Outcomes

Goal 1: Promote systems and policy changes that enhance community capacity and fiscal sustainability for services to children 0 to 5 and their families

Outcome 1A

A County-Wide, Sustainable, Early Childhood Shared Vision, Common Outcomes and Coordinated Budget

Indicator 1: County-wide early childhood policy plan [more]

Description of efforts to develop a county-wide early childhood policy plan to increase community capacity to respond to the needs of children 0-5 and their families (example: X number of school districts now fund school readiness coordinators, county-wide early childhood budget)

Indicator 2: Common Outcomes [more]

Description of efforts to identify common outcomes among agencies countywide who serve families and children 0 to 5 years of age

 

Indicator 3: Universal Screening [more]

Number of private medical providers and medical clinics that implemented routine developmental screening

How Do We Compare?

American Academy of Pediatrics recommends developmental screening at well child visits

 

2009-2010 Results

23 ABCD pediatric clinics and private practices began universal screening of 18-month olds

Indicator 4: Tobacco Policies [more]

Number of agencies trained on tobacco cessation/smoke exposure reduction that implement tobacco policies

How Do We Compare?

F5AC: 100% of Grantees implemented tobacco policies

2009-2010 Results

104 agencies/programs were trained on secondhand smoke and given educational materials on two laws: SB7 – smoke free cars with minors present and smoke free family child cares (cities in Alameda County that require homes used as child care facilities be non-smoking at all times, even when children are not present).

Indicator 5: K-Transition [more]

Number of school districts with Kindergarten transition coordinators

How Do We Compare?

F5AC: 3 school districts

 

2009-2010 Results

3 school districts have k-transition coordinators: Hayward, Oakland, San Lorenzo Unified School Districts

 

 

Indicator 6: Summer Pre-K [more]

Number of school districts funding Summer Pre-K camps

2009-2010 Results

Pleasanton Unified School District funds its own Summer Pre-Kindergarten camps

Indicator 7: School Transition Plans & Activities [more]

Number of schools that have formalized transition plans and activities

How Do We Compare?

F5AC: 29 schools have plans and Kindergarten transition activities

 

2009-2010 Results

47 schools in 5 school districts held year-round Kindergarten transition activities

Outcome 1B

Communication and Collaboration among Agencies and Organizations that Serve 0-5 Population 

 



Indicator 1: Community Collaborations [more]

Number and description of new cooperative or collaborative relationships  between community agencies serving children 0 to 5 and their families, e.g. county-wide early childhood budget and shared outcomes

 

2009-10 Results

 

 

 

Indicator 2: Standardized Protocols [more]

County agreed upon standardized protocols for early identification of children 0-5 with developmental, social or emotional concerns

 

2009-10 Results

New protocols for family navigation of children who require additional supports for developmental and social-emotional concerns

 

Indicator 3: Interagency Agreements [more]

Established interagency agreements and protocols to use the same tools and measures, share information, coordinate family referral processes, establish feedback loops to referring providers on the result of referrals, etc.

2009-10 Results

 

Outcome 1C

A County-Wide System Of Screening, Assessment, Referral And Treatment For Early Identification Of Children 0 To 5 At Risk For Developmental And Social-Emotional Concerns

Indicator 1: SART [more]

Accessible, integrated system of community supports and treatment for children 0-5 with developmental, social or emotional concerns (SART)

2009-10 Results

SART began implementation October 1, 2009

Indicator 2: Working Together, Better [more]

Document how systems working with children 0-5 are working together better through:

  • Clear referral guidelines
  • Changes in delivery of services
  • Cost efficiencies
  • Opportunities to coordinate
  • Modes of connectivity between systems that make up SART
  • Privacy and confidentiality practices related to data sharing between systems of care
  • Communication strategies
A County-Wide, Sustainable, Early Childhood Shared Vision, Common Outcomes and Coordinated Budget
Communication and Collaboration among Agencies and Organizations that Serve 0-5 Population
A County-wide System of Screening, Assessment, Referral and Treatment for Early Identification of Children 0 to 5 At Risk for Developmental and Social-Emotional Concerns

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