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The Economic Impact of Investing in Early Childhood Education Mike Packnett President & CEO Parkview Health September 24, 2014
The Economic Impact of
Investing in Early Childhood
Education
Mike Packnett
President & CEO
Parkview Health
September 24, 2014
Building a Bright Future
Together!
Building a Bright Future –
Together!
• Won’t happen if 50% of our future
workforce isn’t prepared to learn
– Must invest in our future workforce
• Definitely not an expert in early childhood
• Need more business leaders involved!
Three Words
• Convene
• Confront
• Collaborate
Three Areas of Focus
• Healthcare
• Economic Development
• Early Childhood Development
Healthcare
• Convene
– Deep Dives: SE Fort Wayne
• Confront
– Core Issues: access to good food, access to
care
• Collaborate
– Food bank, Associated Churches,
Neighborhood Health Clinic, community
gardens
SE Clinic Hessen Cassel & Paulding Roads
Neighborhood Health Clinic
Healthcare Collaboration
• Noble County Partners
– United Way
– Noble Transit
– LEAP
– Cole Center YMCA
– BABE Program
– Drug Free Noble County
– Noble County EDC
– Noble County ARC
– Common Grace
– Noble House
Healthcare
• Noble County Collaborations
– Activate Noble County
– Health Summit
– Community Nurse Educator
– Walk to School Day
– LiVe Healthy Families
– Take Charge of Your Health
– Dining with Diabetes
– Medication Assistance
Economic Development
• Convene
– Meetings across NE Indiana
5 years ago – Vision 2020
• Confront
– Incomes down / jobs leaving the area
Confronting the Reality
Per Capita Income
$41,560
($19.98/hr)
$8,336
($4.00/hr)
$33,221
($15.97/hr)
Economic Development
• Convene – Meetings across NE Indiana
5 years ago – Vision 2020
• Confront – Incomes down / jobs leaving the
area
• Collaborate
– NE Indiana Regional Partnership (Vision 2020)
– Regional Chamber (advocacy)
– Local economic development organizations
– NE Indiana Works
Noble County Leaders
Involved in Regional Efforts • Rick Sherck, Noble County EDC | LEDO Council
• Margaux Dazey, Noble County EDC |LEDO partner
• Mitch Shaefer, Noble County EDC | LEDO partner
• Bob Marshall, Campbell & Fetter State Bank/Noble County EDC Board Chair | RP
Board Member
• John English, Former Noble County EDC Board Chair | Former RP Board Member
• Stuart Hood, Community State Bank | Regional Opportunities Council Member
• Mindy Bobay, Community State Bank | Regional Opportunities Council Proxy
• Dave Dolezal, Noble County Commissioners | Mayors’ & Commissioners’ Caucus
• Chad Kline, Noble County Commissioners | Mayors’ & Commissioners’ Caucus
• Gary Leatherman, Noble County Commissioners | Mayors’ & Commissioners’ Caucus
• Melissa Carpenter, Freedom Academy | Big Goal Collaborative
• Sandra Hadley, Freedom Academy| Workforce/Training partner
• Anita Shepherd, Freedom Academy| Workforce/Training partner
Noble County Leaders
Involved in Regional Efforts • Monte Egolf, Noble County REMC | Investor
• Tom Leedy, Dekko Foundation | Foundation Grantor, Our Story Project Steering Committee,
Vision 2020 founding group
• Kimberly Schroeder—Dekko Foundation
• Sheryl Prentice, Noble County Visitors’ Bureau | Our Story Project
• Dave Ober, Noble County Visitors’ Bureau | Our Story Project
• Mayor Suzanne Handshoe, City of Kendallville | Regional Partnership Board, Regional
Opportunities Council, Mayors’ & Commissioners’ Caucus
• Phyllis Herendeen, Albion Chamber of Commerce | Our Story Project
• Julie Farver, Avilla Chamber of Commerce | Our Story Project
• Doug Harris, Avilla Chamber of Commerce | Our Story Project
• Lynette Leamon, Ligonier Chamber of Commerce | Our Story Project
• Terry Ward, KPC Media Group | Regional Opportunities Council, Our Story Project Steering
Committee, others
• Barry Rochford, KPC Media Group | Investor
• Denise Lemmon – Leap of Noble County | Big Goal Collaborative
• Judith Cunningham – Oak Farm Montessori School (formerly) | Big Goal Collaborative
• Megan O’Sullivan – Oak Farm Montessori School | Big Goal Collaborative
• Tim Holcombe, Retired from IMPACT Institute| Big Goal Collaborative
• Jim Walmsley, IMPACT Institute | Big Goal Collaborative
Vision 2020 Mission:
Develop, Attract and Retain Talent
Big Goal Collaborative
• Double the number of advanced
certificates or college degrees by 2025
