I MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE State Early Childhood Advisory Council February 13, 2019 10:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m. Maryland State Department of Education (MSDF) 200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 8th Floor, Conference Room 617 Time Task 10:00 - 10:15 Welcome! Introductions and Announcements . Dr. Carol A Williamson, Deputy Superintendent, Office of Teaching and Learn ing, Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) 10:15 - 12:00 Presentations • Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Data — Judy Walker, Early Learning Branch Chief, Division of Early Childhood, MSDE (Workforce Development-Priority 2) 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (on your own) 1:00 - 2:30 Old Business . Building a Birth — 5 System: PDG 0-5, Steven Hicks, Assistant State Superintendent, Division of Eady Childhood, MSDE (Work force Development- Priority 2) . Pritzker Grant Update — Margaret Williams, Executive Director, Maryland Family Network (MFN) . Maryland Family Engagement Center —Susan Shaffer, President, Mid Atlantic Equity Consortium (MAEC) and Karmen Rouland, Associate Director, Technical Assistance_and_Training,_Center for Education_Equity,_MAEC 2:30 —3:00 General Announcements and Next Steps . Early Childhood Mental Health Update — Sarah Nadiv, Co-Director, Trauma Informed Practice in Eady Childhood, Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Consortium at Wes tED . Office of Child Care Update-Jenn Nizer, Director of the Office of Child Care, Division of Early Childhood, MSDE • Maryland EXCELS- Michelle Young, Community Outreach Specialist, Maryland EXCELS Branch, Division of Early Childhood, MSDE • State Early Childhood Advisory Council Announcements — Wendy Dantzler, Early Childhood Coordinator, Division of Early Childhood, MSDE • 2019 Meeting Dates - February 13th @ MSDE, May 8th (Location TBD), August 14th @ MSDE, November 13th (Location TBD). All dates fall on 2nd Wednesday of that month. 3:00 Adjournment of Full Council
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IMARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATIONEQUITY AND EXCELLENCE
State Early Childhood Advisory CouncilFebruary 13, 2019
10:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m.Maryland State Department of Education (MSDF)200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
8th Floor, Conference Room 617
Time Task10:00 - 10:15 Welcome! Introductions and Announcements
. Dr. Carol A Williamson, Deputy Superintendent, Office of Teaching and Learn ing,Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
10:15 - 12:00 Presentations• Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Data — Judy Walker, Early Learning Branch
Chief, Division of Early Childhood, MSDE (Workforce Development-Priority 2)
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00 - 2:30 Old Business. Building a Birth — 5 System: PDG 0-5, Steven Hicks, Assistant State
Superintendent, Division of Eady Childhood, MSDE (Workforce Development-Priority 2)
. Pritzker Grant Update — Margaret Williams, Executive Director, Maryland FamilyNetwork (MFN)
. Maryland Family Engagement Center —Susan Shaffer, President, Mid AtlanticEquity Consortium (MAEC) and Karmen Rouland, Associate Director, TechnicalAssistance_and_Training,_Center for Education_Equity,_MAEC
2:30 —3:00 General Announcements and Next Steps. Early Childhood Mental Health Update — Sarah Nadiv, Co-Director, Trauma
Informed Practice in Eady Childhood, Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Consortium atWes tED
. Office of Child Care Update-Jenn Nizer, Director of the Office of Child Care, Divisionof Early Childhood, MSDE
• Maryland EXCELS- Michelle Young, Community Outreach Specialist, MarylandEXCELS Branch, Division of Early Childhood, MSDE
• State Early Childhood Advisory Council Announcements — Wendy Dantzler, EarlyChildhood Coordinator, Division of Early Childhood, MSDE
• 2019 Meeting Dates - February 13th @ MSDE, May 8th (Location TBD), August14th @ MSDE, November 13th (Location TBD). All dates fall on 2nd Wednesday ofthat month.
3:00 Adjournment of Full Council
Priorities
Currently, the Council is focused on two priority areas: Communication I Public Awareness and WorkforceDevelopment.
