7th Annual Nancy Latimer
Convening for Children & Youth
June 18, 2013
TODAY’S AGENDA
8:30 a.m.
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Networking
9:00 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Lynn Haglin, Northland Foundation
9:10 a.m.
Minnesota Teacher of the Year, 2011
Katy Smith, Winona Early Childhood Family Education
9:30 a.m.
Early Learning Policy Update, MinneMinds
Frank Forsberg, Greater Twin Cities United Way
9:45 a.m.
Special Recognition Awards
Representative Ryan Winkler, Senator Patricia Torres Ray
and Karen Cadigan, PhD
10:00 a.m.
Honoring Nancy Latimer’s Spirit
George Latimer
10:05 a.m.
“Nancy Award” Presented to Rob Grunewald
Presented by Lynn Haglin, Northland Foundation
TODAY’S AGENDA
10:10 a.m.
Award Recipient Remarks
Rob Grunewald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
10:30 a.m.
Excellence in Early Learning Initiatives Across Minnesota
Mary Kosak, Blandin Foundation - Moderator
Willmar Community Education and Recreation
Ann Trochlil, Community Engagement Specialist
Invest Early, Itasca County
Jan Reindl, Director, and Darla Beaver, Speech Language Pathologist
Healthy Housing Initiative
Dan Newman, Executive Director, Sustainable Resources Center
Kindergarten Readiness, Fairmont Elementary School
Michelle Rosen, Fairmont Elementary Assistant Principal
Welcome
Lynn Haglin
Northland Foundation
Keynote Presentation
Katy Smith
Minnesota Teacher of the Year, 2011
Early Childhood & Family Education
Winona, Minnesota
Early Learning Policy Update
Frank Forsberg
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Chair, MinneMinds
Start Early Funders Coalition Achieving All Children Ready To Learn By
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Leadership
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Bonding
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Legislative Biennium
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State
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Establish
Office of Early
Learning
Accountability
Expand QRIS - Statewide
ESTABLISH
REPORT
CARD
Report
Card
Published
Funding
EXPAND ASSESSMENTS - Ages 3, 4, 5
Modest
Increase
in ECCE $
Modest
Increase
in ECCE $
Report
Card
Published
Goal
50%
Modest
Increase
in ECCE $
Report
Card
Published
Report
Card
Published
EXPAND ASSESSMENTS – Ages 3, 4, 5
Modest
Increase
in ECCE $
Goal
100%
Estimated annual
Increase in
State Funding
$250-290M
Leadership – create one office responsible for early childhood care and education
Accountability – expand a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) to help providers improve, establish a report card that rates
providers to help parents select quality early childhood care and learning environments and evaluate children beginning at age three
to ensure school-readiness by age five
Funding – support existing and new funding initiatives
MinneMinds Supporting Organizations
Strength in Numbers and Influence
A statewide coalition representing:
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State and local government, including 1 state agency, 1 city agency and 2 Mayors
6 Initiative Foundations representing every rural region of Minnesota
19 child care resource and referral agencies
23 of Minnesota’s largest philanthropic organizations
30 statewide youth development, healthy living and social responsibility programs
34 Head Start grantees
51 high-profile business leaders
950 elementary and middle level principals
1,000 pediatric medical physicians
5,000 parents representing all 134 legislative districts
7,500 K-12 teachers
13,100 small businesses providing quality child care to more than 40,000 families
43,000 state union employees
Early Learning Scholarships
Eligible programs:
Parent Aware rated or on
path to quality rating
Licensed
center-based
child care
WWW.MINNEMINDS.ORG
Licensed
family
child care
Preschool
programs
Public
school-based
programs
Eligible children:
3- and 4-year-old
children living at or
below 185% of
poverty (plus
younger siblings)
Head Start
Funding Approved in 2013 for Pre-K Scholarships
4,057 kids
$23,000,000
FY2014
4,057 kids
$23,000,000
FY2015
4,057 kids
$23,000,000
FY2016
4,057 kids
$23,000,000
FY2017
All children enter
kindergarten fully
prepared to succeed
in school and life:
• Greater school achievement
• Better graduation rates
• Higher earning potential
• More productive workforce
Funding Required to Meet the Need
20,240 kids
$150,000,000
20,240 kids
$150,000,000
FY2018
FY2019
Funding levels based on anticipated maximum participation rate of 70% of 3- and 4-year-olds living at or below 185% of poverty.