– Birth to Career
• Early Childhood
• Pre-K – High School
• Post Secondary
175 regional leaders involved
Early Childhood Development
• Convene
– Business leaders
• Confront
– Children not prepared to learn
• Collaborate
– Partnerships with care givers, educators,
foundations, business
Learning From Others
• Perry Township, Ypsilanti, Michigan
• Perry Preschool Study - Began in 1962
• Landmark study of human and financial
value of high quality preschool education
• Randomized study
– Lower incidence of crime
– High earnings
– Higher educational attainment
– More married vs single parents
Learning From Others
• Quebec
– ―Crazy about our kids‖
• China
• Cincinnati Pledge
The Cincinnati Preschool
Promise Pledge I believe that every child should have access
to quality preschool. I know that children
who receive two years of quality preschool
enter kindergarten ready to learn, are more
likely to read on grade level in the third
grade, and have a higher likelihood of
graduating from high school and entering
college or a career. I pledge to support the
Cincinnati Preschool Promise because
every child deserves a fair start.
Indianapolis Mayor and
Companies – Stepping Up • Mayor’s Pre-K Initiative - $50 million
– Eli Lilly
• $2 million pledge
• Will help raise $10 million
– Others involved:
• Cummins
• IU Health
• Finish Line, Inc.
• Chase Bank, Indiana
Early Childhood Development
in Noble County • Many great things happening:
– Dekko Foundation – ―Great things happen
when adults step back and consider what
children need to grow and develop.‖
– before5 – Parents hold the potential – change
from overwhelmed to overjoyed
– bloom! – more good days in the classroom
Early Childhood
ROI for Proven Early
Childhood Strategies
$2
$6$6
$8
$4
$10
$$3.23
Abecedarian Project
(early care and
education aged 0-5)
$5.70
Nurse Family Partnership
(home visiting prenatal –
age 2 for high risk group)
Perry Preschool
(early education
age 3-4)
Total Return per $ Invested
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, Karoly et al. 2005, Heckman et al. 2009
Break-
Even
Point 0
$9.20
Early Childhood by the Numbers
30 million
1 in 4
1 in 4
$17 million
$1.2 million
Words heard gap at 3 years
Need intensive help at K
Kids age 0-4 in poverty in AC
Cost of 3,600 held back in K – IN
Cost in NE Indiana alone
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Age of child in months
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Disparities in Early Vocabulary Growth
Hart, B. & Risley, T.R. (2003). The Early Catastrophe: The 30 Million Word Gap by Age 3.
Professional
Families
1,116 words
Working Class
Families
749 words
Welfare
Families
525 words
Importance of
talking to your
children
Sensitive Periods in Early Brain Development
Vision
0 1 2 3 7 6 5 4
High
Low
Years
Habitual ways of responding
Emotional control
Symbol
Peer social skills Numbers
Hearing
Graph developed by Council for Early Child Development (ref: Nash, 1997;
Early Years Study, 1999; Shonkoff, 2000.)
Pre-school years School years
Language
United Way ―Let’s Talk‖
Initiative Goals • Improve health outcomes for children and
help them enter kindergarten prepared for
success in school.
• Improve the quality and quantity of
conversations between children and their
parents starting at birth, if not before.
Let’s Talk Key
Messages for Parents • Learning begins at birth.
• Talk with your child as much as possible during
everyday activities in the language you speak
best.
• Engage in conversations that are back-and-forth
• Read every day with your child and talk with
them at least as much as you read to them.
Foundations of lifelong
–Learning
–Behavior
–Health
begin in early childhood
What Path Will She Take?
How do we Show We’re Really Crazy
About Our Kids in Northeast Indiana?
• Convene – Leaders
– Educate
– Equip to advocate
• Confront – the issues of children
unprepared to learn. How do we produce
exceptional 18 year olds prepared for
success in college, career and community
• Collaborate – strengthening partnerships
• Babies born each year in NE Indiana – 9,300
• Babies born each year in Noble County – 550
• >50% of our future workforce will not be
prepared to learn - 225
• Many great efforts underway, but more work to
do
– More high quality early learning centers
Thank you!
Thank you!