Communication! Public Awareness (Priority U: Objectives for this priority are:
• To update and develop communication policies and procedures to ensure effective communication withlocal jurisdictions as well as effective interdepartmental communication, This Will include a plan for the useof social media and SMS services.
• To develop a public awareness campaign to educate the community and reinforce the importance of earlychildhood education, This public awareness campaign will serve as an “umbrella campaign” that willsupport the efforts of the local councils and link the community to effective and reliable resources.
Workforce Development (Priority 2): Objectives for this priority are:
• Increase capacity for behavioral health consultation to child care, home visiting, pre-kindergarten, EarlyHead Start and other early childhood programs, including kindergarten, and Head Start.
• Increase capacity for behavioral health consultation to pediatric providers through Baltimore HealthIntegration in primary Pediatric Care. (Lead — Health Department)
• Establish behavioral health consultation to matemal health providers with focus on pregnant and postpartumwomen. (Lead — Health Department)
• Convene collaborative State and Local implementation teams to establish and sustain systemic change toimprove outcomes for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and their families. (Lead -
Special Education/Early Intervention)
To support these initiatives, the state will need to review its training component and ensure that it has the capacity tosupport all early education and care providers. Objectives for this work are:
• To develop effective strategies that addresses the use of technology in the classroom and in early educationand care programs as well as family engagement and challenging behaviors. To successfully address thelatter, strategies should consider training or coaching models that are also inclusive of communication skills,relationship building, cultural competencies, and trauma informed care.
Birth-8 (Priority 3): We will be asking our State Early Childhood Advisory Council members for input and feedbackas we begin our work this fall. Education Counsel, a non-profit educational consulting firm, has invited Maryland toparticipate with Connecticut, Delaware, and Mississippi in a multi-state workgroup as our states begin to implementthe Birth to 8 opportunities that are in our new ESSA plan. They will be supporting us with evidenced based ideas inorder to expand opportunities and improve outcomes for all students from birth through age 21.
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The J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation invites states
to apply for participation in its Prenatal-to-Age-Three State
Grant Competition. Five to 10 Planning Grants ($1 00,000/grant)
and three to five Action Grants (ranging from $1-3 million to be
made following the planning process) will be awarded to states
who submit winning proposals focused on expanding needed state
and community services for children prenatal to age three and their
families. Please join us to be a part of this exciting new movement.
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Strategic VisionResearch consistently shows the experiences of the first threeyears of a child’s life are the bricks and mortar of brain development, building the foundation for all future learning, behaviorand health. A child’s brain develops faster from birth to agethree than at any later period in life. Evidence shows that whenwe invest in the first three years, infants and toddlers becomehealthy children who are confident, empathetic and ready forschool and life, and our communities, workforce and economybecome stronger and more productive.
For nearly 20 years, the J.B. and M.K. Pdtzker Family Foundation has sought to catalyze effective solutions to societalneeds, including early childhood development. To embracethe crucial early years in a child’s development, the foundationcreated the Pritzker Children’s Initiative (PCI) with a vision ofhelping to build a promising future for our country by investingin and supporting solutions in early childhood developmentfrom birth to age three, with a goal of every child reachingkindergarten being ready to learn.More recently, the Foundation launched the National Collaborative for Infants and Toddlers (NCIT),which brings together national partners, early childhood leaders, philanthropy, policymakers andpractitioners, both inside and outside state and local government to create and strengthen promisingpolicies and programs and share best practices, ensuring more states and communities can supportthe healthy development of our youngest children.
Policy PrioritiesPCI’s approach is to support national, state and local policies and programs that:
1) Increase the number of families with children prenatal to age three who are connectedto essential health, development and social emotional support services.
2) Increase the number of low-income infants and toddlers receiving affordable, high-qualitychild care.
Working together, these programs and policies can help provide parents with the full range of supportsthey may need to create a strong foundation for healthy development and learning.
Program GoalsIt is PCI’s goal to expand high-quality services nationally to at least one million low-incomefamilies with children prenatal to age three by 2023. To achieve this goal, PCI is focusing on neededpolicy changes and investments in states and communities designed to expand high-quality services tolow-income infants and toddlers and their families. We invite states and communities and organizationsto join us in this important work.