2013 Legislative Session Outcomes
Investment/Policy Change
Impact
Pre-K Early Care and
Education Scholarships
$46 million ($40 million new money)
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3- and 4-year olds at 185% of poverty
Includes younger siblings (ages 0-2)
Prioritizes 0-5 year olds of teen parents
$5,000 scholarships
All Day Kindergarten
$134 million to allow districts to
provide all-day Kindergarten
beginning in Fall 2014
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Fully funds all day k for all students statewide
Districts can use general education revenue for 3and 4-year olds as long as the district does not
have a fee-based all-day kindergarten program
Allows school districts to use basic skills revenue to
prepare early learners for kindergarten
Education Budget
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Human Services Budget
CCAP Reimbursement
$20 million increase in investment to
increase reimbursement rate by 20%
to 3- and 4-star Parent Aware rated
programs
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Repeal of Absent Day
Cuts
Reinstates 25 absent day policy
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Incentivizes expansion of quality statewide
Helps address gap of cost of quality
Benefits all children in quality care (ages 0-5)
Authorized activities at 3- and 4-star programs
reduced from 35 hours/week to 30 hours/week
Repeals 10 day law
Helps families maintain access to quality care
Investment in
Pre-Kindergarten
Scholarships
Scholarships for low income kids
MinneMinds Statefunded Early Learning
Scholarships
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Scholarships: 4,057 per year
Investment: $20.3 million per year
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Minnesota Early
Learning
Foundation Early State-funded PreKindergarten
Childhood
Scholarship Pilot Allowances Pilot
Scholarships: 970
Investment: $4.6 million
500
Race to the Top
Early Learning
Grant
Scholarships
State-funded Scholarships: 1,560 (total)
Early Learning Investment: $12.8 million
Scholarships
Remaining need: 16,000 Kids Per Year
WWW.MINNEMINDS.ORG
Scholarships: 460
Investment: 1.8 million
Scholarships: 350
Investment: $6 million
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Ongoing
Special Recognitions
Representative Ryan Winkler
Senator Patricia Torres Ray
Dr. Karen Cadigan
Honoring Nancy Latimer’s Spirit
George Latimer
“Nancy Award”
Rob Grunewald
Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Presented by Lynn Haglin
Northland Foundation
Economic case for public investment
in early learning
Has positive spillovers
“Without public support, the market will yield too
few educated workers.”
Yields an extraordinary public return
Economic case for public investment
in early learning
Early years set trajectory for success
“Evidence is clear that [Minnesota] has one of
the most successful economies in the country
because it has one of the most educated
workforces.”
Early learning professionals
When asked,
“What do you do for work,” reply:
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“Economic development”
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“The solution to federal and state fiscal imbalances”
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“U.S. competitiveness in the global economy”
Claim your role!
