Preschool Development Birth through Five Renewal Grant - PROJECT ABSTRACT for PDG B-5 Grantee Year 3 NCC application New York The vision of the New York State Preschool Development Birth through Five Renewal project is that all young children are healthy, learning, and thriving in families supported by and connected to a full complement of services and resources essential for successful development. Leveraging and scaling lessons learned from prior NYSB5 grants and other statewide cross-sector early childhood initiatives, the NYS Council on Children and Families (CCF) will use a collective impact approach that supports the ECE workforce and a mixed delivery system that is informed by family voice for New York’s children birth through five and their families. Specifically, CCF will lead and collaborate with the NYS Early Childhood Advisory Council, NYS Office of Children and Family Services, NYS Department of Health, NYS Office of Mental Health, NYS Education Department, NYS Head Start Collaboration Office, and a growing number of other state agencies, councils, local public and private agencies, community-based organizations, and, most importantly, parents representing children and communities, to achieve: 1. A strategically updated needs assessment that delivers a more nuanced understanding of child and parent needs, workforce well-being, and systems’ supply and demand. 2. A strategic plan rooted in stronger collaboration and connection to the implementing agencies and providers to guide the creation of a quality early childhood system. 3. Increased opportunities for meaningful community and family participation to promote parent knowledge and leadership that strengthens the state’s mixed delivery system. 4. Expanded and alternative workforce opportunities, including career pathways for individuals to enter and advance in the early childhood. 5. Data integration practices that strengthen and align NY’s primary ECE workforce data systems. 6. Increased awareness and enhanced access to early developmental health and community services for families and young children, particularly those who are underserved, through cross-sector distribution and training on the CDC’s Learn the Signs, Act Early campaign and building a free, parent-friendly, sensitive developmental screening tool. 7. Targeted investments in the Pyramid Model to Support the Social and Emotional Development of Infants and Young Children. 8. Added support for the mental health and well-being of ECE providers in rural areas, by facilitating peer support networks and access to health and mental health services. 9. Advancement, development, and dissemination of strategies to help programs for young children and families identify and resources to support long-term stability. 10. Sustained impact of NYSB5 and other cross-sector early childhood initiatives, by aligning efforts to achieve shared goals.