The Grant OpportunityPCI invites states to apply for a Planning Grant of $100,000. The purpose of the Planning Grant will be toestablish a coalition of partners inside and outside of government working at both the state and local levelto develop a robust prenatal-to-age-three policy agenda and action plan focused on expanding statewideaccess to high-quality programs designed to support children’s healthy development and build a strongfoundation for learning.
Following the completion of the Planning Grant phase, states will be eligible to apply for a three-year ActionGrant of $1-3 million to support successful execution of elements of your proposed prenatal-to-age-threepolicy agenda and action plan. Three to five Action Grants will be awarded following the Planning Grantphase. (The amount of the action grant will be based upon the number of low-income infants and toddlersin your state.)
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Planning Grant PhaseThe Planning Grant competition will offer $100,000 Planning Grants for five to 10 states for the purposeof developing:
1. A collaborative of state- and community-level partners inside and outside of governmentcommitted to increasing investments and improving policies and systems related to childrenprenatal to age three and their families;
2. A prenatal-to-age-three policy agenda; and
3. An action plan to move forward and execute elements of the proposed policy agenda.
Planning Grant Time Period: Recognizing that states may be at varying levels of readiness to undertakethis planning process, PCI is offering two timelines for the Planning Grant phase.
1. Ready States: Six-month Planning Grant with submission of application for an Action Grantby October 15, 2019. “Early Decision” Action Grants will be awarded by December 30, 2019.
2. Developing States: Nine-month Planning Grant with submission of application for anAction Grant by January 15, 2020. “Regular Decision” implementation grants will be awardedin the Spring of 2020.
You will be asked to state in your Letter of Intent your preference to apply for either the six-monthor nine-month Planning Grant.
Who can apply? State collaboratives that include cross-sector/cross-system leaders from state and localgovernment, state and local nonprofit leaders, advocates, philanthropies and other likely and unlikely alliesare required to apply collaboratively.
Only one application will be accepted per state, and it is up to the state collaborative members to determinewho the direct grantee will be to lead the Planning Grant process. For the Planning Grant, the recipientmust be a nonprofit 5O1(c)(3) organization that is a public charity, has been agreed upon by thecollaborative members and has assumed responsibility for overseeing the planning process andrepresenting the statewide collaborative. (The public charity will be responsible for determining how,when and to whom it will disburse any funds received under this grant in order to achieve its purposes.)NOTE: In the Action Grant phase, there will be options for the funding to be directed to multiple granteesincluding a state government entity. For the purposes of the Planning Grant time limitations, it was deemedmore practical to make the grant to one nonprofit entity.
All states and the District of Columbia are invited to apply (with the exception of California, Illinois,North Carolina, New York, Ohio and Oregon, because of significant existing and planned investments).
What will Planning Grant recipients receive? Those whose applications are chosen to receive an initialPlanning Grant will receive the following:
• Grant of $100,000 to support the development of a policy agenda and action plan focusedon the identified policy priorities of this national prenatal-to-age-three grant initiative;
• Eligibility for consideration of an Action Grant of $1-3 million to support successful executionof elements of the state’s prenatal-to-age-three policy agenda;
• Access to technical assistance consultation and content experts;
• Opportunity to strategize with communications experts on how to move forward a policy agenda;and
• Participation in the National Collaborative For Infants and Toddlers and a peer learning networkof states and communities and national partners focused on building a comprehensive prenatalto-age-Three system of supports for infants, toddlers and their families.
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What can the Planning Grant funds be used for? The Planning Grant funds can be used to fund all costsrelated to the planning process. The funds are available to help identify the grantee’s vision for the state’sneeded policy changes and investments, and to develop the action plan. Examples of allowable costsinclude hiring a facilitator, using expert consultants, securing needed data, covering meeting and travelcosts, etc. Other uses may be proposed by applicants; however, funds may NOT be used to fund directservices or for lobbying. Use of the Planning Grant funds for lobbying is expressly prohibited.
