Partnerships
Clackamas County Early
Learning HUB Collaborative
Presented by,
Karen Gorton
Clackamas County Early Learning Committee
Carol Middleton
Director of School Improvement Services, P-21
Clackamas Education Service District
League of Women Voters, November 2, 2013
Clackamas County Early Learning Collaborative
Our Shared Goals
• Children Ready for Kindergarten
• Children Raised in Stable, Attached Families
• Integrated, Aligned System of Family Services
Sampling of Our Partnerships…
• Children prenatal through 6 years of age
• Families, Parents, Caregivers, Grandparents, Foster Parents
• Early Learning - Pre-Kindergarten Service Providers
Head Start, Child Care Providers, Preschools, Early
Intervention, Healthy Families
• K-12 Education - School Districts, P-12 Federal/State Grant
Programs and Parent Groups, Teachers, Principals, School
Improvement Leaders, Superintendents
• Health Providers - Community Health, Health Share of
Oregon, Family Care Inc., Pediatricians
• Social Service/Human Service Providers (Department of
Human Services-Child Welfare/Self Sufficiency, Housing
Authority, Food Banks
• Business Community
Our Collaborative Partnership will…
• Focus on Early Identification & Risk Assessment
• No Wrong Door Coordination & Integration of Services
• Identify Common Performance Based Outcomes
• Integrate and/or Coordinate Data Systems
• Streamline Governance Structures
• Improve Parental Access and Participation
• Train and Support Early Learning Work Force
Clackamas County Early Learning System Coordination, Development, and Integration
Advisory Committee for the Clackamas
Early Learning Collaborative (ACCEL)
Clackamas County Early Childhood Committee
Our Charge
Early Learning Systems Planning and Development
Coordination and Integration of Early Childhood Services
Membership Representation
Early Childhood, Health, Behavioral Health & Addictions, Social Services,
Education, Parent Education, Community College, Early Intervention,
(Non-profits, government and public agencies, etc.)
Parent
Education
Home
Visiting
Early
Childhood
Mental
Health
Healthy
Families
Kindergarten
Transition
Early
Intervention
Child Care
Family
Resource
Coordination
Other
Standing or
Ad Hoc
Committees
As Needed
Clackamas County Early Learning System Service Delivery & Program Accountability
Local Early
Learning
Collaborative
Local Early
Learning
Collaborative
Local Early
Learning
Collaborative
Local Early
Learning
Collaborative
Local Early
Learning
Collaborative
Local Early
Learning
Collaborative
Based on local
catchment area
agreements
Based on local
catchment area
agreements
Based on local
catchment area
agreements
Based on local
catchment area
agreements
Based on local
catchment area
agreements
Based on local
catchment area
agreements
FAMILY RESOURCE COORDINATION
Advisory Committee Clackamas Early
Learning Collaborative
ACCEL Purpose
Design the Clackamas Early Learning Hub.
Advise on policy. Resource and design system
priorities to create a high quality early childhood
learning system that integrates and coordinates
resources to ensure all children are ready for
kindergarten, ready to read in 1st grade, and
reading at grade-level by end of the 3rd grade.
ACCEL Advisory Committee
Clackamas Early Learning Collaborative
Sampling of Membership Representation
• Clackamas County Education Service District
• Clackamas County Health, Housing & Human Services-Behavioral
Health Division, Public Health, Children Youth & Families Divisions
• Clackamas County Libraries, Clackamas County Corrections
• Community and Parent Representatives
• Coordinated Care Organizations-Health Share of Oregon
• Head Starts - Clackamas County Children’s Commission, Oregon
Child Development Coalition, CESD OPK
• Non-Profits - Youth Villages, Family Stepping Stones
• Oregon Department of Human Services
• Canby, Gladstone, North Clackamas School Districts
• Workforce Investment of Clackamas County
CCEC Committee and Work Groups
Sample of Representation, Over 150 contacts
• Clackamas County Education Service District (Early Intervention/ECSE, Child
Care Resource & Referral
• Clackamas Community College
• Clackamas County Health, Housing & Human Services-Behavioral Health
Division, Children Youth & Families, Housing Authority, Public Health Divisions
• Clackamas County Libraries
• Clackamas County-Corrections
• Community Representatives
• Coordinated Care Organizations-Health Share of Oregon, Family Care, Inc.
