladstone Early Learning Center, Sandy Grade School, Oregon Trail, Lot Whitcomb School, NC-12 Local Access – Navigation Tools • Baby Link - Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Coordination, Screening and Referrals • FESN - Family Education Support Network Website Parenting Calendar, Family Support Resources, Linkages to Pertinent Websites • HINT - Hispanic Interagency Networking Team Website Latino-Hispanic Focused Family Support Resources • 211 MOU - Information, Resources, Family Warm Line

10. CCECC and Work Groups Highlights cont… Early Childhood Positive Social Emotional Framework Implementation of strategic plan for the establishment of early childhood positive social emotional framework using the early childhood Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports philosophy Parent Education - Family Support Programming • Identify, develop, and/or promote early childhood parent education programming and support linked with the Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative Hubs • Identify, develop and support collaborative early childhood and school district efforts to integrate services for families including initiatives such as the Oregon Community Foundation’s P-3 grants with Estacada, Gladstone, Oregon Trail and North Clackamas School Districts

11. CCECC and Work Groups Highlights cont… Equity for families being served in the EL Hub System Identify, coordinate, integrate local program, county, and state equity initiatives Oregon Education Investment Board, Early Learning Council, local Child Care Offices, and H3S among others Home Visiting Coordination • Identify, establish, implement coordinated efforts to ensure collaborative, non-duplicative services between Health, Healthy Families, Head Start, Early Intervention, and other home visiting support programs • Pilot Public Health ASQ screening home visiting project • Establish, implement common tools/mechanisms that allow integration of services between providers that allow for family service continuity while avoiding duplication of services.

12. CCECC and Work Groups Highlights cont… Kindergarten Readiness and Transition • Develop strategies to educate parents, early childhood providers, public school staff, etc. in programming that supports kindergarten readiness • Identify and/or develop literacy strategies that support a coordinated effort countywide through partnerships with libraries, early learning providers, schools, health providers, businesses, etc. • Identify and/or develop, coordinate and support kindergarten programming through strategies focused on play and learn groups, Ready, Set, Go, Jump Start, among others

13. CCEC Clackamas County Early Childhood Committee and Work Groups Our Charge • Early Learning Systems Planning and Development • Coordination and Integration of Early Childhood Services

14. Goals to Reality – Sustainability Optimize and Leverage Collaborative Partnerships • Relationships • Responsibilities • Expertise • Agreements • Learning • Outcomes HUB Size • Large enough to use resources effectively to meet our goals and positively impact children and families • Small enough to sustain cohesive, intact partnerships, provide regular, well oiled communications, immediacy of services, pyramid of interventions, and inclusive, equitable services

15. Partnerships… When we share our expertise, learn together, and build consensus, shared aspirational goals become reality. - Middleton, 2013 Thank you!

16. Clackamas County Early Childhood Committee Clackamas County Early Learning Collaborative Hub To be added to our email lists, contact Karen Gorton KGorton@co.clackamas.or.us