How does this grant opportunity link to the federal Preschool Development Grant (P00), the state’sCCDBG state plan, the Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership grant, MIECHV or other federalresources that states already have? In drafting the proposal, consider these questions to ensure theeffort builds on existing work in your state wherever possible:
• To what extent did your state build prenatal-to-age-three into your PDG or CCDBG plans or otherfederal grant opportunities? If you did incorporate prenatal-to-age-three in those plans/proposals,build on those plans for this grant opportunity. If you did not prioritize infants and toddlers in thoseplans, use this as an opportunity to broaden your focus to expand services to infants and toddlersand their families.
• Are less-restricted private sector resources needed as a match for any federal grants or toleverage other funding sources to support your prenatal-to-age-three focus?
• Are strategies being considered in your Medicaid Transformation or Expansion plans to fund keyprenatal-to-age-three services?
• What else is happening in your state that would allow you to incorporate a prenatal-to-age-threefocus in building the system of supports for young children and their families?
There is no one right answer. What we ask, though, is that your state team collaborative think about allthese pieces of work that may already be underway at the state and community level and determine howthis grant opportunity aligns with and strengthens any other funding you have received that may supportprograms related to prenatal-to-age-three. It is also important to note that this grant opportunity is notdependent upon your receipt of other funding. For example, if you submitted an application for a preschooldevelopment grant, even if you did not receive one of those grants, you have already completed some ofthe work for this application. How does that proposal align with your approach to this funding opportunity?
Important DatesNovember 27, 2018 at 1 pm ET — Webinar for interested and potential applicants to share details of thegrant process and to respond to questions. Register here: httos:f/cc.readytalk.com/r/cDg33uhnlcyv&eom
January 15, 2019— Letter of Intent to submit an application should be emailed [email protected]. See nape 8 for details on what should be included in your Letter of Intent.
February 15, 2019— Planning Grant applications due.
April 15, 2019— Planning Grant recipients announced (five tolO will be selected).
July 15, 2019— interim report due from Planning Grant recipients to provide details about the compositionof the prenatal-to-age-three state collaborative you have developed.
October 15, 2019— Final policy agenda and action plans due for the Ready State six-month PlanningGrantees. Three-year Action Grants for this group of applicants will be awarded by December 2019.
January 15, 2020— Final policy agenda and action plans due for the Developing State nine-monthPlanning Grantees. Three-year Action Grants for this group will be awarded in Spring 2020.
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Planning Grant DeliverablesTo contribute to the ambitious goal of ensuring one million more infants and toddlers are on track forsuccess in school and beyond by age three, PCI is seeking robust state prenatal-to-age-three strategiesthat will include three core grant deliverables from states receiving Planning Grants.
1) Establishing a coalition of partners, inside and outside of government, committed to workingtoward a common goal of preparing infants and toddlers for success in school and in life.
a. This collaborative should represent the state’s racial and cultural diversity and demonstratea commitment to working to meet the goals set forth in your policy agenda.
b. The collaborative will be asked to provide a description of the roles and responsibilitiesof each partner, and the decision-making structure and approach that will be used.
c. The coalition should include the following:
i. State government leaders
H. Local government and/or community leaders
Hi. Local and state nonprofit organization leaders
iv. Local and state nonprofit policy-advocacy organization leaders
v. State and local philanthropic leaders
vi. Others as identified, including both likely and unlikely allies.
2) Creating a detailed policy agenda focused on needed policy changes and investmentsdesigned to expand high-quality services to low-income infants and toddlers and their familieswith a target goal of a 25-percentage point increase over baseline by 2023 and a long-term goalof a 50-percentage point increase over baseline in children and families served by high-qualityprograms or policies.
a. Policy agendas must include one or both of the two identified policy priorities:
i. Increase in the number of families with children prenatal to age three who areconnected to essential health, development and social emotional support services(e.g., home visiting, health and developmental screenings and referrals to a rangeof health and support services). This may include, but is not limited to, prenatal care;increased or universal home visiting; health and developmental assessment andconnection to needed services; a variety of referral and follow-up support servicesfor families; expanded early intervention services, high-quality child care, etc.
