Hawaiis Early Childhood Comprehensive System ECCS Maximizing Leadership Commitment for Hawaiis Early

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Hawaiis Early Childhood Comprehensive
System(ECCS)Maximizing Leadership Commitment
for Hawaiis Early Childhood System

• State of Hawaii Department of Health
• Early Childhood Networking Meeting
• September 26, 2006
• Reston, VA

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Hawaiis ECCS Vision

• All of Hawaii's children will be safe, healthy,
  and ready to succeed.

(State Legislature, House Concurrent Resolution
No. 38, 1998)
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Hawaiis ECCS Mission

• To promote the optimal health, development, and
  well being of Hawaiis young children and their
  families through supporting enhanced
  collaboration, improved integration, and the
  provision of culturally responsive services for
  all island communities.
• (approved by ECCS Strategic Management Team,
  Sept. 2, 2004)

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Hawaiis ECCS Goal

• To develop a comprehensive early childhood system
  that builds upon existing private and public
  partnerships to ensure that families and
  communities support childrens (0-8) physical,
  social-emotional, and learning environment.

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Objectives

• Create a shared vision that supports the
  development of a comprehensive early childhood
  master plan for the State of Hawaii.
• Adopt strategies that will strengthen existing
  efforts to address gaps in services and improve
  the integration of health, safety, and education
  efforts.
• Adopt a set of defined outcomes to measure
  improvement in the 5 priority areas.

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Question How does ECCS carry out our vision?

• Answer
• By maximizing leadership opportunities to
  promote our agenda for early childhood through
• our ECCS organizational structure
• capitalizing on Statewide initiatives
• working together with both our Governors Office
  and State Legislatures efforts and
• being responsive to community input, needs, and
  concerns.

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ECCS Organizational Structure
COMMUNITY
Service Integration Policy
Strategic Management Team (SMT)
Inter Departmental Council (IDC)
Data Evaluation
Public Awareness
Inter-Professional Development
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Interdepartmental Council (IDC)

• Governors cabinet-level state officials from
  departments that oversee children's issues to
  improve outcomes for young children.

IDC Members Linda Smith, Office of the Governor,
Chair Nelson Befitel, Dept. of Labor and
Industrial Relations Chiyome Leinaala Fukino,
Department of Health Patricia Hamamoto,
Department of Education Lillian Koller, Dept. of
Human Services Ted Liu, Dept. of Business,
Economic Development and Tourism Dee Jay Mailer,
Kamehameha Schools representing Philanthropy
Designee, Hawaii Business Roundtable
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Strategic Management Team (SMT)
Dorothy Chen, Parent Representative,
Co-chair Loretta Fuddy, Family Health Services
Division, Dept. of Health, Co-chair Sue Berg,
Senator Suzanne Chun Oaklands Office Mark
Chandler, Housing and Urban Development Elisabeth
Chun, Good Beginnings Alliance Patricia Heu,
Children with Special Health Needs Branch, Dept.
of Health Momi Kamau, Maternal Child Health
Branch, Dept. of Health Garry Kemp, Benefits
Employment Support Services Division, Dept. of
Human Services Mae Kyono, University of Hawaii,
Department of Pediatrics Coreen Lee, PATCH
Hawaii Teresa Makuakane-Drechsel, Kamehameha
Schools Nani Medeiros, Office of the
Governor Sandra Miyoshi, Housing Community
Development Corporation Hawaii Katherine Murphy,
Hawaii Assn for Education of Young
Children Ruthann Quitiquit, Blueprint for
Change Jacqueline Rose, Hawaii Head Start State
Collaboration Office Steve Shiraki, Student
Support Section, Department of Education Sharon
Taba, Hawaii Medical Home Initiative Sylvia
Yuen, University of Hawaii, Center on the Family
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Advantages

• Emphasizes systems thinking
• Already on-going efforts in the community
• Identifies stake- holders and getting buy-in

Policy
Community
Family
Child
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Challenges

• As we go forward we try to remember
• There are many efforts co-existing
• We need to be respectful of others priorities
• Communication needs to be on-going.

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Opportunities

• Weinberg Village Waimanalo (ECCS leadership in
  integrating services for our families in
  transitional shelters and families experiencing
  homelessness)
• Partnerships with stakeholders help us work with
  the system
• This is an election year
• Early Childhood is a high priority for the state.

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Loretta J. Fuddy, M.S.W., M.P.H., Family
Health Services Division, ChiefKeiko Nitta,
M.A., Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems
Coordinator
Mahalo!