• Head Starts - Clackamas County Children’s Commission, Oregon Child
Development Coalition, Oregon Pre-Kindergarten
• Non-Profits - Family Stepping Stones, Northwest Family Services,
Metropolitan Family Services, Todos Juntos, Morrison Family Services,
Albertina Kerr
• Oregon Department of Human Services
• Parent Representatives
• School Districts-Estacada, Gladstone, N. Clackamas, Oregon Trails, Oregon City
CCECC and Work Groups Highlights
Family Resource Coordination, Navigation Pilot Sites
• SPRF Strengthening, Preserving and Reunifying Families
• Coordinating DHS Family Navigator Project
• Resource Coordination sites – Gladstone Early Learning Center,
Sandy Grade School, Oregon Trail, Lot Whitcomb School, NC-12
Local Access – Navigation Tools
• Baby Link - Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
Coordination, Screening and Referrals
• FESN - Family Education Support Network Website Parenting
Calendar, Family Support Resources, Linkages to Pertinent
Websites
• HINT - Hispanic Interagency Networking Team Website
Latino-Hispanic Focused Family Support Resources
• 211 MOU - Information, Resources, Family Warm Line
CCECC and Work Groups Highlights cont…
Early Childhood Positive Social Emotional Framework
Implementation of strategic plan for the establishment of early
childhood positive social emotional framework using the early
childhood Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports
philosophy
Parent Education - Family Support Programming
• Identify, develop, and/or promote early childhood parent
education programming and support linked with the Oregon
Parenting Education Collaborative Hubs
• Identify, develop and support collaborative early childhood and
school district efforts to integrate services for families including
initiatives such as the Oregon Community Foundation’s P-3
grants with Estacada, Gladstone, Oregon Trail and North
Clackamas School Districts
CCECC and Work Groups Highlights cont…
Equity for families being served in the EL Hub System
Identify, coordinate, integrate local program, county, and
state equity initiatives Oregon Education Investment Board,
Early Learning Council, local Child Care Offices, and H3S
among others
Home Visiting Coordination
• Identify, establish, implement coordinated efforts to ensure
collaborative, non-duplicative services between Health, Healthy
Families, Head Start, Early Intervention, and other home visiting
support programs
• Pilot Public Health ASQ screening home visiting project
• Establish, implement common tools/mechanisms that allow
integration of services between providers that allow for family
service continuity while avoiding duplication of services.
CCECC and Work Groups Highlights cont…
Kindergarten Readiness and Transition
• Develop strategies to educate parents, early childhood
providers, public school staff, etc. in programming that
supports kindergarten readiness
• Identify and/or develop literacy strategies that support a
coordinated effort countywide through partnerships with
libraries, early learning providers, schools, health providers,
businesses, etc.
• Identify and/or develop, coordinate and support
kindergarten programming through strategies focused on
play and learn groups, Ready, Set, Go, Jump Start, among
others
CCEC Clackamas County Early
Childhood Committee and Work Groups
Our Charge
• Early Learning Systems Planning and Development
• Coordination and Integration of Early Childhood
Services
Goals to Reality – Sustainability
Optimize and Leverage Collaborative Partnerships
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Relationships
Responsibilities
Expertise
Agreements
Learning
Outcomes
HUB Size
• Large enough to use resources effectively to meet our
goals and positively impact children and families
• Small enough to sustain cohesive, intact partnerships,
provide regular, well oiled communications, immediacy of
services, pyramid of interventions, and inclusive, equitable
services
Partnerships…
When we share our
expertise, learn
together, and build
consensus, shared
aspirational goals
become reality.
- Middleton, 2013
Thank you!
Clackamas County Early Childhood Committee
Clackamas County Early Learning Collaborative Hub
To be added to our email lists, contact
Karen Gorton
KGorton@co.clackamas.or.us