H. Increase in the number of low-income infants and toddlers receiving affordable,high-quality child care. This may include but is not limited to strategies for increasingthe number of high-quality child care opportunities for low-income infants andtoddlers across diverse settings, including new high-quality child care for infants andtoddlers, improved quality of existing child care for infants and toddlers and expanded workforce compensation for teachers in infant and toddler child care programs.
b. The collaborative may include letters of support for the proposed policy agenda from members of the collaborative as well as, for example, the governor, legislative leadership, stategovernment agency leaders, local government agency leaders, advocacy organizationleaders and other potential private sector partners at the state and local level.
3) Developing a strategic action plan that describes how the state collaborative would advanceits prenatal-to-age4hree policy agenda. The proposed strategic action plan should includethe following components:
a. Specific strategies to advance an agenda and catalyze movement to increase investmentin high-quality services policy for infants, toddlers and families. The action plan can includea wide range of strategies based upon the realities in the state and the approach you aretaking. Your state collaborative should develop the best approach within your own statecontext and vision to achieve and implement the needed funding and policy changes.
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b. A clear plan for how your state collaborative approach will incorporate communities —
as leaders in informing, implementing and mobilizing the plan. Consider actions that canbe taken at the local level to test policy ideas with local leaders or local initiatives that mightbe replicated or scaled statewide as part of your state level policy agenda.
c. Articulation of how your proposed policy agenda will identify and address disparitiesin access and outcomes among specific populations within the state (e.g., based on race,ethnicity/language, geography or other demographic or socio-economic factors).
d. Establishment of clear metrics for success — What will your target goals be when workingtowards a long-term goal of expanding high-quality services to achieve a 25- percentage pointincrease over baseline by 2023 and a longer-term goal of 50-percentage point increase overbaseline in children and families impacted by high-quality programs or policies?
e. Aspirational vision with both short- and long-term goals. We recognize everything can’t beaccomplished in the grant period, but what is your vision that you ultimately want to achievein your state and how many children will ultimately be impacted if you achieve that vision?
f. Communication of a strategy for securing additional funding from federal, state, local orprivate sources to support the implementation of the prenatal-to-age-three agenda. Note thatAction Grant recipients will also be required to provide a 20 percent cash match on the grantin Year Two and a 30 percent cash match in Year Three.
The following examples are offered as potential illustration of the approaches a state may take, but theyare merely meant to be examples and should not limit the creative and innovative strategies that states planto use to advance their prenatal-to-three-policy agenda:
• Launch of a public and policymaker education campaign (including influencer andcommunications strategies):
• Research to inform specific policy changes or financing strategies related toexpanding specific infant and toddler services;
• Support for planning to replicate or scale statewide an existing program approachat the Local level;
Development of a statewide network of community-based organizations focusedon children under the age of three and their families so that the capacity is in placeto scale quality programming; or
• Securing approvals to enable Medicaid to fund a broader range of infant and toddlerservices covered by the policy plan.
Action Grant PhaseThe Planning Grant deliverables (as described above) will serve as your application to be consideredfor an Action Grant. The purpose of these Action Grants will be to implement elements of your proposedpolicy agenda and action plan. Action Grant recipients will be selected approximately three months aftersubmission of your Planning Grant deliverables.
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State Planning Grant ApplicationlLetter of IntentSECTION 1: BASIC INFORMATION
Please make this page both your Letter Of Intent and the cover page of your Planning Grant proposal andinclude your organizational logo at the top of the page.
Organization Name:
Street Address: —
PLANNING GRANT APPLICANT MUST BE A 501 (C)(3) PUBLIC CHARITY.
Name of Proposed Grant: State Prenatal-to-Age-Three Planning Grant
Total Amount Requested: $100,000
Timeframe for Planning Grant (check one): DSix Months (Ready States: April 15— October 15, 2019)
fl Nine Months (Developing States: April 15—January 15, 2020).
