Children enter kindergarten ready to succeed in school.
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Medical Home Access
GPRA Inidcator 1: The number and percent of children birth to kindergarten entry who have a place where they usually go, other than an emergency room, when they are sick or in need of advice about their health.
For an example, see the Peer Learning Tool story on Chula Vista, page 5.
A range of partners might play a role in contributing to this indicator. Some of these partners may include, but are not limited to:
Community health clinics, hospitals, outreach workers, healthcare enrollment navigators, local health departments, early learning and childcare providers, school and district administrators, local Head Start administrators, faith-based organizations, neighborhood associations, as well as youth, families and community residents.
A range of solutions can contribute to addressing this indicator. Some of these solutions may include, but are not limited to:
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Policies that invest in school- and community-based health centers and extend healthcare coverage to undocumented families.
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Systems changes that target resources, technical and capacity-building assistance to health providers located in the Promise Neighborhood; improve preparation, hiring, training and retention of racially and linguistically diverse health practitioners; expand hours of operation and permit the inclusion of children ages 0-5 at school-based health centers; align enrollment, data-collection and data-sharing procedures with the Promise Neighborhood; and improving coordination and delivery of services through the implementation of the patient-centered medical home model.
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Programs that connect expectant and new mothers to a source of primary care and ensure they participate in regular well-child visits such as the evidence-based Parents as Teachers (PAT) and Nurse-Family Partnership home-visiting programs. Effective strategies also include requiring and referring children to a medical home upon enrollment in early childhood programs, including information on medical home in parenting programs, deploying mobile clinics in the community, hosting community health fairs, and deploying health outreach workers/Promotores and ACA enrollment navigators at schools and in the community.
- Families that develop and complete goals related to regularly taking their children to the doctor for their checkups and immunizations as well as conduct door-to-door outreach to inform and connect parents of young children to services and host community events and house parties to share information with families about the importance of a medical home.
Additional strategies for addressing this indicator can be found in the following resources:
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Connecting young children to a medical home, a webinar hosted by PNI at PolicyLink, provides an overview of the importance of a medical home and strategies Promise Neighborhoods are using to connect young children to a medical home.
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Parents as Teachers (PAT) offers a range of resources to strengthen the capacity of home-visiting programs to meet the needs of diverse children and families, including resources for vulnerable populations such as teen parents.
- This medical home brief written by the California Pan Ethnic Health Network provides a range of resources for improving access and quality of medical care in low-income communities of color.
Age-Appropriate Functioning
For an example, see Peer Learning Tool story on Berea, page 4.
A range of partners might play a role in contributing to this indicator. Some of these partners may include, but are not limited to:
Community health clinics, hospitals, outreach workers, healthcare enrollment navigators, local health departments, early learning and childcare providers, school and district administrators, local Head Start administrators, faith-based organizations, neighborhood associations, as well as youth, families and community residents.
A range of solutions can contribute to addressing this indicator. Some of these solutions may include, but are not limited to:
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Policies such as Preschool for All that expand access to high-quality preschool opportunities and expand home-visiting programs such as Early Head Start.
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Systems changes that coordinate and align early education standards with the K-12 system, target resources, licensure and professional development opportunities for Promise Neighborhood child care and early education providers, utilize existing community and school spaces to house early learning classrooms, maximize available preschool slots for Promise Neighborhood children ages 0-5, include a focus on trauma and mental health in early learning settings, and require health providers to use a standardized developmental screening tool during well-child visits that aligns with this indicator.
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Programs that provide expectant and new parents with parenting knowledge and connections to comprehensive resources such as the evidence-based HCZ Baby College® program, enlist health practitioners in reinforcing children’s language and literacy development through the Reach Out and Read program, provide ongoing coaching and learning materials to early care and education providers, offer capacity-building assistance and play-and-learn group-based training to informal child care providers, administer regular screenings of Promise Neighborhood children to detect and address developmental delays, and provide children with financial assistance to attend high-quality early learning programs.
- Families that develop and complete goals related to creating a supportive home learning environment and develop parenting and/or fatherhood groups that share parenting knowledge, read to children in early learning settings and organize events in the community.
