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Cabinet MeetingFR I DAY, DECEMBER 4 , 2020
Welcome & Approval of MinutesK I M MOORE, CHA IR
Bright SpotsYOU!
Director’s UpdateMEL I SSA ROOKER
UPDATE
• Hunt Institute Early Childhood Leadership Summit Panel Presentation
• Thriving Families, Safer Children Round Two Learning Cohort
• Office of Rural Prosperity Report
• Education Council of the States Policy Academy
Director’s Update
All In for Kansas Kids Strategic Plan and PDG B-5 Renewal GrantMEL I SSA ROOKER
UPDATES
PDG-Renewal Grant
• Quality Enhancement Subgrants• $2.1 Million for 5 areas focused on Child Care Access for Target Populations, Rural Child
Care, Connecting Families to Services, Kindergarten Readiness, and Quality Improvements.
• Kansas Common Application Pilot – Quality Subgrants, ECBG, & KPP• ECIDS Update• 1-800-Children• Kindergarten Transitions• PDG Renewal Grant All Grantee Meeting (12/7 – 12/11)
2020 Annual ReportMEL I SSA ROOKER & JESS I CA SPRA GUE JONES
ANNUAL REPORT
Vision and Goals
• Reports the full scope of the Children's Cabinet's work in 2020
• Guided by All in for Kansas Kids Strategic PlanoUpdates on implementationo Thematic framework for the document
• Articulates multiple roles of the Cabinet
OUR WORK
Roles
ManagerManages grant-
making, fund administration, and strategic planning
processes.
ConnectorConvenes diverse
stakeholders in children’s issues
from government, nonprofit, and the
private sector.
ChampionElevates the
importance of investing in early childhood and contributes to
innovative program approaches.
StrategistIdentifies
opportunitiesfor effective
collaboration and overcomes barriers to optimal system
performance. EvaluatorEvaluates use of the CIF, contributes to
data-informed decision making,
and offers practice and policy
recommendations.
ANNUAL REPORT
Funding Funding Type Time Period Amount
Children’s Initiatives Fund Tobacco Master Settlement Funding
On-going $51,966,331
Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention
Federal Funding On-going $979,817
Preschool Development Grant
Federal Grant 3 Years $8,943,00
CARES Act Grant Programs
Emergency Federal Funding
One-Time $41,700,000
ANNUAL REPORT
At A Glance
• All in for Kansas Kids became all-encompassing branding for the work of our state's mixed delivery system
• COVID Relief efforts across state agencies• Data driven decision-making
oECIDSoOur TomorrowsoCommon Measures and Accountability Process
ALL IN FOR KANSAS K IDS STRATEGIC PLAN
Updates
• Comprehensive look at implementation in 2020 across the seven goals of the plan
• Reporting will occur on a semi-annual basisoAccountability processoAnnual report
ALL IN FOR KANSAS K IDS STRATEGIC PLAN
State-level Collaboration
Goal 1: The early childhood care and education system is structured and aligned for maximum impact
• 1-800-CHILDREN (KCSL)• Kansas CommonApp (KCCTF)• Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot (KSDE)• Early Childhood Integrated Data system (KCCTF)
ALL IN FOR KANSAS K IDS STRATEGIC PLAN
Community-level coordination
Goal 2: Communities are empowered and equipped to create the best environments to raise a child
• Bridges (KDHE)• Adaptive Community Technical Assistance (KU-CPPR)
ALL IN FOR KANSAS K IDS STRATEGIC PLAN
Family Knowledge and Choice
Goal 3: Families have what they need to make informed decisions and can get services where they live and work
• Supporting You (KDHE)• All in for Kansas Kids Quality Subgrants (State Directors)
ALL IN FOR KANSAS K IDS STRATEGIC PLAN
Private Sector Collaboration
Goal 4: Kansas is a champion of public-private collaboration and creates opportunities to invest in the future of Kansas kids and families.
