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Departments of Education and Public Welfare

Office of Child Developmentand Early Learning

Executive Budget 2008-2009

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OCDEL’s Mission

The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) promotes opportunities for all Pennsylvania children and families by building systems and providing supports that help ensure access to high quality child and family services.

The office is a joint initiative

between the Departments

of Education and Public Welfare.

Helping fulfill Pennsylvania’s Promise for ChildrenBecause every child is Pennsylvania’s future

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Selected OCDEL Programs

Child Care Certification Child Care Works Children’s Trust Fund Early Intervention, birth-

five Full-Day Kindergarten Head Start

Supplemental Keystone STARS/PA

Early Learning Keys to Quality

Parent-Child Home Program

Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts

Nurse Family Partnership

Public-private partnerships


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PA’s strategy for building a quality early education continuum


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Building a quality early education continuum Our goal: a seamless system of quality early

education from birth – age 5 What it takes:

1. Quality program design 2. Quality implementation & coordination 3. Meeting the diverse needs of families 4. Maximizing resources 5. Documenting positive impact and building

accountability into the program


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Progress: Planning, Monitoring & Accountability Creation of OCDEL Joining Infant/Toddler and Preschool

EI under one office Identifying levels of risk and OCDEL

program reach through statewide Reach and Risk Study

Consistent monitoring for quality in early learning programs, including Environment Rating Scales, child assessment tools and ongoing integration of databases

Progress since 2003

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Progress: Standards for programs and practitioners Early Learning standards birth - 5

Infant-Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd grade

Alignment study Program quality standards

Keystone STARS Early Intervention PA Pre-K Counts PA State Board of Education Regulations

Early childhood professional standards Early Childhood Education Career Lattice Child Care Director and School-Age Credentials

Progress since 2003

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Progress: Assistance to meet standards and build capacity for excellence

Building ECE staff capacity PA Early Learning Keys to Quality Growth of T.E.A.C.H. Program to Program articulation project

Building programs’ capacity to serve all children Early Intervention Technical Assistance Early Childhood Mental Health Project

Encouraging early education partnerships Pre K Counts Public-Private Partnership for

Educational Success

Progress since 2003

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Progress: Community engagement and outreach Reaching out to ECE community

OCDEL advisory committees Building public awareness of the value of quality

early education Pennsylvania's Promise for Children

Engaging leaders and communities to become children’s champions Early Childhood Community Engagement

Groups (CEG) Pre K Counts Public-Private Partnership

Executive Leadership Council

Progress since 2003

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Progress: Financing supports

Creating new funding streams for ECE Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program ABG & Full day K supplemental

Increasing funding for OCDEL programs Building public-private partnerships

Pre K Counts Public-Private Partnership PA Build Initiative Early Childhood Mental Health Project

Progress since 2003

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Moving ahead in 2008-2009

Moving ahead: 2008-2009

In order for Pennsylvania to have a quality early education

continuum, we need to address:

In FY 08-09, Pennsylvania will focus on:

Quality program design Ensuring alignment of Pennsylvania’s early childhood standards from infant through 3rd grade

Quality implementation & coordination

Monitoring of and technical assistance to early education programs for continuous quality improvement

Building early childhood staff capacity

Meeting the diverse needs of families

Deepening reach and risk study to include all OCDEL programs

Promoting racial & cultural equity among OCDEL programs Providing parents with online searches for OCDEL

programs

Maximizing resources

Convening a task force to assure programs can most effectively access and coordinate multiple ECE funding streams

Increasing funding for OCDEL Programs (PA Pre-K Counts, Keystone STARS, Child Care Works, Early Intervention, Nurse Family Partnership)

Documenting positive impact and building accountability into the program

Data collection that provides the big picture of how we are serving Pennsylvania’s children and families and what we are missing

Working to develop a standard system of assessing child outcomes

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Moving Ahead: Planning, monitoring & accountability Refine and deepen OCDEL’s reach and risk

assessment Develop a standard system of assessing child

outcomes Early Learning Network (ELN)

