Findings

1
Findings

• Engage the Community
• Objective 1 Community members involved in
  development of a PLAN to increase childcare
• Helped us decide how to recruit and what
  neighborhoods to focus on.

2
Recommendations

• Develop guidelines for functions of Advisory and
  Planning Boards
• Consider blending functions into one group.

3
Findings

• Engage the Community
• Objective 2 Recruit, train, and support via
  paraprofessionals from the targeted community
• All sites well utilizing MSUE paraprofessionals
  for recruitment.

4
Recommendations

• Ensure targeted communities and providers are
  primarily low-income.
• Work with broad-based groups in determining
  strategies to address unique approaches necessary
  for rural areas.

5
Findings

• Provide Trainings Specific to Community Needs
• Objective 1 Trainings will be comprehensive,
  convenient and conducive to acquiring knowledge
  and skills
• Perceived to be uniformly effective
  comprehensive, motivational, and realistic.

6
Recommendation

• Provide on-going avenues to build on collective
  experiences of group.

7
Findings

• Provide Trainings Specific to Community Needs
• Objective 2 Conduct two small group trainings
  conducive to relationship building.
• Providers were viewed very positively and
  acknowledged that they helped build group
  togetherness.

8
Recommendation

Identify specific strategies to be applied in
trainings to facilitate group rapport and
relationship building.

9
Findings

• Mentoring and Support
• Objective 1 Assist providers in navigating
  regulatory process.
• The process is overwhelming. I dont have the
  money now and its just too hard.

10
Recommendation

• Develop tool book with real situations/issues
  experienced by providers and strategies to
  overcome.

11
Findings

• Mentoring and Support
• Objective 2 Facilitate development of
  Associations/Groups Among Providers
• Only in Saginaw are formal efforts in place to
  develop a network of providers, although all
  sites expressed interest.

12
Recommendation

Work to develop informal support systems among
and between providers, with an ultimate goal of
developing a formal network.