Panel: Excellence in Early
Learning
Willmar Community Education and Recreation
Ann Trochlil, Community Engagement Specialist
Invest Early, Itasca County
Jan Reindl, Director, Invest Early
Darla Beaver, M.S. CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist
Healthy Housing Initiative
Dan Newman, Executive Director, Sustainable Resources Center
Kindergarten Readiness, Fairmont Elementary School
Michelle Rosen, Fairmont Elementary Assistant Principal
Early Childhood Programs
Willmar at a glance
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PreK census= 1916
K-12 enrollment= 4093
Free and Reduced Lunch=56.4%
Kindergarten Free and Reduced Lunch= 60.5%
26 different languages spoken in our schools
including English
• 18% ELL- district wide
• Community Population=19,582
Early Childhood Atmosphere in the
Willmar Area
• Early Childhood Initiative (2004)
• Strong long lasting relationships/collaboration
• Community events including monthly EC nights
rotating through community partner sites
• Child Care Centers, Public Health, Private
preschools, Head Start, United Way, Family Child
Care
• Willmar Public schools support through allocation
of Title One dollars for Early childhood outreach
Seed Community
• July 2012 named a seed community for Parent
Aware ratings and scholarship dollars
• Only Head Start and School Readiness could
achieve accelerated ratings
• No accredited child care center or provider in
City of Willmar
• Created School Readiness Satellite Sites with a
child care center and family day care.
Satellite Sites
• Sites agreed to follow the district school
readiness plan
• Professional development opportunities
• Mentoring and Coaching support
• Access to curriculum and assessments
• Data analysis
• Working with Child Care Aware to get sites
star ratings of their own
Parent Aware
• As a result of Parent Aware rating system, staff
was provided extensive training in the fall of
2012 including SEEDS of Early Literacy,
Creative Curriculum and Gold Assessment,
and ECIP’s
• 20 families were able to access scholarships
that are being used at JLC sites
Willmar Children’s Cabinet
• Through ECI partnerships and collaborations, a
concentrated effort to address gaps in access and
alignment in Early Childhood programming in Willmar
continued to grow.
• The Willmar Children’s Cabinet was formed in the fall
of 2012.
• The cabinet seeks to establish a community wide,
responsive system that builds capacity and provides
access to high quality early childhood learning
experiences. The Cabinet seeks to provide
programming for children in a cost effective manner by
not duplicating efforts but expanding opportunities
through alignment and partnerships.
Willmar Children’s Cabinet
• Reduce disparity in a child’s learning experience across
community settings by improving professional
development
• Unify early learning curricula and program approaches
to increase effectiveness, decrease disruptions
• Increase the number of high quality learning
preparatory programs to better meet demand
• Improve outreach to assist families in understanding
their options and accessing the program of their
choice.
• Evaluation to measure if the outcome of more children
arriving at Kindergarten ready.
Invest Early
By:
Collaboration
June 18, 2013
Why Change?
• Children are changing.
• Traditional model of services wasn’t
meeting needs.
• Research on poverty.
• Our elementary schools range from
40%-73% free and reduced lunch.
Goals
• What we want for our children is to receive
support on the skills they need throughout
their day, EVERY day.
• What we want for our teachers is to feel
supported with all of the children they serve.
• What we want for families is feel empowered
in supporting their child’s learning.
Lessons Learned
• True change can come when an idea is
presented and support for that idea is
provided.
• Conversations are developmental.
• Systems and processes need to be in
place and need to be revisited.
Sustainable Resources Center Mission
To create healthy and efficient homes,
in partnership with families and communities
Programs
•Low Income Weatherization in suburban and
rural Hennepin County
•Lead Hazard Control in the Twin Cities
metropolitan area, primarily Minneapolis
•Lead Poisoning Prevention throughout
Minnesota
•Training in lead safety and healthy homes
•Home performance solutions – diagnosis and
interventions
SRC staff worked in the homes of over 700 low
income families in 2012
Housing impacts health
• Housing laws in 19th century
addressed health issues: cholera,
tuberculosis, typhoid, fire
• Providing light, fresh air, reduced
crowding, sanitation reduced
disease rates
• Lead paint hazards in medical
literature in 1914
“The connection between health and the dwelling of the
population is one of the most important that exists”
Florence Nightingale
Characteristics
Eight principals of healthy housing:
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Dry
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Pest-free
Safe
Contaminant-free
Ventilated
Maintained
Thermally controlled
Health Problems that can occur…
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Asthma
Allergies
Injuries
Brain damage
Behavior and learning disabilities
Poisonings
Lung Cancer
Information taken from the
National Center for Healthy
Homes
Home Environmental Survey & Radon Testing Results
of 1058 homes
Partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health
• Radon:
44% greater than or equal to 4.0pCi/L
• Mold/Mildew: 44%
• Pests:
29%
• Fall Hazards:
18%
• Asthma:
28% of households have someone
diagnosed with asthma
• Of these, 52% have mold or mildew, 35% have pests, 21% have both
Weatherization homes/built before 1978/with children under 6 =
57% with chipping or peeling paint
The prevalence of current asthma in the U.S.