Additional strategies for addressing this indicator can be found in the following resources:
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Supporting Age-Appropriate Functioning in Promise Neighborhoods, a webinar hosted by PNI at PolicyLink, features strategies and approaches Promise Neighborhoods are using to address this indicator.
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Accelerating Results for Black Males: Ensuring Black Males are Successful Early Readers, written by the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, provides best practices, tools, and resources to support black boys’ healthy development and early learning, from birth through third grade.
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The PNI at PolicyLink Early Learning Affinity Group and webinar series hosted in partnership with ZERO TO THREE provides regular learning opportunities and resources to Promise Neighborhoods to support early learning. Click here to download the resources that have been produced for this group and learn more about how to join.
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Early Childhood Solutions Launched in Promise Neighborhoods Implementation Sites in Year 1, written by the Center for the Study of Social Policy, describes early childhood solutions the five 2011 Promise Neighborhoods implementation sites put in place in the first year of their grants.
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Understanding the Federal Promise Neighborhoods Guidance on Priority 4 offers guidance for applying for the Early Learning Network Priority for the Federal Promise Neighborhoods grant.
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The Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, in partnership with Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child and the Buffalo Promise Neighborhood, has produced a webinar on integrating the latest neurological research into the Promise Neighborhoods program’s early childhood strategies to support healthy development.
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The CBP-PBS Learning Correlation Guide, written by CBP – PBS Ready to Learn Initiative in collaboration with the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, offers a range of high-quality PBS and Ready to Learn resources for children, families, and educators that are organized to correspond with the Promise Neighborhoods results.
- The Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse offers a range of evidence-based interventions to support early learning.
Access to Early Learning Opportunity
For an example, see Peer Learning Tool story on Northside Achievement Zone, page 6.
A range of partners might play a role in contributing to this indicator. Some of these partners may include, but are not limited to:
Community health clinics, hospitals, outreach workers, healthcare enrollment navigators, local health departments, early learning and childcare providers, school and district administrators, local Head Start administrators, faith-based organizations, neighborhood associations, as well as youth, families and community residents.
A range of solutions can contribute to addressing this indicator. Some of these solutions may include, but are not limited to:
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Policies such as San Francisco’s Preschool for All that expand access to high-quality preschool opportunities.
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Systems changes that target resources, licensure and professional development opportunities for Promise Neighborhood child care and early education providers, utilize existing community and school spaces to house early learning classrooms, maximize available preschool slots for Promise Neighborhood children ages 0-5.
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Programs that connect parents to information about early learning opportunities in the Promise Neighborhood, offer capacity-building assistance and licensure support to informal child care providers, and provide children with financial assistance to attend high-quality early learning programs.
- Families that develop parenting and/or fatherhood groups and organize events to share information about existing early learning opportunities and provide financial and logistical support to help assist children in attending these settings.
Additional strategies for addressing this indicator can be found in the following resources:
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Accelerating Results for Black Males: Ensuring Black Males are Successful Early Readers, written by the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, provides best practices, tools, and resources to support black boys’ healthy development and early learning, from birth through third grade.
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The PNI at PolicyLink Early Learning Affinity Group and webinar series hosted in partnership with ZERO TO THREE provides regular learning opportunities and resources to Promise Neighborhoods to support early learning. Click here to download the resources that have been produced for this group and learn more about how to join.
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Early Childhood Solutions Launched in Promise Neighborhoods Implementation Sites in Year 1, written by the Center for the Study of Social Policy, describes early childhood solutions the five 2011 Promise Neighborhoods implementation sites put in place in the first year of their grants.
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Understanding the Federal Promise Neighborhoods Guidance on Priority 4 offers guidance for applying for the Early Learning Network Priority for the Federal Promise Neighborhoods grant.
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The Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, in partnership with Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child and the Buffalo Promise Neighborhood, has produced a webinar on integrating the latest neurological research into the Promise Neighborhoods program’s early childhood strategies to support healthy development.
- This webinar, hosted by the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink in partnership with ZERO TO THREE, lifts up how Hayward Promise Neighborhood and other communities are building cohesive systems that coordinate and align services to ensure all children enter kindergarten ready to success in school.