Unified plan, evaluation and monitoring tools for both Infant/Toddler and Preschool EI programs

Promote racial and cultural equity in all programs Implementation of the Race Matters Toolkit; integrating

examination of racial and cultural equity into our work Create cross-sector Early Childhood Mental Health

Advisory Committee


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Moving Ahead: Standards for programs & practitioners Update Child Care Certification Regulations Alignment of early learning standards &

assessments, birth – 3rd grade Update to PA Pre-K Counts eligibility

requirements Family providers with STAR 2 or higher would

become eligible to participate After June 30, 2009: STAR 3 required for child

care programs to participate in PA Pre-K Counts


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Moving Ahead: Assistance to meet standards & build capacity for excellence

Build capacity of early childhood workforce Facilitate regional articulation

of associate’s degrees to bachelor’s degrees

Provide guidance to higher education to implement new Early Childhood Education certificate

Continued professional development opportunities


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Moving Ahead: Community engagement and outreach Build leadership at all levels Broaden and deepen community outreach

networks Continue to engage top business leaders Make it easier for parents to access child

care assistance Make it easier for parents to search for and

access early learning opportunities


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Moving Ahead: Financing supports Increase funding to expand several OCDEL programs

PA Pre-K Counts Keystone STARS Child Care Works Early Intervention Nurse Family Partnership

Task force to assure programs can most effectively access and coordinate multiple ECE funding streams

Continue public-private partnerships


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New children served in FY 08-09 Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts - additional $12.5 million to reach

1,000 more children and to respond to parent requests that some half-day programs be extended to full-day (12,000 total).

Keystone STARS – $4.8 million increase will allow programs to provide higher quality early education to 170,000 children.

Child Care Works Subsidized Child Care Program –$6.9 million increase will serve an additional 2,600 children, allowing services to 235,000 children total.

Early Intervention - expansion will serve 1,450 more infants & toddlers (32,600 infants and toddlers total) and an additional 1,480 preschoolers (44,900 preschoolers total).

Nurse Family Partnership – $1 million increase will serve up to an additional 240 families (up to 4,200 families total).


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Early Intervention

Preschool program to provide services to an additional 1,480 children with new FY 2008-09 funding

Infant/toddler program to provide services to an additional 1,450 children with funding available in current allocation and projected carry-over funding


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OCDEL’s work at a glance


Progress: 2003-2008 Moving ahead: 2008-2009 Planning, monitoring and accountability

Creation of OCDEL Joining of Infant/Toddler & Preschool Early

Intervention programs into one office Evaluating county risk and program reach

through statewide Reach and Risk Study Monitoring quality through Environment Rating

Scales Assessing child outcomes through Early

Childhood Accountability Program (ECAP) Maximizing use of program information

(PELICAN)

Deepen Reach and Risk study to include all OCDEL programs

Develop standard system of assessing child outcomes

Unify IFSP/IEP plan, child evaluation and program monitoring tools for both Infant/Toddler and Preschool Early Intervention programs

Promote racial and cultural equity among all programs (Race Matters Toolkit)

Create cross-sector Early Childhood Mental Health Advisory Committee

Standards for programs & practitioners Early Learning Standards infant – 2nd grade Program quality standards (STARS, EI, PA

Pre-K Counts) ECE professional standards (Career Lattice,

Director and School-Age credentials)

Update Child Care Certification Regulations Alignment of early learning standards, infant -

3rd grade

20Helping fulfill Pennsylvania’s Promise for ChildrenBecause every child is Pennsylvania’s future

OCDEL’s work at a glanceProgress: 2003-2008 Moving ahead: 2008-2009

Assistance to meet standards and build capacity for excellence PA Early Learning Keys to Quality Building program capacity to serve all children

o Early Intervention Technical Assistance

o Early Childhood Mental Health Project

Promoting continuous quality improvement o STARS specialists o Preschool Program Specialists

