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A WORK IN PROGRESS
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas State Department of Education
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Region VII Department of Health and Human Services Administration of Children and Families
A Little Background
The Alignment Process
Progress to Date
Opportunity to Review and Discuss Requirement Grids and Self Assessments
Presentation Overview
• Program policies, administration, and leadership promote program evaluation and system change efforts.
• Public policies promote the use of Recommended Practices.
DEC Recommended Practices Connection:
• Connecting Families to Community Resources: • With family permission, parent educators consult with other
organizations serving the family in order to coordinate services and optimally support the family.
• Community Leadership and Involvement: • Program staff work on a regular basis with other local
providers of services and programs to address the needs of the population the program serves.
• PAT staff serves on governing boards or leadership councils of other community agencies that provide services for families with young children.
Parents as Teachers Quality Standards Connection
KANSAS
The Partner Programs and Geographic Availability:
Headed in the Same Direction
Facilitate the development of a
cooperative relationship enhancing
coordination among the Partners
The new MOA
Confidentiality
Parent/Family
Coordinated Local Access to Programs
Screening, Referral and Follow Up
Transition
Data
The new MOA Operating Principles Address:
Rules….
Memorandums of Agreement
Coordinating Councils
Screening, Referral and Follow-up
Transition Grid of Requirements and Self Assessment Checklist
Examples of Local Documents – i.e. local Agreements, Shared Release of Information Forms
What’s Next?
Use of Data in Brochure/Fact Sheet Needs Assessment Resources?
Resources:•Build Initiative: •A Framework for Evaluating Systems Initiatives •Beyond Parallel Play: Emerging State and Community Planning Roles in Building Early Learning Systems•www.buildinitiative.org
•National League of Cities; Early Childhood Tools and Resources www.nlc.org
Evaluation and Systems Building
The charge to society is to blend • the skepticism of a scientist,• the passion of an advocate, • the pragmatism of a policy maker,• the creativity of a practitioner, •and the devotion of a parent—•and to use existing knowledge to ensure both a decent quality of life for all of our children and a productive future for the nation.
From Neurons to Neighborhoods (National Research Council and Institute for Medicine):
Janet Newton, MSEducation Program Consultant
Parents as Teachers
Carol Ayres, MSEducation Program Consultant
Part B, Section 619
