Early Childhood Programs Supported by
ITCM
Resources and support for tribal/American Indian
communities in developing a comprehensive,
integrated, high quality service system
Programs working at Multiple Levels
I. Policy, Government
,Community
Support, Economy,
OpportunityII.Service
s
Families &
Social Networ
ks
Anishinaabe Children
•Honoring Our Children•PRIME•FIMR•SAMHSA Eval Support•CDC REACH – BreastfeedingWork Place Policy Tool Kit
•PREP•Healthy Start•Teen Pregnancy•Tribal Home Visiting•Head Start
Support for Work at Different Levels
System which addresses well-being across the Continuum:
Thriving Anishinaabe
Children
Primary prevention &
preconception health
(PREP Grant)
Prenatal and Infant Well-being(Healthy Start & Teen Pregnancy
Grants) Optimum Early Childhood:
Parenting skills & support for
development (Tribal Home Visiting, Head
Start)
ITC programs Fit into the bigger system
Healthy, Happy, Successful
Native Children
Tribal Child Care Centers
Healthy Start & Teen Pregnancy Services: (Pregnancy-Age 2)
Health, Family Bonding
Early Education Services: Early Head
Start, Head Start, Early Learning
Child Protection Services:
Parenting, Abuse Prevention
Tribal Home Visiting Project
Community Engagement: Honoring Our
Children Kellogg Planning Initiative
Primary Prevention: Tribal PREP –
strengthening future parents
Comprehensive Service System Across the continuum of Early Childhood
• High quality, effective
• Easy to access and relevant to participants
• Community directed and community-driven
• Maximum system integration – linked/shared intake, referral, data systems, assessment and curricula – to make the most of resources and to be seamless for families
• Sustainable
Videohttp://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/multimedia/videos/theory_of_change/
http://vimeo.com/59185115
• Based on key informant interviews in 7 communities, OVERALL COMMUNITY READINESS SCORE= 4.6 (Range among sites: 3.6 – 5.5). AS a whole, we are between Stage 4 and 5:
• Stage 4 Preplanning: Scoring in this stage indicates that there is clear recognition that something must be done and there may even be a group addressing it. However, efforts are not yet focused or detailed to address the wellbeing of Native American infants and children.
• Stage 5 Preparation: Active leaders begin planning in earnest. The community offers modest interest in efforts
Community Readiness Results
What would it take?
• For everyone to view having access to a support system and quality early childhood programs as equally important as going to high school? No one would accept a “waiting list for high school”
• For everyone to embrace that parenting skills and parent-child interaction which supports healthy development (social, spiritual, emotional & cognitive) is as fundamental as keeping children fed, clean and safe?
• For this awareness to translate into widespread support and real change? What will move people to say “We’ve got to do this”
Consider Other Significant Community movements:
• Development of Tribal Health Centers, Elder & Cultural Centers
• Founding of Tribal colleges and schools
• Availability and quality of Tribal Housing
• Establishment of Head Start and Healthy Start 15+ years
• Establishment of protections for AI children under ICWA
• Federal reaffirmation of 6 tribes since 1994
Think about the levels at which people took action to make all this happen: Who was involved? How did they do it? What can YOU do to further Early Childhood?
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