Transcript Early Childhood Programs Supported by ITC

Early Childhood
Programs Supported by
ITCM
Resources and support for
tribal/American Indian
communities in developing a
comprehensive, integrated, high
quality service system
Support for Work at Different Levels
I. Policy,
Government,
Community
Support,
Economy,
Opportunity
•Honoring Our Children
•PRIME
•FIMR
•SAMHSA Eval Support
•CDC REACH – Breastfeeding
Work Place Policy Tool Kit
II.Services
•PREP
•Healthy Start
•Teen Pregnancy
•Tribal Home Visiting
•Head Start
Programs working at
Families
Multiple
Levels
& Social
Networks
Anishinaabe
Children
System which addresses wellbeing across the Continuum:
Primary
prevention &
preconception
health
(PREP Grant)
Prenatal and Infant
Well-being
(Healthy Start &
Teen Pregnancy
Grants)
Thriving
Anishinaabe
Children
Optimum Early
Childhood:
Parenting skills &
support for
development
(Tribal Home
Visiting, Head
Start)
ITC programs Fit into the bigger system
Tribal Child
Care
Centers
Healthy Start &
Teen Pregnancy
Services:
(Pregnancy-Age 2)
Health, Family
Bonding
Primary
Prevention: Tribal
PREP –
strengthening
future parents
Community
Engagement:
Honoring Our
Children Kellogg
Planning Initiative
Healthy,
Happy,
Successful
Native
Children
Tribal Home
Visiting
Project
Child Protection
Services:
Parenting, Abuse
Prevention
Early Education
Services: Early
Head Start, Head
Start, Early
Learning
Comprehensive Service System Across
the continuum of Early Childhood
• High quality, effective
• Easy to access and relevant to participants
• Community directed and community-driven
• Maximum system integration – linked/shared intake,
referral, data systems, assessment and curricula – to
make the most of resources and to be seamless for
families
• Sustainable
Video
http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/multimedia/videos/theory_of_change/
http://vimeo.com/59185115
Community Readiness
to Address Early
Childhood
How can we move into more action?
Community Readiness
Results
• Based on key informant interviews in 7 communities,
OVERALL COMMUNITY READINESS SCORE=
4.6 (Range among sites: 3.6 – 5.5). AS a whole, we
are between Stage 4 and 5:
• Stage 4 Preplanning: Scoring in this stage indicates that
there is clear recognition that something must be done
and there may even be a group addressing it. However,
efforts are not yet focused or detailed to address the
wellbeing of Native American infants and children.
• Stage 5 Preparation: Active leaders begin planning in
earnest. The community offers modest interest in
efforts
What would it take?
• For everyone to view having access to a support system
and quality early childhood programs as equally
important as going to high school? No one would accept a
“waiting list for high school”
• For everyone to embrace that parenting skills and parentchild interaction which supports healthy development
(social, spiritual, emotional & cognitive) is as
fundamental as keeping children fed, clean and safe?
• For this awareness to translate into widespread support
and real change? What will move people to say “We’ve
got to do this”
Consider Other Significant
Community movements:
• Development of Tribal Health Centers, Elder & Cultural
Centers
• Founding of Tribal colleges and schools
• Availability and quality of Tribal Housing
• Establishment of Head Start and Healthy Start 15+ years
• Establishment of protections for AI children under ICWA
• Federal reaffirmation of 6 tribes since 1994
Think about the levels at which people took action to make
all this happen: Who was involved? How did they do it?
What can YOU do to further Early Childhood?