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Denver Child Readiness
- Existing Assessment Tools
- OMNI Institute
- Mile High United Way
- Domains
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Cross Domain
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<a href="http://www.smartstartcolorado.org/" target="_blank">~ Smart Start Colorado
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About:
Smart Start Colorado is a statewide alliance of early childhood partnerships building a comprehensive system for young children and their families. That comprehensive early childhood system results in young children being ready for school and ready for life and encompasses:
* Early care and education
* Health
* Mental health
* And family support<a href="http://www.smartstartcolorado.org/about/system_defined.html" target="_blank">~ <img src="sys_def_Img.gif"> </a>
Comprehensive Goals
1. Program Quality and Standards: Services and supports provided for all children and their families will be high quality, standards-driven and developmentally appropriate.
2. Program Availability: The early childhood system has the capacity to provide accessible services and supports for all children and their families.
3. Parent and Family Engagement: All parents and families are partners in the early childhood system.
4. Professional and Workforce Development: The early childhood system ensures integrated and formalized ongoing professional and workforce development.
5. Public Engagement: The public understands the importance of, places a high priority on and promotes the early childhood system.
6. Accountability: The early childhood system is accountable for children's readiness for school and life.
7. Organizational Structure: The early childhood system has formally established governance and administrative structures at the state and local levels. 8. Funding and Finance The early childhood system has adequate, sustainable and flexible funding and resources from a broad array of public and private partners.
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<a href="http://www.smartstartcolorado.org/" target="_blank">~ Smart Start Colorado
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Education
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Denver Preschool
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Denver Public Schools
- Will Lee-Ashley, WILL_LEE-ASHLEY@dpsk12.org, 720-423-3526
- Andrew Robinson, Andrew_Robinson@dpsk12.org
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<a href="http://www.denverpreschoolprogram.com/" target="_blank">~ Denver Preschool Program
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About: The Denver Preschool Program, approved by voters in November 2006, provides parents with a tuition credit to use at the preschool of their choice. It will be open and voluntary for all Denver four-year-olds and will include all licensed preschool providers who agree to participate in a quality improvement system.
Pam Harris
James Mejia
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Denver Public Schools
- Registered Child Care (center care, home care, FFN networks)
- Kindergarten instrument to assess school readiness
- Head Start
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<a href="http://www.iik.org/incredible_years/" target="_blank">~ Incredible Years
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About: The Incredible Years programs are a cost-effective, community-empowerment model that fit into a framework of services and systems, supporting the healthy development of young children and adding further strength to a community's support for families. The series has three distinct programs that work together to achieve outstanding outcomes:
- Skill Building for Children: "Dinosaur School" is presented with puppetry (including two life-sized child puppets, a wide-eyed Dinosaur and timid turtle) in a 15-20 minute large group circle time with the entire classroom 2-3 times a week. It is followed by a 15-20 minute small group activity. "Dinosaur School" provides children with special attention and tools that help build skills in anger management, problem solving, emotional competence, empathy and developing friendships.
- Skill Building for Parents: Groups are offered weekly for 12-14 weeks. The goals of the group are to offer parents support and additional information in strengthening parenting skills that promote the parent - child relationship, build social competence, reduce behavior problems and promote school readiness. Modalities of learning include the collaborative process, group discussion, video vignettes, role-play and home activities.
- Skill Building for Teachers: Video-based training, modeling and guided practice provide teachers with proven classroom management strategies, including the effective use of teacher attention, praise and encouragement that promote academic success in the classroom.
Jessica Spencer, at (303)839-1808 ext. 100 or email jspencer@iik.org
<img src="Incredible Years 2007 Map.gif">
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Denver Preschool
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Health
- Home Visiting/Family Support/Parent Counseling (e.g., Healthy Start)
- Immunization, Lead Screening
- Medicaid, SCHIP, Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT)
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) services
- <a href="http://www.iik.org/nurse_family_partnership/index.php" target="_blank">~ Nurse Family Partnership
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About: Nurse-Family Partnership attacks the problems of poverty by providing nurses to visit low-income, first-time mothers at least twice a month from early pregnancy until their children’s second birthdays. These nurses teach the fundamentals of good parenting, offer encouragement and mentoring to new mothers, and consistently monitor the health and well-being of the child.
Georgette McMichae, gmcmichael@nursefamilypartnership.org, (303) 327-4258
<img src="NFP Map 0708.gif">
- Economic Stability
- Stable Families
- Foster Care/Child Protective Services
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Cross Domain
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Background Data
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Co. Dept Public Health and Environment Vital Statistics
- Detail: Census Block Group
- Extent: Statewide
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Key Fields
- Total Births
- Mother's Level of Education
- Mother's Age
- Prenatal Care
- Mother Race / Ethnicity
- Denver Public Schools
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Existing Scans
- Community Information Guide, Fall 2006
- Source: Metro Denver Bright Beginnings
- Extent: Metro Denver
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Contents
- Adoption/Foster Care
- Adult Education
- Breastfeeding
- Child Educations
- Community Centers
- Counseling Mental Health
- Development
- Domestic Violence
- Drugs & Alcohol
- Emergency Services
- Family Support
- Fatherhood
- Financial
- Home Visitation
- Housing / Shelter
- Jobs
- Legal
- Libraries
- Medical
- Nutrition
- Parent Educations
- Play
- Postpartum Issues
- Pregnancy Services
- Safety
- Support
- Teen Services
- Tobacco Prevention
- Community Information Guide, Fall 2006
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Partners
- <a href="http://www.cde.state.co.us/early/early.htm#ECC" target="_blank">~ Colorado Early Childhood Councils
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About: Since 1997, through the action of the Colorado General Assembly, 17 Consolidated Child Care Pilot (Pilots) communities in 30 of Colorado's counties are working to build a quality early childhood system through the collaboration of local partners. The Pilots are charged with the creation of a "seamless delivery system of early care and education services" that:
- Ensures collaboration among public and private stakeholders;
- Responds to the needs of working parents;
- Enhances child care quality; and
- Consolidates funding sources to create an early childhood system.
The Pilots have become a vital component in the process of developing an Early Childhood system for the State of Colorado. In addition, to early care and education their focus includes: school readiness, health care, mental health, and family support. Much has been learned from the Pilots and they are now called Early Childhood Councils.Kim Stokka, stokka_k@cde.state.co.us, 303.866.6536
Jenna Davis, davis_j@cde.state.co.us, 303-866-6606
- Piton Foundation
- Lisa Roy, lroy@piton.org, 303-825-6246
- <a href="http://www.makingconnectionsdenver.org/" target="_blank">~ Making Connections / Early Excellence
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- Josh Lazaroff, JLazaroff@mcdenver.org, 720-891-4920
- Zulema Inai, zinai@mcdenver.org, 720-891-4920
- Mosiac Project
- Steven Poole, SPoole@tchden.org
- <a href="http://www.cde.state.co.us/early/early.htm#ECC" target="_blank">~ Colorado Early Childhood Councils
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