Include with your Letter of Intent the following materials:
Signature:
IRS Determination Letter confirming the 501(c)(3) andof the applicant organization
• Audited financial statements for the past Iftg years• Organizational budget for the current fiscal year
W-9 Form
public charity status
______
Date: —
Email this page to gcobbpritzkerfoundation.org by January 15, 2019 as your “Letter of Intent” tolet us know of your intent to apply for a Planning Grant. This page should then also be the cover pageof your lull Planning Grant proposal that will be due on February 15, 2019. Include your logo at the topof the page.
* If the contact who will be responsible for the leadership and implementation of the proposed grant is differentfrom the contact who will respond to questions about this proposal, please indicate both contacts.
SECTION 2: GRANT NARRATIVEUsing the questions below as your guide, please briefly describe the approach you will take in using thisPlanning Grant to develop a policy agenda focused on expanding high quality services to infants and toddlersand their families in your state. Limit your total narrative in the grant to no more than 10 pages.Appendix pages will be in addition to the 10 pages of narrative.
) State Collaborative
Identify the committed members of the state collaborative (name, title and organization) andexplain the roles/responsibilities each will play. We recognize that your collaborative will grow andevolve during the planning process and thus understand that this will not be an all-inclusive list.
• Discuss any previous success in building a diverse collaborative and moving forward a policyagenda and/or securing funds for an early childhood related program or strategy.
• Discuss how the collaborative will be organized and how it will make decisions.
• Describe how families will be a part of your state collaborative and will inform your policy agendadevelopment process.
• Please identify the key leaders in your collaborative who will be coordinating the planningprocess and provide biographical statements along with their roles.
• Complete the grid in Appendix A and attach signed letters of commitment from collaborativemembers.
• Collaborative members should include the following:
o state government leaders
o local government leaders
o state and local nonprofit organization leaders
o state and local nonprofit policy-advocacy organization leaders
o community leaders (non-profit, advocacy, political, business, civic, etc.)
o state and local philanthropic leaders
o representatives of families of an infant or toddler
The organizations and collaborative members should represent the diversity of your state — racially, culturallyand geographically — and should include both state and local leaders and likely and unlikely allies.
> Political Leadership and Support
• Describe the current political landscape including political support and/or opposition by keyleaders on early childhood issues in general and infants and toddlers in particular.
• Provide details that reflect why you think they may be willing to provide future support arounda policy agenda focused on children prenatal to age three and their families.
)- lnsideloutside Government Approach
• How do you envision government and advocacy leaders working together to createa prenatal-to-age-three agenda and prioritizing investments and policy change?
> Current Status of Programs, Services and Funding for Infants and Toddlers in State
• Describe the status of programs, services and funding for infants and toddlers in the priority areasof the grant initiative. What is the need? How many low-income infants and toddlers are in yourstate? How many have access to high-quality services? How many need to be served in orderto work towards a long-term goal of expanding high-quality services to achieve a 25-percentage
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point increase over baseline by 2023 and a longer term goal of a 50-percentage point increaseover baseline in children and families connected to high-quality and essential programs?
• Describe recent successes and challenges in your state to achieve policy changes on behalfof infants and toddlers, prenatal to age three and their families?
> Data
• Please complete the data chart in Appendix B to provide details related to the number of childrenprenatal to age three currently being served vs the unmet need in your state. We recognize thatsome of this data may not be easily accessible. Please indicate if data is not available. If yourstate collaborative has other relevant data, please add additional lines to incorporate thisinformation. Possible sources to use to find this data include:
o ZERO TO THREE (ZTT), State Baby Facts [50-State Profiles]:https://www.zerotothree.prp/respurces/serieslstate-babv-facts#the-stpte-fayt-sheets
o National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), Early Childhood State Profiles:http:llwww.nccp.orplprofileslearly childhood.html
o The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Centerhttp:/ldatacenter.kidscount.org
> Community Structure and Approach
• Does your state have a statewide community-based structure focused on early childhood?If so, as you initially envision the approach you will take in the planning process, how wouldthis structure be incorporated into the leadership structure of your collaborative to informdecision-making around your prenatal-to-age-three agenda and plan?