Encouraging ECE partnerships o Pre K Counts Public-Private

Partnership for Educational Success

Facilitate higher education articulation Provide guidance to higher education to

implement new Early Childhood Education certificate

Continue professional development opportunities for early childhood professionals

Community engagement & outreach OCDEL advisory committees Pennsylvania’s Promise for Children Early Childhood Community Engagement

Groups and Pre K Counts Public-Private Partnership sites

Pre K Counts Public-Private Partnership Executive Leadership Council

Build leadership at all levels Broaden and deepen community outreach

networks Continue to engage top business leaders COMPASS On-Line Application for Child Care

Works Online Parent Search for Child Care

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OCDEL’s work at a glance


Progress: 2003-2008 Moving ahead: 2008-2009 Financing supports

New funding streams for ECE (PA Pre-K Counts, Head Start Supplemental, ABG, Full Day K Supplemental)

Increased funding for OCDEL programs Building public-private partnerships

Increase funding for OCDEL programs (PA Pre-K Counts, Keystone STARS, Child Care Works, Early Intervention, Nurse Family Partnership)

Early Childhood Financing Strategies Work Group

Public-private partnerships

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Children served by select OCDEL programsFY 2002-2003 & FY 2008-2009


FY 02-03 FY 08-09 1 Program FY 02-03 FY 08-09 1

Did not exist 18,887 2

Federal Head Start 30,986 35,372 2

TANF 33,939 29,020Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program Did not exist 5,610

Former TANF 20,000 38,713 45,745 170,936

Low Income 45,908 60,114 3,092 4,287

TOTAL (monthly average) 99,847 127,847

School Based Pre-K and

K4 4 2,684 10,456 2

Birth to 3 Program 22,020 32,689 ABG Pre-K Did not exist 4,155 2

3 to 5 Program 33,726 44,976 PA Pre-K Counts Did not exist 12,000

ABG Full Day Kindergarten Did not exist 56,939 2

ABG Full Day Kindergarten Supplement Did not exist 6,377 2 1 Fiscal Year End Goal or Projection

All Full Day Kindergarten 3 42,015 77,505 2 2 FY 08-09 is based on 07-08 Participating

4 Total children in Pre-K minus ABG Pre-K

3 Total children in school-based full day K from ABG, ABG Supplement and other funding sources

Program

Full Day Kindergarten

Child Care Works

Early Intervention

ABG Class Size Reduction (K-3rd Grade)

Nurse Family Partnership

Pre-K

Keystone STARS

Head Start

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2008-2009 Highlights: State and Federal Investment(in thousands)


FY 2007-08 FY 2008-09 ChangeChild Care WorksKeystone STARS/Keys to Quality

Child Care Services - State Funds 147,014$ 173,318$ 26,304$ Child Care Services - Federal Funds 224,778$ 224,778$ -$ Child Care Assistance - State Funds 199,274$ 221,773$ 22,499$ Child Care Assistance - Federal Funds 168,203$ 168,203$ -$ Total State 346,288$ 395,091$ 48,803$ Total Federal 392,981$ 392,981$ -$

Total ALL funds 739,269$ 788,072$ 48,803$

Early InterventionEarly Intervention Birth - 3

State Funds 119,661$ 121,462$ 1,801$ Federal Funds 49,600$ 46,834$ (2,766)$ Total Funds 169,261$ 168,296$ (965)$

Early Intervention 3-5 -$ State Funds 173,099$ 185,433$ 12,334$ Federal Funds 50,028$ 53,747$ 3,719$ Total Funds 223,127$ 239,180$ 16,053$

Total Birth -5 EI Funds 392,388$ 407,476$ 15,088$

State only Funded ProgramsPennsylvania Pre-K Counts 75,000$ 87,550$ 12,550$ Full Day Kindergarten ABG 15,000$ 15,000$ -$ Head Start Supplemental 40,000$ 40,000$ -$

Nurse Family PartnershipState Funds 7,262$ 8,266$ 1,004$ Federal Funds 5,571$ 5,571$ -$

Total Funds 12,671$ 13,837$ 1,004$

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