16% among non-Hispanic black children
10.7% among American Indian and Alaska Native children
6.8% among Asian
8.2% among non-Hispanic white
7.9% percent among Hispanic
Among children with asthma, black children are:
• Twice as likely to be hospitalized.
• More than twice as likely to have an emergency
department visit.
• Four times more likely to die due to asthma than
white children.
In 2008, asthma accounted for 10.5 million missed
school days.
Children with more severe asthma and/or nighttime
symptoms are more likely to suffer academically than
those with more mild symptoms.
Success in Reducing Lead Hazards
• Comprehensive system
includes data/evaluation,
enforcement, prevention, and
hazard reduction
• In 2012 the CDC officially
determined that there is no
safe level of lead for young
children.
• In 2011, 3,363 Minnesota
children had blood lead levels
over 5 µg/dL
Healthy Homes Strategic Plan
• Input from 7 meetings around the state
• A greater public health impact because it
promotes interrelated strategies:
• Changes in structural conditions and
building practices;
• Modification of resident and
property owners’ behaviors; and
• Development or revision of policies,
legislation, and service systems to
enable healthy housing practices.
What to do
Alliance for HH & Communities
• The mission of the Alliance for Healthy
Homes and Communities is to promote,
support, and provide healthy homes and
communities for all Minnesotans.
• The Alliance is a three-year effort to build
bridges and coordination between the
different sectors that play a role in creating
a state where all Minnesotans have the
opportunity to live healthy lives.
Who will do it
Alliance for Healthy Homes and
Communities
Priority Strategies
• Connect people, programs, and sectors
• Develop and support policy changes
• Educate the public and public officials
Connecting with the Alliance
www.alliancehhc.org
Marjean Hoeft, Alliance Coordinator
m.hoeft@src-mn.org 612-872-3295
Summary
• A healthy home and community
provides a foundation on which
the citizens of Minnesota can
build healthy, productive lives
• Multi-agency approaches will
work best
• Interventions have proven
positive return on investment
To arrange a visit from Leadie Eddie in
your community, call 612-872-3281
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20% of our students entering Kindergarten
had no formal school setting before
starting.
Minnesota Readiness Survey indicated a
need for more social and emotional
development of our students.
50% of our Fairmont Area students qualify
for free and reduced meals.
• Two weeks of programming (4 half days)
• In conjunction with the last two weeks of
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Targeted Services Summer School
Busing for students in the district
Breakfast and lunch served daily
Collaboration between the public and
private preschool and kindergarten teachers
Program theme of "Chicka, Chicka, Boom,
Boom"
Kindergarten Readiness Study Results
Personal and Social Development2011-12
32% proficient
2012-13
52% proficient
Language and Literacy 2011-12
20% proficient
2012-13
48% proficient
Mathematical Thinking2011-12
31% proficient
2012-13
61% proficient
The Arts2011-12
38% proficient
2012-13
55% proficient
Physical Development and Health2011-12
55% proficient
2012-13
76% proficient
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Fairmont Early Childhood Initiative
SMIF - Southern Minnesota Initiative
Foundation
Fairmont Area Schools both Public and
Private
BookStart Grant from SMIF and Capstone
• 2nd year
• 105 students
• July 22 to August 1
Discussion
Thank You
Denise Mayotte
The Sheltering Arms Foundation