• If your state does not have a community-based structure already in place, how would yourstate collaborative engage, involve and gather input from community leadership across thestate to inform your planning and implementation process? How will community leadershipbe incorporated into the structure of the state collaborative leadership (i.e., cities, countiesand coordinated community efforts)?
• How will innovative components of initiatives at the community level be integrated into yourstate collaborative’s approach?
> Policy Focus and Impact Metrics
• As your state collaborative team members are considering possible policy priorities, is it realisticto think you can achieve a goal of expanding the number of infants and toddlers and their familiesconnected to high-quality services with a 25-percentage point increase over baseline by 2023and a longer-term goal of a 50-percentage point increase over baseline?
> Planning Approach
• Describe the approach your collaborative will take in developing a policy agenda and actionplan that is designed to maximize and assure equitable impact on children prenatal to agethree and their families regardless of race, geography or income.
• Identify how your state collaborative will get initial input from diverse stakeholders, includingfamilies and community leaders, to inform your policy agenda.
> Other State Planning Process and Grant Initiatives
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How do you anticipate this planning process aligning with existing work in your state?(Ex. CCDBG planning for infants and toddlers, Preschool Development Grant planning,Early Head Start planning, Title V planning, MIECHV planning, ECCS planning, ECAC projects,etc.) PCI recognizes these are just examples and are not relevant to all states. Your collaborativeshould respond based upon the realities in your state and the approach you expect to take indeveloping your policy agenda and action plan.
)‘ Leveraging Other Financial Support for your Policy Efforts
Should your state collaborative be chosen to receive an Action Grant following your PlanningGrant, you will be asked to secure a 20 percent cash match in Year Two and a 30 percentcash match in Year Three. Do you think that will be feasible? Why or why not? (Matches willbe calculated on the size of The full Action Grant and the payments in the 2nd and 3rd yearsand can be drawn from federal, state, local or private sources.)
P” SECTION 3: GRANT DELIVERABLESPlanning Grant recipients will be expected to achieve the deliverables as outlined below no later thanOctober 15, 2019 for Ready States and January 15, 2020 for Developing States.Additional detailsand templates will be provided to you at a later date to meet these deliverables. If you anticipate your slatecollaborative will meet other deliverables in this planning process, feel free to include them at the bottomof the list. (This is optional and definitely not required.) Your deliverables as outlined below will serveas your proposal for the Action Grant.
> Planning Grant Goals and Expected Results (These are the required deliverables that will beincorporated into your Planning Grant agreement. There is nothing you need to respond to onthese unless there are other deliverables you want to add at the bottom.)
• Establishment of a collaborative that represents the racial and cultural diversity of your stateand that includes both state and community-based government, nonprofit and advocacy organizations1 philanthropies, likely and unlikely allies, and others that are committed to achieving theproposed goals and outcomes. Who are the partners that wilt be essential for executing the stateplan? What unique role does each play and what experience, constituency or expertise will theybring? Which organizations will be included in the three-year funding plan? Are there others thatwill contribute to the effort through other means? Provide a detailed collaborative list with rolesand responsibilities of collaborative members, level of commitment and racial diversity of theleadership team. A template will be provided for your use in completing this information.The due date on this deliverable is July 15, 2019.
Creation of a policy agenda focused on what is needed in your state to expand services tofamilies with children prenatal to age three with a goal to achieve a 25 percent increase overbaseline by 2023 and a 50 percent increase over baseline by 2025 in children and familiesserved by high-quality programs or policies. A template will be sent to you to use in completingthe policy agenda.
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Development of an action plan (including timeline) for moving forward the policy agenda designedto successfully expand services to a specified number of infants and toddlers and their familiesin your state as outlined above. A template with specific information to incorporate into the actionplan wifl be sent to you to use in meeting this deliverable. Action plan should incorporate;
o Baseline data related to current level of children and families being served andanticipated goals with disaggregated data by race wherever such data is available.
o Strategy for how you will be working in partnership with communities to achieveand implement your policy and program goals.
o Financial and Sustainability Plan that includes details related to meeting the20 percent and 30 percent cash match requirements on the grant in Years Twoand Three of your Action Grant.
o Letters of Support for your action plan from key leaders and organizations.
