Tag Archives: Program Design and Management

OpenDoors – The Home-Based Option

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4/2015

This handbook discusses the effectiveness of home visiting as a service delivery method, outlines the necessary relationship building process with families, and offers home visitors an understanding of the comprehensive services they offer to families. It details how home visitors can get support, and includes frequently asked questions about the home-based program option.

Source: Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center, Early Head Start National Resource Center

Available at: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/ods/resource/home-visitors-handbook/detail/

Management Matters

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Management Matters is a series of informational videos and interactive learning modules developed by the National Center for Program Management and Fiscal Operations (PMFO). Each 15- to 20-minute presentation focuses on an aspect of program management or fiscal operations valuable to a busy Head Start leader. We’ve provided the full presentation and resource materials below, along with a PowerPoint file with notes for leaders who wish to present the material to others. Take a short break from your daily routine to listen, watch, and learn about an important management matter.

Source: Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center, National Center for Program Management and Fiscal Operations

Available at: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/operations/mgmt-matters.html

MIECHV Funding Has Central Role in Expanding Home Visiting Services to Vulnerable Families

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3/2015

CLASP, together with the Center for American Progress, interviewed 20 state and 2 tribal MIECHV grantees to understand how federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) dollars are being used to provide evidence-based home visiting services to children and parents, and to identify innovative approaches, successes, and challenges. The results are outlined in a report, An Investment in our Future: How Federal Home Visiting Funding Provides Critical Support for Parents and Children, and in-depth state profiles (accessed through our interactive map below).

Interviews with 22 states and tribal organizations revealed the breadth of innovation and success across the country as a result of MIECHV funding, including the:

  • Expansion of evidence-based home visiting to serve more vulnerable children and families in high-risk communities and keep them engaged in the programs.
  • Establishment of systems within home visiting communities and across services that support children and families, ensuring that families receive the best services to meet their needs.
  • Provision of systemic training, technical assistance, and professional development to support the home visiting workforce.
  • Creation of data collection systems, allowing grantees to analyze, evaluate, and report on data to demonstrate achieved child and family outcomes and improve program quality.
  • Coordination amongst home visiting and other early childhood programs as well as the creation of centralized intake systems, which are collaborative approaches to engaging, recruiting, and enrolling families in home visiting programs across programs and organizations.
  • Use of promising practices and other innovations in order to better serve at-risk populations with unmet needs.

Source: CLASP: Policy Solutions That Work for Low-Income People

Available at: http://www.clasp.org/issues/child-care-and-early-education/did-you-know/miechv-funding-has-central-role-in-expanding-home-visiting-services-to-vulnerable-families

Birth to Three Archive 2014

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3/2015

The 18th Annual Birth to Three Institute (BTT) was a three-day event designed to enhance the quality of services for expectant parents, infants, toddlers, and families. Explore the plenary sessions and webinars below by topic. They may be helpful to: Early Head Start (EHS), Migrant and Seasonal Head Start, American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start, child care, and family child care staff; training and technical assistance providers; and the broader early childhood community.

Source: Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center, Early Head Start National Resource Center

Available at: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/ehsnrc/btt/archive_2014.html

Improving Systems, Practices and Outcomes for Young Children with Disabilities and their Families

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1/2015

Purpose and Audience: Building and sustaining high-quality early intervention and preschool special education systems is a complex and ongoing process for state agencies. To support states, the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA Center), funded by The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), has developed a framework that addresses the question, “What does a state need to put into place in order to encourage/support/require local implementation of evidence-based practices that result in positive outcomes for young children with disabilities and their families?”

The purpose of the ECTA System Framework is to guide state Part C and Section 619 Coordinators and their staff in:

  • evaluating their current systems;
  • identifying potential areas for improvement, and;
  • developing more effective, efficient systems that support implementation of evidence-based practices.

States vary significantly in their Part C and Section 619 service delivery systems and the framework was developed to accommodate this variation. It is intended to enhance the capacity of Part C and Section 619 state staff to:

  • Understand the characteristics of an effective service system;
  • Lead or actively participate in system improvement efforts, including cross-agency work; and
  • Build more effective systems of services and programs that will improve outcomes for young children with disabilities and families served under Part C and Section 619 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Source: ECTACenter.org : The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center

Available at: http://ectacenter.org/sysframe/

New Interactive Tool on the ECLKC! Data in Head Start and Early Head Start: Digging Into Data

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4/2/2014

The Head Start National Center on Program Management and Fiscal Operations (NCPMFO) has created the next online learning module in the Data in Head Start and Early Head Start series. Digging Into Data is now available on the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC).

The interactive training tool uses real-life scenarios to help program leaders choose and use data for many audiences. Activities include checking the integrity of available information and using a variety of techniques to aggregate and analyze data.

Topics for the module include:

  • Sharing data appropriately with different audiences
  • Selecting program data to answer specific questions
  • Effectively using data to draw conclusions and take action

Access the Module

Select the link to explore this new resource: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/operations/center/data2

Questions?

For more information, contact NCPMFO at 1-855-763-6647 or PMFOinfo@edc.org.

Source: National Center on Program Management and Fiscal Operations.

Management Matters – Head Start

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Management Matters is a series of informational videos developed by the National Center for Program Management and Fiscal Operations (PMFO). Each 15- to 20-minute presentation focuses on an aspect of program management or fiscal operations valuable to a busy Head Start leader. We’ve provided the full presentation and resource materials below, along with a PowerPoint file with notes for leaders who wish to present the material to others. Take a short break from your hectic daily life to listen, watch, and learn about an important management matter.

Source: National Center on Program Management and Fiscal Operations/Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center

Available at: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/operations/center/framework/mgmt-matters.html