Early Childhood and Family Investment Transition Report
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Early Learning Council
BEND, OREGON
SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2012
Early Learning Council Members
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Pam Curtis, Chair, Deputy Director, Center for Evidence-based Policy, Oregon Health & Sciences University
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Bobbie Weber, Research Associate, Family Policy Program, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University
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Janet Dougherty-Smith, Former Director, Early Childhood Services for Clackamas County Education Service District
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Norm Smith, President, Ford Family Foundation
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Dick Alexander, Chairman of Capital Pacific Bank and Board member of the Children's Institute
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Marlene Yesquen, Attorney, Medford's Black Chapman Webber and Stevens, Medford School District Board Member
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Teri Thalhofer, RN, Director, North Central Public Health
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Jim Tierney, Executive Director, Community Action Team
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Harriet Adair, Regional Administrator, Portland Public Schools
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Dana Hargunani, Child Health Director, Oregon Health Authority
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Lynne Saxton, Executive Director, Christie Care-Youth Villages of Oregon
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Kara Waddell, Administrator, Oregon Child Care Division
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Dell Ford, Oregon Head Start Collaboration Director
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Eva Rippeteau, Political Coordinator, Oregon AFSCME
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Vikki Bishop, Early Childhood Education Program Manager, Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde
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Kim Williams, Director of North Central ESD Early Education
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Nancy Latini, Deputy Superintendent, Oregon Department of Education
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Charles McGee, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Black Parent Initiative
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Dick Withnell, Founder, Withnell Auto
ELC Charge
1.
Ensure all Children are:
Ready for Kindergarten
Ready to Read in 1st Grade
Reading at Grade-level by end of 1st Grade
2. Integrate and coordinate resources and efforts
In Oregon
45,000 children born each year
270,000 ages 0-5
40% at risk
Low income
Children of color
Families accessing state assistance programs
$350+ million per year
In Oregon
Complex education, health and support system
More than 2 dozen state-sponsored programs
28,000 non-profit organizations
Eight state-level coordinating bodies
Local governance structures
Uncoordinated and disconnected
Difficult to navigate
Lack of outcome accountability
In Oregon
Underperforming early identification efforts
Example: 40% of children in foster care on TANF for 2+
months
Unacceptable results
36% of children in poverty (30% nationally)
34th in child health system performance
40%+ not ready for school
Bottom quartile of US for reading proficiency after 3rd grade
High rates of non-completion
The Future: Back to the Vision
Oregon’s Early Learning System
Early identification & risk assessment
2. All children have early learning opportunities
3. Coordinated & integrated support
1.
Use of Family Resource Management
Consistent regional approach
4. Outcome focus
Service contracts
Kindergarten readiness assessment
5. Integrated data system
Oregon’s Early Learning System
6. Consolidate governance structures
7. Parental access and transparency
TQRIS
8. Trained and supported workforce
9. Global Children’s Budget
Local Implementation through Community
Based Coordinators of Early Learning Services
Communities will submit an application that
demonstrate how they will achieve the outcomes:
Ensure all Children are:
Ready for Kindergarten
Ready to Read in 1st Grade
Reading at Grade-level by end of 1st Grade
Pam Curtis
ELC Chair
[email protected]
503-494-3264
Jada Rupley
Early Learning Systems
Director
[email protected]
503-373-0071
Duke Shepard
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503-373-1558
Heidi McGowan
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541-929-7501
Christi Peeples
[email protected]
503-378-6768