three prior committees established in state statute must comply with an array of federal and state...
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Three Prior Committees Established in State Statute Must comply with an array of federal
and state statutes Purpose: Advise Governor,
Legislature and state agencies on all early childhood initiatives
Governor Designated in June 2008
Governor Designated in June 2008
State AgenciesLocalHigher EducationParents of young childrenParents of children with disabilities
State Agencies Local Higher
Education Parents of
young children Parents of
children with disabilities
Frequency Format Committees Family Stories Traveling
Meeting
Frequency FormatCommitteesFamily StoriesTraveling Meeting
Biennial Reports to the Governor on the Status of Early ChildhoodStatus of various early childhood services in the stateRecommendations across the various early childhood arenas
Biennial Reports to the Governor on the Status of Early Childhood
Status of various early childhood services in the state
Recommendations across the various early childhood arenas
Early Childhood Linkages and Relationships to ECICC
ECICC already existed in State Statute
ECCS approached ECICC about being advisory body for strategic plan
Advisory body since inception in 2003
In 2009 created different organizational structure-Chartered Early Childhood Systems Team
Together for Kids and Families Organizational Structure
GOVERNOR
Early Childhood Interagency
Coordinating Council
NDE/DHHS Staff Support
Legislature & Communications
Committee
Family Leadership Team Ad Hoc Informs
all other groups
Head Start Regulations Ad Hoc
Committee
Early Childhood Systems Team (Focuses on 7 Key
Elements in System Building)
Gaps & Barriers Committee
Transportation Task Force
Work Groups-Focus on 5 ECCS Critical Components:
-Early Care & Ed-Mental Health-Medical Home-Parent Education-Family Support
Coordinate Resources Communicate TFKF Strategic Plan
-Update/Modify-Disseminate-Monitor-Sustain-Institutionalize
Focus on 7 Key Elements in Comprehensive System Building:
-Governance-Family Leadership Development-Provider/Practitioner Support-Communication-Standards -Monitoring & Accountability-Financing
Together for Kids and FamiliesOrganizational Structure
Cross-team representationTFKF work groups all have ECICC membersExamples of shared leadership:
-Data Coalition-Social-Emotional
supports for children-Early Childhood
Systems Team-Transportation
Task Force
Cross-team representation TFKF work groups all have ECICC
members Examples of shared leadership:
-Data Coalition-Social-Emotional supports for children-Early Childhood Systems Team-Transportation Task Force
ECICC Website:http://www.education.ne.gov/ecicc/index.html• Terry Rohren: [email protected]
To view TFKF Strategic Plan & Work Group Membership Lists go to:
http://www.dhhs.ne.gov/LifespanHealth/Together-Kids-Families.htm
• Lynne Brehm: [email protected]