• Kansas Power of the Positive (KDHE, KCSL WSU-CEI)• Kansas Department of Commerce initiatives• Governor’s Council on Education recommendation
ALL IN FOR KANSAS K IDS STRATEGIC PLAN
Private Sector Collaboration (cont.)
Goal 4: Kansas is a champion of public-private collaboration and creates opportunities to invest in the future of Kansas kids and families.
• COVID-19 Relief Efforts (multiple agencies & partners)oAction Lab Mini-GrantsoCoronavirus Relief Fund proposals
ALL IN FOR KANSAS K IDS STRATEGIC PLAN
Capacity and Access
Goal 5: Kansas families have their basic needs met and have equitable access to quality early childhood care and education services.
• Kindergarten Readiness/Transitions Summit (KSDE/KHSA)• All in for Kansas Kids Quality Subgrants (State Directors)
ALL IN FOR KANSAS K IDS STRATEGIC PLAN
Workforce
Goal 6: Kansas leads the way in developing, supporting, and valuing early childhood professionals
• Two-way dialogue among early childhood stakeholders across the state
• Workforce Development Advisory Group
ALL IN FOR KANSAS KIDS STRATEGIC PLAN
Quality and Environments
Goal 7: Kansas early childhood care and education programs and environments are high-quality, safe, and nurturing
• Links to Quality (DCF)• All in for Kansas Kids Quality Subgrants (State Directors)
EARLY CHILDHOOD ADVISORY COUNCIL & RECOMMENDAT IONS PANEL
Governance
• Kansas Executive Order 20-02, signed by Governor Kelly in February 2020, designates the Children’s Cabinet as the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care.
• The Early Childhood Recommendations Panel, convened in July 2020, supports the Children’s Cabinet in fulfilling the role of a state advisory council. Panel members demonstrate early childhood expertise and operate in an advisory role.
KANSAS EARLY CHILDHOOD GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
ACCOUNTABI L I TY AND EVALUAT ION
Overview
• 14 Children's Initiatives Fund programs• 7 Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention programs
oFundingoProgram descriptionsoNumbers servedoOutcomes data
• 18 Early Childhood Block Grant programs
ECBG REACHECBG Applicant CountiesChild Advocacy and Parenting Services, Inc. (CAPS)
Saline, Ellsworth
Families and Communities Together Marion
Family Resource Center Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, and Neosho
Four County Mental Health Center Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, and Wilson
Kansas Head Start Association Graham, Gray, Jackson, Lyon, Pottawatomie, Seward, Shawnee, Sherman, Stafford, Wabaunsee
LiveWell Northwest Kansas Cheyenne, Rawlins, Decatur, Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, Wallace, Logan, Grove, Norton, Graham, Trego
Riley County Health Department, Raising Riley
Riley
Russell Child Development Center Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Lane, Meade, Morton, Ness, Scott, Seward, Stanton, Stevens, and Wichita
Success By 6 Douglas
The Opportunity Project Sedgwick
United Way of Greater Topeka Shawnee
United Way of Reno County Reno
United Way of the Plains Sedgwick
USD 273 - Beloit Jewell, Mitchell, Lincoln, Osborne, and Cloud
USD 445 - Coffeyville Montgomery County, USD #445 Coffeyville Area
USD 475 - Geary Geary, Riley
USD 489 - Hays Ellis
USD 500 - KCK Wyandotte
ECBG KEY F INDINGS
Grantees serve high-need families and children.91% of ECBG families experienced at least one risk factor, including poverty, developmental delays, and teen parents
91%Children improved in all three measuresof early literacy and mathematics skills despite only being measured at two intervals.
Outcomes improved in all service areas.
Children who were on track in their
social-emotional development increased to
70%
Families engaged in Home Visiting and Parent Education improved.
