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AN OVERVIEW

Healthy & Ready to Learn by Age 5. AN OVERVIEW. What is ECP?.

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AN OVERVIEW

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  1. Healthy & Ready to Learn by Age 5 AN OVERVIEW

  2. What is ECP? The Early Childhood Partners initiative is CT’s name for MCHB’s “State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems” (SECCS) plan to create a comprehensive, integrated service system that incorporates comprehensivehealth services, early care & education, & family support & parent education to get children healthy and ready to learn by age five.

  3. How did CT begin? • DPH was awarded grant & convened meeting of 8 State agencies in 2003 to determine what services, programs & funding existed • 47 programs & initiatives were scanned • $486 million in State & Federal investment (now over $540 million) • Added communities & families to mix

  4. State Agencies Involved in ECP • Public Health • Social Services • Children & Families • Developmental Services (formerly DMR) • Department of Education • Mental Health & Addiction Services • Policy & Management • Commission on Children

  5. Integrated System Barriers • Mechanisms for coordinating or integrating functions were fragmented • Family support & parenting ed programs operated under different visions • EC services primarily organized around funding streams/program eligibility/# of slots rather than needs of child & family • Funding for EC services fragmented & inadequate…siloed

  6. The ECP Strategic Plan • Created by ECP Steering Committee • 14 months to complete • Provides plan for comprehensive, integrated services bridging 3 domains: • Comprehensive Health Services • Early Care & Education • Family Support & Parent Education • Provides common outcomes across siloed programs

  7. ECP & Friends • Governor Rell • Ct State Legislature • ECP Steering Committee • Early Childhood Education Cabinet and subcommittees/workgroups • Research & Policy Council

  8. Role of Steering Committee • Review & approve ECP Implementation Plan • Refine common child & system performance outcomes across EC services • Identify new opportunities for coordination or integration of EC services • Provide oversight & guidance for implementation

  9. Role of the Cabinet(www.ecpolicycouncil.org/cabinet) • Created by State Legislature in 2005 • Advise SDE Commissioner on school readiness • Conduct evaluation of school readiness • Develop budget requests for EC programs • Promote consistency of quality & comprehensiveness of EC services

  10. Research & Policy Council(www.ecpolicycouncil.org) • Created by Executive Order of Governor Rell • Comprised of over 30 representatives spanning the fields of business, education, charities & government • Council will reinforce the State’s drive to become national model for early childhood education

  11. ECP Implementation Plan • Original plan had 28 goals; related objectives • Revised plan has 4 goals: • Expand # of pediatric practices providing MHs • Increase number of parents/providers trained as partners & participating in communities as advocates • Enhance health/mental health/education consultant network for families & childcare providers • Increase coordination & information exchange among state agencies & organizations that address EC services

  12. Goal 1: Medical Homes • Objective 1: To develop & maintain provider network of at least five new medical homes/year • Medical Home Advisory Council • CHDI & Family Support Network • CT Medical Home Initiative for CYSHCN (5 area community-based organizations) • CYSHCN Program

  13. Goal 2: Parent Advocate Training • Objective 1: 100 parents will be trained through PLTI programs funded by Parent Trust Act • Objective 2: Ages & Stages Training will be provided to pediatric care practitioners to help parents ID developmental delays in their children • Objective 3: ID & recruit family readers to provide input on ECP Implementation Plan

  14. Goal 3: Support Child CareHealth Consultation • Objective 1: Provide Child Care Health Consultant training to at least 20 consultants a year • CNA previously conducted 3-4 trainings in CT annually • Scheduled 5 in 2007 • Measure added to MCHBG • Provide access to CIRTS thru parental forms

  15. Goal 4: Coordinate Information • Objective 1: Develop, launch & maintain ECP website (www.ecpartners.org) • Objective 2: DPH will participate on Early Childhood Education Cabinet & subcommittees (CCHCs, Data, Communications, First Words First Steps Infant-Toddler Early Readiness, etc.) • Objective 3: ECP Steering Committee was expanded & met quarterly

  16. ECP: Next Steps • HRSA recommends objectives remain attainable & measurable • Much of Steering Committee’s work has been adopted by Cabinet • Cabinet has extended invitation for select Steering Committee members to serve on its implementation teams • Ready by 5 & Fine by 9: Cabinet support

  17. Healthy & Ready to Learn by Age Five

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