Ingham Great Start Collaborative, Birth to Five Vision Statement:
Every Ingham County child ready to succeed in school and life"

AGENDA October 8, 2008 1-3:30pm

Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 549 E. Mt. Hope in Lansing

1:00pm - Opening (Chairperson: Jamie Yeomans, Timekeeper: Lori Brasic)
  - Introductions - All
  - Approval of GSC Previous Meeting Minutes (9/10/08)

1:15pm - Fund Mapping Project – Mike Foley, ECIC

2:15pm - GSC Business   
- CAUW/CRCF Updates – Contracts, and Logic Model Evaluation meeting (Michelle)
- ECIC Technical Assistance September meeting (Michelle)
- Recruit New Members (Parents, MSUE, Faith, Business)

2:30pm - Advisory Groups: Early On (Stephanie), (formerly) Jump Start (Lisa), and
Great Parents Great Start – Vote on Approval of GPGS FY0809 Grant Application (Michelle)

2:45pm - Goal Area review Action Agenda & RFP activities and progress
- NEW updates and announcements
Goal I - Physical Health, Goal II - Social-Emotional Health, Goal III - Early Care & Education, Goal IV - Basic Needs, Goal V - Family Support, Goal VI  - Infrastructure

3:00pm - Action Agenda, Building Links – featured Agency/Program Spotlight
          (Tentative) Sparrow Hospital Safe Kids Coalition

3:30pm - Reminder next GSC Meeting November 12, 2008.  Meeting officially ends.

Ingham Great Start Collaborative, Birth to Five Vision Statement:
Every Ingham County child ready to succeed in school and life"

Minutes October 8, 2008 1-3:30pm

Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 549 E. Mt. Hope in Lansing

Present: Lori Brasic - OYC, Lisa Chambers – ICHD, Judy Brown Clarke – MSU, Jen Cousineau - Gateway Community Services, Mary Duncan – Lansing Housing Commission, Mike Foley – ECIC, Fran Jozefowicz - CEI CMH, Luke Kane – MSU, Barry Kaufman - CEI CMH, Keri Keck - ICHD Teen Parenting, Sergio Keck – Lansing SD, Teresa Kmetz – CAUW, Sara Lewandowski - MSU/CMH, Lucy McClintic - CACS Head Start, Barb Monroe – OYC, Mischele McManus – Ingham ISD, Tom Mumby - Lansing School District, Michelle Nicholson - Ingham ISD, Stephanie Peters - Ingham ISD Early On & ECSE, Yvonne Phillips - Mayor’s Office of CFBI, Rachel Posen - CAPS, Mandy Powers – ICHD, Peggy Roberts - Power of We Consortium, MC Rothhorn - Parent Coordinator, Marcia Rysztak – LCC, Ken Sperber - Ingham GSC, Debby Starnes - ICHD PHN, and Jamie Yeomans - Parent (GPGS)

Opening and Approval of 9/10/08 Minutes
Operations Committee members continue to chair the GSC meetings.  Jamie Yeomans chaired the meeting, and Lori Brasic acted as the timekeeper.  Members proceeded with introductions and new participant Mary Duncan was introduced and welcomed by all. The Minutes from the previous Ingham GSC meeting on 9/10/08 were approved without correction.  The meeting Minutes will be posted at the Ingham GSC website http://www.cacvoices.org/organizations/birthtofive/minutes.

Fund Mapping Project – Mike Foley, ECIC

Mike Foley gave an overview of the Fund Mapping Project at the State level, and the ECIC work with the Finance Project. The purpose of the study was to:

• Map federal, state, local and private funding sources that align with Great Start system componentsAnalyze effectiveness of current funding
• Lay the groundwork for developing a strategic financing plan

Using a PowerPoint presentation Mike outlined the methods used to map the early childhood streams of funding at the State level, and their study’s findings.  The slide presentation is available to be viewed on-line at the Ingham GSC website at: http://www.cacvoices.org/organizations/birthtofive/minutes/fundmapo

Some of the key findings for State and Federal funding included:

• Total funding for children 0-5 and their families is approximately $2.5 billion

• 85 programs have federal and/or state funding
• Federal funding makes up more than two thirds of total funding

• Many programs leverage private and local funds through required or voluntary matches