List additional deliverables that you would like to include as part of your Planning Grant.(Optional)
SECTION 4: GRANT BUDGET NARRATIVEA detailed budget is not needed for this grant. Please give though a general description of the ways youintend to use the Planning Grant to achieve the Planning Grant deliverables.
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Appendix A: Collaborative MembersComplete the grid below with a list of the initial members of the state collaborative. Collaborative membersshould include leaders of key advocacy organizations, community-based organizations, nonprofits, philanthropies,
• state and local government and likely and unlikely allies. We strongly urge you to assure the organizations andcollaborative members represent the racial, cultural and geographic diversity of your state.
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Appendix B: Data
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Please complete the data chart below to provide details related to the number of children prenatal to age threecurrently being served vs the need in your state. We recognize some of this data may not be easily accessible sodo not worry ii you cannot complete the entire chart. Please provide data disaggregated by race when availableand to the greatest extent possible. Applicants are encouraged to provide additional and/or supplementalrelevant data, by adding additional lines to the template provided.
Percent of childrenless than 16 years oldwho are infants andtoddlers (under age 3)
Children less than6 years old by race!ethnIcIty
Percent of infants andtoddlers who live withfamilies under 200%of the federal povertylevel
Percent of infantsand toddlers livingwith a single parent
Percent of mothers(of infants) who arein the labor force
Percent of childrenless than 6 years oldwhose mothers havea high schooleducation or less
Percent of babies bornto mothers receivingearly prenatal care
Percent of babiesborn pre-term
Percent of babieswith low birth weight
Percent of birthscovered by Medicaid
Infant mortality ratedeaths per live1,000 births
Percent of infants andtoddlers with up-to-date Immunizations
Total population under3 years old
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Percent of Infants onMedicaid who havereceived at least oneEPSOT (Early andPeriodic Screening.Diagnosis, andTreatment) screening
Percent of childrenless than 6 years oldwho have receiveda developmentalscreening
Percent of Women,infants, and ChIldren(WiC) Program recipients who are Infants
Percent of maltreatedchildren who are lessthan 3 years old
Percent of childrenless than 3 years oldwho are experiencingresidential mobility
Percent of childrenless than 6 years oldwith no parent in thelabor force
Percent of childrenfrom birth to 18 yearsold living in censustracts with povertylevels of 40% or higher
Percent of childrenfrom birth to 5 yearsold with family employment affected by childcare issues
Percent of TemporaryAssistance for NeedyFamilies (TANF) Program families with atleast one child lessthan 3 years old
Percent of SupplementalNutrition AssistanceProgram (SNAP)recipients who areless than 5 years old
Percent of childrenless than 6 years oldwith no healthinsurance
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Percent of parents orfamily members whotell stories and sing totheir child (newborn to5 years old) every day
If available, providedata on settings whereinfants and toddlersare in care. Forexample, provide anydata available on thepercentage of youngchildren who areprimarily in: • Parentalcare • Child care centers s Family child care
Family, friend, andneighbor care
Cost of infant care inchild care centers aspercentage of Incomefor single mothers
Number or percentageof children by age upto age 3 that receivechild care subsidy services in licensed famIlychild care homes orcenter-based programs
Number of familiesreceiving home visitswith children prenatalto age three
Percentage of childrenidentified and placedin the child welfaresystem that are agedI to 3 years
List any other data thatyou think would behelpful to include fromyour state
Percent of childrenentering foster carewho are less than3 years old
Percent of parents orfamily members whoread to their child(newborn to 5 yearsold) every day
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CHECK FOR QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOODAND SCHOOL-AGE PROGRAMS
Maryland EXCELS Quality Rated Programs by LevelPublished Quality Ratings
Level 1 2,749
Level 2 397
Level 3 538
Level4 63
Level 5 335
Total Published 4,082
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