How does this look for our HSCC Collaboration

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The 2nd Annual Head Start and Early Head Start
American Indian Alaska Native (AI/AN) Program
Branch National Conference
Showcasing Quality Tribal Head Start-Child
Care Collaborations
September 25, 2004 Washington D.C.
Presented by ACF Tribal Child Care Technical
Assistance Center (TriTAC)
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This morning well. . .

• Understand the Federal perspective on Head
  Start-Child Care collaboration
• Take a brief look at Tribal early education
  partnership trends and practices across the
  country
• Learn from three exemplary Tribal early childhood
  collaborations
• Have an opportunity to dialogue with the program
  presenters

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Who we are..

• Victoria Hobbs, Manager, Division of Early
  Childhood Development, Tohono Oodham Nation
• Lee Turney, Early Childhood Education Director,
  Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
• Tina Routh, Child Development Specialist,
  Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
• Panel Facilitator Grace Hardy, TriTAC
  Partnership Specialist

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ACF promotes . . .

• Full-day, full-year care
• Comprehensive services
• Continuity of care
• High-quality programming
• Shared outcomes
• Continuous improvement

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The Federal Perspective on Collaboration

• Head Start Performance Standards
• Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plans
• Good Start, Grow Smart Initiative

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Lets learn about the showcased programs...

• Structure, organization
• Rationale for Head Start-Child Care collaboration
• Strategies for overcoming barriers
• Lessons learned

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Looking At Early Education Partnerships

• Local Communities
• States
• Tribes
• Federal/National

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Local Communities

• Sharing training other resources
• Forming contractual agreements
• Coordinating community planning including vision
  shared outcomes

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States

• Developing policies that support partnerships
• Implementing Good Start, Grow Smart
• Coordinating resourcesHead Start Collaboration
  grants, CCDF State Plans, Early Childhood
  Commissions Councils

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Tribes

• Sharing training, facilities, and other resources
• Integrating programs
• Blending/braiding funds
• Restructuring into one early childhood
  department
• Partnering with non-tribal programs

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Federal/National

• Building from 35 year partnership history
• Implementing Presidents Good Start, Grow Smart
  initiative
• Encouraging and supporting Head Start-Child Care
  collaboration

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Tribal Early Education Partnerships

• What do they look like?
• What are elements of successful partnerships?

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Types of Tribal Early Education Partnerships
TYPE 1 A tribal government blends funds from
multiple sources to serve children at a single
site.
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TYPE 1
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Types of Tribal Early Education Partnerships
TYPE 2 The Tribal Head Start program contracts
with a Tribal Child Care Center to serve children
all day.
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TYPE 2
staff
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Types of Tribal Early Education Partnerships
TYPE 3 A program or agency partners with family
child care provider/s.
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TYPE 3
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Key Ways Tribes are Supporting Partnerships

• Rules, regulations, policies
• Funding
• Coordinated planning and systems
  development/implementation

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Key Elements of Successful Partnerships
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Come visit our programs
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Tohono Oodham Nation
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Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
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Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
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When we see our children
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Maintain with honor and dedication
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Our many traditions
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The hope for our future and the next seven
generations..
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Is strengthened.
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Thank you all!