• Over 95 percent of funding supports three of the Great Start components (Physical Health, Basic Needs, and Early Care & Ed)

Mike shared a handout that displayed the amounts of funding in each of the five component areas for early childhood.  The chart summarizing these funding streams is available as a PDF file at the Ingham GSC website at: http://www.cacvoices.org/organizations/birthtofive/minutes/fundmapsum

Mike explained that each of the local Great Start Collaboratives has been asked to complete a similar fund mapping project at the local level.  After answering a few questions from GSC members Mike excused himself to attend another meeting.  Before Mike left he stated that local GSCs, like Ingham, have been given a 6-month extension to complete the local Fund Mapping, by the end of March 2009.  After Mike left, Judy Brown Clarke from MSU Outreach & Engagement continued the discussion about what the Fund Mapping Project entails at the local level.  Judy and her staff will be contracting with Ingham GSC to take the lead on organizing the data collection, follow-up, focus group meetings, and writing the ECIC required reports. Luke Kane, who will be serving as the MSU contact for the Ingham GSC Fund Mapping Project, introduced himself and invited GSC members to email him with any questions (kaneluke@msu.edu).  Michelle described the questionnaire developed by Eaton GSC to collect fund mapping information at the local level.  Michelle distributed the relevant questionnaire/data sheets to GSC members, and said she would follow-up by sending out email attachment versions of the data sheets as well.

After discussion it was agreed that the data would be collected using the 2006-07 fiscal year for each agency. The general timeline for the Ingham GSC fund mapping will be that initial information will be collected in October & November.  Judy would help fill in missing gaps and provide a first draft before the GSC meeting on 2/11/09.  Judy will arrange focused group meetings for Directors and Program staff to answer additional ECIC questions in February 2009. A final draft of the Report should be available for review at the 3/11/09 GSC meeting, and then be ready to submit to ECIC by 3/30/09 deadline.

GSC Business    

CAUW/CRCF Updates – Contracts, and Logic Model Evaluation meeting

Ken summarized that there are 3 initiatives now focusing on School Readiness in our community:
1) the CAUW/CRCF Youth Initiative - Birth to Five (three year grant funded initiative)
2) the Birth to Work proposal to the Kellogg Foundation by MSU and the Power of We Consortium, and
3) the Power of We data book with indicators of community well-being, the workgroup on School Readiness
Ken reported that at the PWC Data Committee meeting on 10/6/08, it was suggested that we develop a common framework for all three initiatives with a Logic Model for School Readiness.  If each of the three initiatives uses this Logic Model as a common foundation to develop more specific measurements, evaluations, and indicators for their different projects, then each of the programs can build on the success of the others, and the entire community will be better served. Members of the PWC Data Committee School Readiness Workgroup, representatives from MSU, CAUW, CRCF and the Power of We Consortium have been invited to a first 0-5 Logic Model meeting on 10/15/08.  Updates will be shared at future GSC meetings.

ECIC Updates & Technical Assistance September meeting
Michelle shared that the ECIC announced that by January 2009 all 57 ISDs will have local Great Start Collaboratives.  17 new Collaboratives began October 1^st and the last 7 ISDs will be brought on board at the start of 2009.  We received word that the Ingham GSC 2008-09 Budget and Work Plan have been approved by ECIC. 

Jump Start  - Lisa reported that although the CTF funding for the Jump Start program ended effective 10/1/08, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners approved a plan to retain all the staff positions using Medicaid Outreach dollars.  The new (yet unnamed) program is being re-defined to serve pregnant woman and families with children.  Although home visits will remain an integral part of the services offered, there will be changes in the duration and intensity of services.

Great Parents Great Start (GPGS) - Michelle reviewed the Great Parents, Great Start grant application summary that was emailed to the GSC members, and summarized the grant budget expenses.  The GPGS budget for 2008-2009 is $157,700 with the majority of the funds supporting staff salaries, benefits, and travel. The parent educators for GPGS hold Bachelor degrees in early childhood education or child development as well as certification in the Parents As Teachers (PAT) curriculum. The budget is split between universal services, such as playgroups and the distribution of materials, and more intensive services including home visits to families that fall within the target population. The target population in Ingham County has been identified as those children who have been served by Early On or Jump Start but are no longer eligible or those who are on waiting lists for Jump Start, the Great Start Readiness Program, Early Head Start, or Head Start services.  The Ingham GSC voted to approve the grant application and budget and to forward a recommendation to the Power of We Consortium for their approval and support of the application to the Michigan Dept of Education.

