Early On Redesign

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Early On Redesign

• Interim Report to the Michigan SICC
• November 18, 2005

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Charge of the SICC

• November 19, 2004
• The Governors State Interagency Coordinating
  Council for Handicapped Infants and Toddlers
  (SICC) voted to enter into a redesign of Early On
  The charge to the state interagency team was to
  develop a process for the redesign efforts.
• February 18, 2005
• The SICC voted to adopt the proposed process,
  marking the beginning of the redesign effort.

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Redesign Process

• The process that is being used to redesign Early
  On is drawn from the book The Price of
  Government Getting the Results We Need in an Age
  of Permanent Fiscal Crisis, by David Osborne and
  Peter Hutchinson.

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Redesign Oversight

• Leadership Team
• Core Team/SICC
• Redesign Staff

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Redesign Oversight

• Leadership Team
• Assist the Redesign Coordinator to garner needed
  resources and participation and prioritize
  activities
• Communicate with state-level, public agency,
  executive staff regarding redesign process
• Communicate across results-teams regarding
  issues, information gained, and needed
  adjustments to process or timelines.
• Approve products
• Integrate Early On's issues with ongoing early
  childhood initiatives.

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Redesign Oversight

• Core Team/SICC
• Advise on the redesign process at SICC meetings
• Participate in redesign activities
• Communicate about redesign to constituencies.

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Redesign Oversight

• Redesign Staff
• Garner resources for redesign process
• Help to staff the overall process and Results
  Teams
• Communicate regularly with constituencies about
  redesign process
• Support the redesign to be successful
• Ensure compliance with IDEA Part C 2004.

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Redesign Steps

1. Identify Key Causes and Forces
2. Determine Eligible Population
3. Identify Funding Pool
4. Define Results

1. Allocate Resources
2. Convene Results Teams
3. Develop Purchasing Plan
4. Create Strategic Plan and Budget

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Step 1 Causes and Forces

• The purpose of Step 1 was to identify the
  context, causes, and forces, both positive and
  negative, that impact Early On.
• On April 22, 2005 Participants identified the top
  ten causes and forces.

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Causes and Forces Results

• Policy
• Parent Involvement/ Leadership
• Funding/Economics
• Accountability
• Systems Philosophy

1. Coordination/ Collaboration
2. Communication/ Information
3. Research
4. Legislation
5. Cultural Issues

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Step 1 ParticipantsN68
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Step 2 Determine Eligible Population

• Eligibility/Established Conditions Ad Hoc
  Committees
• Eligibility Process
• Established Conditions Clarifications
• Eligible Population Task Force
• Estimate Prevalence Rates
• Clarify Current Eligibility Criteria
• Review Eligibility Determination Process

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Step 2 ParticipantsN43
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Step 3 Identify Funding Pool

• Fiscal Mapping
• Fund
• Statutory Authority
• Purpose
• Eligibility Criteria
• Cost Study/Utilization Study
• Identify the total costs of the Early On system
  at the state and local level.
• Identify current revenue sources
• Steps 5, 7 and 8 are dependent on the information
  gained through the Cost Study

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Step 3 ParticipantsN20
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Step 4 Define Results

• Family Outcomes
• Families understand their childrens strengths,
  abilities and special needs.
• Families know their rights and advocate
  effectively for their children.
• Families help their children develop and learn.
• Families have support systems.
• Families are able to gain access to desired
  services, programs, and activities in their
  community.

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Step 4 Define Results

• Child Outcomes
• Children have positive social relationships.
• Children acquire and use knowledge and skills.
• Children take appropriate action to meet their
  needs.

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Step 6 Convene Results Teams

• Development of Outcomes
• Kathy Hebbeler ECO Center
• Family Outcomes Research
• Gloria Harbin Frank Porter Graham
• Child Outcomes Research
• Carl Dunst Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute

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Step 6 Convene Results Teams

• Indicators (handout)
• Environmental Scan of Required Part C Components
  (handout)
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Recommended Strategies (handout)
• Goals
• Strategies
• Activities

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Step 6 ParticipantsN83
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Next Steps

• Continue Virtual Table
• Internal administrative review
• Meeting with grantees contractors
• Presentation of implementation plan at 6/16/05
  SICC meeting.