Supportive homeenvironmentsincreased to 94%
Positive parentingincreased to 83%
94%
83%
NEEDS AND AVAILABLE SERVICES
Gaps
• Gap analysis to identify how CIF and CBCAP programs address identified needs
• Mismatch is more in degree rather than type• Two overarching themes of geographic disparity and
unmet basic needsoPrograms are responding to identified needs, but there is an
inadequate distribution of services to meet the depth and distribution of family needs
ACCOUNTABI L I TY AND EVALUAT ION
Our Tomorrows
• The Our Tomorrows StoryBanko informs work across all Strategic Plan goals and strategiesowill be ongoing throughout the full five-year period of the planodesigned for rapid-cycle collection, analysis, reporting, and
decision making• Since March 2020, an average of 255 stories a month
have been shared, many of which offer important insights into how Kansans are holding up during the pandemic.
ACCOUNTABI L I TY AND EVALUAT ION
Our Tomorrows
• Our Tomorrows StoryBank helped inform CARES Act distributions fundingoDevelopment of funding opportunities to bring technology and
internet access to families in needoHelped Kansas county governments identify ways to address
disparitiesoKansas SPARK committee to help support targeted funding
efforts to families
RECOMMENDAT IONS AND CONCLUS ION
Overview
• Recommendations made by the Children's Cabinet November 2019-October 2020
• Goal to present recommendations in a way that is both substantive and dynamicoSummarized by Cabinet roleoProvided updates for what has occurred since the
recommendation was made
RECOMMENDAT IONS UPDATE
Manager
• Funding Recommendations Updateo The approved FY 2021 budget allotted $51,966,266 to CIF.o This is down $176,960 from FY 2020, and includes cuts to the Newborn
Hearing Aid Loan Program, Early Childhood Block Grant, and Parents As Teachers.
• Legal Services RecommendationsoChildren’s Cabinet staff identified how to engage legal services and
have had conversations with the governor and attorney general about the possibility of legal action against tobacco companies. Though not in a position to pursue such action, the Children’s Cabinet has communicated that it is desirable.
RECOMMENDAT IONS UPDATE
Evaluator
• Accountability Process Recommendations Updateo The timing of the Accountability Process has been changed to better
align with the legislative process and additional sources of data on family need have been incorporated. The FY 2021 Accountability Process will also incorporate the goals of the All In For Kansas Kids Strategic Plan.
• Systems-level Data Recommendations Updateo The first action under the ECIDS data trust will be a multi-phase study to
identify the association between participation in early childhood programming and reduced incident of maltreatment. This pilot study aims to determine the most effective interventions and the cost avoidance associated with investment.
RECOMMENDAT IONS UPDATE
Connector and Strategist
• The Children’s Cabinet has been at the forefront of collaborative work on children’s issues, identifying opportunities for systems-level approaches to effective collaboration and providing leadership to diverse stakeholders at the state and national level, while also advising international partners.
RECOMMENDAT IONS UPDATE
Champion
• Commitment to Equity Updateo In June 2020, the Children’s Cabinet adopted a statement
affirming its commitment to ensuring equitable outcomes for all children and families using systems-wide approaches to meeting basic needs, elevating family voice and choice, using data ethically and responsively, and equitably funding programs.
CHILD CARE AS A PUBL IC GOOD
Statement
The Children’s Cabinet recognizes that our shared present and future prosperity is rooted in early childhood. Kansas children stand to benefit if we treat investments in child care as a public good.
O Good for the economyO Good for familiesO Strong ROI when children receive high-quality care in their
earliest years
ANNUAL REPORT
Discussion
Questions and Cabinet Discussion
ECBG RecommendationMEL I SSA ROOKER
HI-CREST PROJECT
Cabinet Recommendation
Seeking support for the Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund (KCCTF) to grant funds to develop a child care demonstration project using ECBG capacity:
1. Increase availability, access, and affordability of quality child care to enable parents to work;
2. Develop the workforce through apprenticeships, wage supplements, and partnerships with higher education,
HI-CREST PROJECT CONT .
Cabinet Recommendation
3. Generate multiple and diverse funding sources to establish child care as a public good and replicate the model at a local level, and
4. Establish the center as family engagement hub. The proposal aligns with All In For Kansas Kids Strategic Plan for Early Childhood and responds to community needs exacerbated by the COVID crisis. This project creates an intentional local-to-state partnership and includes strategies for two-way communication, local buy-in, workforce mentoring, and state supports via flexible funding.