Children’s Action Agenda & CAUW/CRCF Youth Initiative Updates
In the brief meeting time remaining GSC members shared updates on progress in Goal Areas of the Children’s Action Agenda and progress on the CAUW/CRCF Youth Initiative activities.

Goal I - Physical Health
(no new reports)

Goal II - Social-Emotional Health
            Barry shared flyers describing the next round of Proud Fathers sessions beginning on 10/15 at 6pm at Maple Hill Head Start Center in Lansing.  For more info call Jeff Keener at 482-1504 ext 113.  Barry also described a workshop to be lead by Cindy Grider on Sensory Integration Therapy: Easy Things to Help at Home & in the Classroom!  The cost is $25 and includes materials & lunch. It will be held on November 15, 2008 from 10 a.m.-3p.m at the Dansville United Methodist Church, 1317 Mason St, Dansville.  In addition, Barry informed the GSC that on 2/12/09 there will be a cross-discipline training on the DECA I/T at Spartan Village CDC targeting Early On, Head Start, and CMH staff.  For more information on these trainings call Barry Kaufman at 887-5259.

Goal III - Early Care & Education

            Marcia reported that the Quality Initiatives workgroup invited representatives from each of the local child care scholarship programs to attend their meeting. Lori Strom from MSU, Lori Brasic from OYC and Ana Woehr from LCC Women’s Resource Center were there to discuss current child care subsidies they offer. At the next QI meeting the workgroup will continue these discussions, and develop recommendations to implement the scholarship fund outlined in the CAUW/CRCF grant.
            Sergio shared that the Lansing School District Kindergarten Steering Committee discussed plans for another joint professional development day for kindergarten teachers and preschool teachers.  On 3/10/09 Robert Verdell will keynote a PD day that focuses on social-emotional development and moves the focus away from academics.  All Ingham GSRP, Early Childhood Special Ed Teachers, Kindergaten Teachers and Head Start will be invited.
            The Early Literacy Mall Events will be on Saturday 10/18/08 at the Lansing Mall, and on Sunday 10/19/08 at the Meridian Mall.  The brochures for the Early Literacy mall events and two weeks of literacy activities is now on-line at the Ingham GSC and CADL websites:
http://cadl.org/news/ECLC-2008-flyer.pdf

Goal IV - Basic Needs
            Ken shared flyers from Community Organized Partners Addressing Lead (COPAL) promoting free Toy Testing for Lead on 10/22/08 at Allen Street Farmers Market from 2:30-6:30pm.  Call 367-2468 for more info.  Michelle also offered a reminder that CATA Millage is on the November 4^th ballot.  In addition, Michelle said that the PWC Transportation Survey will be emailed to human service agencies this month.

Goal V - Family Support
            Play & Learn groups + Outreach at alternate sites - The Parent Ed workgroup has been exploring using the Food Movers sites as an opportunity to provide outreach for GSC partner agencies.  Yvonne prepared a list of the Food Mover sites and a schedule for agencies to sign-up on a rotating basis.  MC will be the point of contact for the “box of materials” to be used on-site.  Each agency is encouraged to bring their own special materials in addition to the materials stocked in the traveling box of brochures.
            Michelle shared some samples of new PAT materials for immigrant and refugee families.  Sergio stated that the Lansing School District currently serves families from 77 nationalities and has families speaking over 45 languages.  The newest refugee populations are Nepalese, Burmese and Bhutanese.

Goal VI  - Infrastructure
            Public Awareness theater ads - Michelle has been trying to iron out the final details of the agreements to run customized versions of the short Parenting Counts videos, with the GSC contact information, on the screens at the NCG and Celebration Cinemas.  The ads will be shown in November, December and January during the holiday season, which typically brings lots of families in to the theaters.

Next Ingham GSC Meeting
The GSC meeting ended at 3:30pm with a reminder that the next Ingham GSC Meeting will be on
November 12, 2008 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church (549 E. Mt. Hope) in Lansing.  On-site childcare will be available at the Family Growth Center by reservation (call Kathy 371-1347).