Successful Start

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Successful Start Rhode Islands Early Childhood
Systems Plan Partnership Retreat November 2005
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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Outcomes for Children Families
GOAL 4 Developmental Children are screened
early Screening Effective periodically for
developmental Intervention Services risks Chi
ldren get necessary intervention services at
the earliest points possible
GOAL 6 Quality Services, Families can compare
the quality Standards of services on a
standardized Performance Measures scale make
informed choices The overall quality of early
childhood services improves more
high-quality programs are available to
families
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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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Toward a Comprehensive Early Childhood System
CROSS-SECTOR GOALS STRATEGIES
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GOAL 1 Public Political Will for Accessible
Effective Early Childhood Services

• Communicate Vision Mission Through a Public
  Engagement Campaign Targeting
• Consumers
• Policymakers
• Community Leaders
• Business Community

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GOAL 2
A Streamlined Coordinated Early Childhood System

• Interagency partnerships co-location of
  services
• Improved collaboration with child care
• Align eligibility criteria for state programs
• Align funding streams to agencies

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

• Child care providers as a primary access point
• Child development information to new parents
• Expand Family Outreach to pregnant women
• Workshops for parents
• Early childhood website
• Evidence-based parent education programs

STRENGTHENING FAMILIES THROUGH EARLY CARE
EDUCATION
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GOAL 4
Developmental Screening Effective Intervention
Services

• Developmental screening in natural settings
• Child Outreach screening

SUCCESSFUL START
DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING SERVICES
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GOAL 5
Intensive Comprehensive Services for Children
Families At Risk

• Assessment intervention for young children
  involved with DCYF
• Evidence-based comprehensive, intensive services
• Services for teen parents
• Use data to identify at-risk families

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GOAL 6
Quality Services, Standards Performance Measures

• Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS)
• Quality standards for Medical Homes, Behavioral
  Health, Parent Education Family Support
• Use outcome data to track progress over time

RHODE ISLANDS QUALITY RATING SYSTEM PARTNERSHIP
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PARENT EDUCATION FAMILY SUPPORT GOALS
STRATEGIES
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GOAL 7
Community-Based Parenting Family Support
Programs

• Develop statewide infrastructure, mission
  vision
• Build family strengths through peer-to-peer models

RHODE ISLANDS
PARENTING FAMILY SUPPORT
CONTINUUM
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EARLY CARE EDUCATION GOALS STRATEGIES
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GOAL 8
Training Higher Education on Key Early
Childhood Issues

• Higher education scholarship program
• Incorporate evidence-based practice target
  specific areas of need

RHODE ISLAND EARLY LEARNING STANDARDS
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GOAL 9
All Children with Challenging Behaviors Special
Needs Have Access to Quality Early Care
Education

• Child care consultation
• KIDS CONNECT on-site therapeutic services
• Link child care providers to community resources

KIDS CONNECT Therapeutic Child Youth Care
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MEDICAL HOMES GOALS STRATEGIES
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GOAL 10
Practices Incorporate the Medical Home Core
Components

• Parent consultants in primary care
• Training on child development delivering
  anticipatory guidance

PEDIATRIC PRACTICE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
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SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS STRATEGIES
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GOAL 11
Providers Supporting Healthy Social-Emotional
Development

• Behavioral health services in natural settings
• Evidence-based tools models in child care
• Multi-disciplinary professional development
• Address family behavioral health issues
• Social-emotional curriculum in higher education

POSTIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION SUPPORTS
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Next Steps
Implementation of the Early Childhood Systems Plan

• Continued Relationship-Building with Key
  Constituents
• Objectives Activities in Years 1, 2, 3
• Short Long-Term Process Outcome Evaluation
• Leverage Existing Emerging Opportunities
• Recognize Challenges Act Strategically

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Successful Start Steering Committee

• Catherine Walsh Steering Committee Chair
• Lee Baker Social-Emotional Development Workgroup
  Chair
• Kristine Campagna Medical Homes Workgroup Chair
• Reeva Murphy Early Care Education Workgroup
  Chair
• Dawn Wardyga Parent Education Family Support
  Workgroup Chair
• Barbara Burgess Deb Garneau Mia
  Patriarca-OFlaherty
• Joyce Butler Bill Hollinshead Larry Pucciarelli
• Terese Curtin Jackie Jackson Ron Seifer
• Teri DeBoise Sharon Kernan Susan Stevenson
• Linda DiPalma Khadija Lewis Khan Vivian Weisman
• Patricia Flanagan Ken Pariseau Elizabeth
  Wheeler
• Kelly Wishart

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Many Thanks
to Rhode Island Kids Count for providing
technical assistance throughout the strategic
planning phase to members of the Governor's
Children's Cabinet for working to support of the
goal that all children enter school healthy and
ready to learn for the contributions of the
many state agency staff, childrens service
providers, community leaders and parents who
contributed to the final goals and strategies
that are part of Rhode Islands Early Childhood
Systems Plan
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Contact Information

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