FORMAL VOTE
Children’s Cabinet
• Motion
• Second
• Vote
• LeEtta Felter• DiAnne Owen Graham• Deliece Hofen• Rep. Monica Murnan• Terri Rice• Dr. Tyler Smith• Sen. Dinah Sykes• John Wilson• Cabinet Chair, Kim Moore
Early Childhood Recommendations PanelA MA NDA PETERSEN, CHA IR
R O L E O F T H E K A N S A S E A R L Y C H I L D H O O D R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S P A N E L
The Kansas Early Childhood Recommendations Panel is an advisory group to the Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund. Meeting materials are posted at https://kschildrenscabinet.org/panel-meetings/.
U P C O M I N G M E E T I N G S
December: Continued discussion regarding considerations for the Kansas COVID-19 response, including vaccine distribution planning and strategies to address critical child care needs (workforce and revenue).January: Reflection on the “Role, Norms, and Procedures of the Panel.” Six months in, what is working well? What could be improved?Kansans can email Debbie Deere ([email protected]) to sign up to
share feedback during the Kansans’ Open Forum portion of Panel meetings.
Kindergarten Transitions Memorandum of UnderstandingBACKGROUND / PRESENTAT ION / D ISCUSS ION
BACKGROUND
K-Transitions MOU
oBackground of the development of this workoDescription of the workgroup and explanation of how
this work was developedoDescription of how considerations of equity have
informed this recommendationoDescription of how Kansas families have shaped this
recommendation
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TEMPLATE
K-Transitions MOU
oScope of WorkoRoles and ResponsibilitiesoActivities / Outputs / MilestonesoData SharingoTimelines and DurationoOther Potential PartnersoResource CommitmentsoTerms of Agreement
APPENDIX
K-Transitions MOU
oActivities / Milestones Examples
oData Sharing Examples
oPotential Partner Examples
WORK PLAN TEMPLATE
K-Transitions MOU
ACTIVITIESoPhase 1: Roles &
ResponsibilitiesoPhase 2: Activities & OutputsoPhase 3: Other Potential
PartnersoPhase 4: Timelines & Durations
OUTCOMESoPhase 1: Outcomes by ActivityoPhase 2: Desired OutcomesoPhase 3: Evaluate OutcomesoPhase 4: Unexpected
Outcomes
QUEST IONS
K-Transitions MOU
What questions do Cabinet members have?
REQUEST FOR ACCEPTANCE OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
K-Transitions MOU
The Kansas Early Childhood Recommendations Panel recommends that the Kansas Children's Cabinet and Trust Fund accept the Kindergarten Transitions Recommendation and the accompanying toolkit.
NEXT STEPS
K-Transitions MOU
oThis toolkit will be introduced to the Early Childhood Stakeholders Group at today’s meeting for further discussion on dissemination ideas
oA formal and final Dissemination Plan will be developed for the statewide distribution of this toolkit to be used in communities throughout Kansas to support successful Kindergarten Transitions.
Ex-Officio Reports
EX-OFF IC IOS
Children’s Cabinet
• Amanda Peterseno Kansas State Department
of Education Designee
• Amy Meeko Kansas Children's Cabinet and
Trust Fund
• Rachel Sissono Kansas Department of Health
and Environment Designee
• Secretary Laura Howardo Kansas Department for Children
and Families
• Dr. Karla Wiscombeo Kansas Board of Regents Designee
• Kenyan Wallo Kansas Supreme Court Justice
• Hope Coopero Deputy Secretary, Kansas
Department of Corrections, Juvenile Justice Authority
UPCOMING MEET INGS
Children’s Cabinet
Cabinet meetings are held the first Friday of every other month from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm. Will continue to meet virutally until further notice.
2021 Meeting Scheduleo February 5o April 9o June 4o August 6o October 1o December 3
