Successful Start

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Successful Start Rhode Islands Early Childhood
Systems Initiative Partnership Retreat December
2006
Rhode Island Department of Health
www.health.ri.gov
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Systems Building

• Fill gaps in services
• Coordinate programs
• Develop effective policies
• Maximize resources
• Reduce inefficiencies
• Build capacity for quality

Improved Outcomes for Children Families
through A More Effective Early Childhood System
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VISION To create a comprehensive and coordinated
early childhood system that supports families and
communities in promoting positive early childhood
development so that all children enter school
healthy and ready to learn.
MISSION Successful Start partners will use Rhode
Islands Early Childhood Systems Plan to ensure
that all young children reach their full
potential through a system of services that
promotes healthy social-emotional development,
quality early care and education, coordinated
medical homes, and effective parent education and
family support services.
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Guiding Principles RHODE ISLANDS EARLY
CHILDHOOD SYSTEM

• Recognizes parents and families as a childs
  first teacher and most important support system.
• Supports all families, while still addressing the
  needs of children and families at high risk.
• Provides services that are individualized to meet
  child and family needs and build on family
  strengths.
• Ensures access through multiple points of entry.
• Integrates prevention, early intervention and
  early and complete response.

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Guiding Principles RHODE ISLANDS EARLY
CHILDHOOD SYSTEM

• Invests in high-quality, evidence-based practice
  and programs.
• Promotes cultural and linguistic competence.
• Involves parents in the design, delivery and
  evaluation of services.
• Maximizes resources and reduces inefficiencies.
• Includes target outcomes for children, families
  and systems and tracks progress over time.

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Continuum of Services Supports
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Critical Components of Early Childhood Systems
PARENT EDUCATION FAMILY SUPPORT EARLY CARE
EDUCATION MEDICAL HOMES SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
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Progress Report CROSS-SECTOR GOALS
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GOAL 1 Public Political Will for Accessible
Effective Early Childhood Services

• Continue to engage diverse partners through the
  Successful Start Partnership and related forums
• Work with RI KIDS COUNT to engage key
  stakeholders - including political, government,
  business, and community leaders - in implementing
  the goals of the Successful Start plan

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GOAL 2
A Streamlined Coordinated Early Childhood System

• State-level
• Executive Office of Health Human Services/
  Successful Start Interagency Early Childhood
  Systems Project
• Successful Start Steering Committee Management
  Team
• Community-level
• Watch Me Grow RI Relationship-Building

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GOAL 3 Information, Services Supports Are
Universally Available to All Families

• Strengthening Families Rhode Island
• Mental health consultation to child care
• Parenting workshops

CHALLENGE Prenatal Outreach Education
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GOAL 4
Developmental Screening Effective Intervention
Services

• Watch Me Grow Rhode Island
• Autism Act Advisory Board
• Child Outreach screening

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GOAL 5
Intensive Comprehensive Services for Children
Families At Risk

• Implementation of CAPTA provisions for
  birth-three year olds
• Childrens Cabinet Child Data Sharing initiative

CHALLENGE Capacity of Intensive Services
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GOAL 6
Quality Services, Standards Performance Measures

• Rhode Island Child Care Quality Rating System
• Child Care Health Consultant MCH Regional
  Performance Measure

CHALLENGE Applying Lessons Learned
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PARENT EDUCATION FAMILY SUPPORT
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GOAL 7
Community-Based Parenting Family Support
Programs

• Parent Consultant Model of Peer-to-Peer Support

CHALLENGE Parenting Family Support Alliance
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EARLY CARE EDUCATION
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GOAL 8
Training Higher Education on Key Early
Childhood Issues

• TEACH scholarship program
• Development behavioral health training (AHEC)
• Strengthening Families Protective Factors
• QRS

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GOAL 9
All Children with Challenging Behaviors Special
Needs Have Access to Quality Early Care
Education

• Health mental health consultation to child care
• Kids Connect

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MEDICAL HOMES
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GOAL 10
Practices Incorporate the Medical Home Core
Components

• Pediatric Practice Enhancement Project expansion
• Watch Me Grow RI
• Provider training technical assistance

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SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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GOAL 11
Providers Supporting Healthy Social-Emotional
Development

• Mental health consultation to child care
• Positive Educational Partnership (PEP) Project
• Interdisciplinary professional development
• Child maternal mental health screening

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Plan for the Coming Year Beyond

• Continue to set high expectations
• Advance items already making progress
• Policy/systems work with EOHHS Childrens
  Cabinet
• Community support community action
• Keep your eye on the elephant

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With Many Thanks to the
Successful Start Steering Committee

• Lee Baker
• Leanne Barrett
• Joyce Butler
• Kristine Campagna
• Terese Curtin
• Teri Deboise
• Linda DiPalma
• Patricia Flanagan

Deb Garneau Bill Hollinshead Jackie
Jackson Sharon Kernan Khadija Lewis Khan Reeva
Murphy Michele Palermo Ken Pariseau
Mia Patriarca O'Flaherty Larry Pucciarelli Ron
Seifer Susan Stevenson Catherine Walsh Dawn
Wardyga Vivian G. Weisman Elizabeth
Wheeler Kelly Wishart
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Successful StartRhode Islands Early Childhood
Systems Initiative

• Blythe Berger
• Principal Investigator
• 401.222.5949
• Blythe.Berger_at_health.ri.gov
• Tammy Camillo
• Project Director
• 401.222.4354
• Tammy.Camillo_at_health.ri.gov
• www.health.ri.gov