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Beginning in March 2022, all HMG systems will complete a shortened version of the traditional Fidelity Assessment. This new HMG Mini Fidelity Assessment will be conducted annually - in addition to the full Fidelity Assessment - and will serve to provide a more frequent touchpoint to collect only the HMG Impact Indicators. With the introduction of the Mini Assessment, the HMG National Center will have access to more current and relevant data for grant funding opportunities, policy change efforts, and resulting opportunities from which the National Affiliate Network may benefit.

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The Partner Toolkit was created to provide communication tools to support partners with their communications about Help Me Grow Washington. Help Me Grow Washington partners include anyone who is part of the network: parents, caregivers, service providers, employers and professionals of all kinds who focus on connecting families to the local resources they need.
Help Me Grow WA Universal Messaging

Help Me Grow WA Localized Messaging

This messaging will be helpful when describing Help Me Grow Washington in specific counties or regions in the state.

Digital and print materials are available below to download. Please email us if you have any questions or feedback; we welcome suggestions on new materials!

Digital Materials

Help Me Grow WA Logos

Social Media Graphics

Print Materials

Help Me Grow Flyers

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The Partner Toolkit was created to provide communication tools to support partners with their communications about Help Me Grow Washington. Help Me Grow Washington partners include anyone who is part of the network: parents, caregivers, service providers, employers and professionals of all kinds who focus on connecting families to the local resources they need.

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Upcoming "For Parents" Page on Investing in Children Coalition website

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Upcoming "For Parents" Page on Investing in Children Coalition website

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Currently working on Spanish translation

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Promotional Materials available for December community events

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Promotional Materials available for December community events

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The Partner Toolkit was created to provide communication tools to support partners with their communications about Help Me Grow Washington. Help Me Grow Washington partners include anyone who is part of the network: parents, caregivers, service providers, employers and professionals of all kinds who focus on connecting families to the local resources they need.
Help Me Grow WA Universal Messaging

Help Me Grow WA Localized Messaging

This messaging will be helpful when describing Help Me Grow Washington in specific counties or regions in the state.

Digital and print materials are available below to download. Please email us if you have any questions or feedback; we welcome suggestions on new materials!

Digital Materials

Help Me Grow WA Logos

Social Media Graphics

Print Materials

Help Me Grow Flyers

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The Partner Toolkit was created to provide communication tools to support partners with their communications about Help Me Grow Washington. Help Me Grow Washington partners include anyone who is part of the network: parents, caregivers, service providers, employers and professionals of all kinds who focus on connecting families to the local resources they need.

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Big Thanks!

This project would not have been possible without the many advocates, experts, and WCFC Early Childhood Network members who provided valuable time, input, and skills. Special thanks to the following individuals who participated on the Fair Start for Kids Act Communication Workgroup:

Toolkit design & content creation

Colleen Condon, Molly Curtiss, Molly Draben, Cadie Dye, Debbie Ham, Brittany Hartikainen, Katie Maisch, Eiledon McLellan, Melissa McPheeters, April Messenger, Linden Obel, Nancy Spurgeon

Toolkit translation

Marina Medrano

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Fair Start for Kids Act Communication Toolkit - Washington Communities For Children

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This project would not have been possible without the many advocates, experts, and WCFC Early Childhood Network members who provided valuable time, input, and skills.

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Big Thanks!

This project would not have been possible without the many advocates, experts, and WCFC Early Childhood Network members who provided valuable time, input, and skills. Special thanks to the following individuals who participated on the Fair Start for Kids Act Communication Workgroup:

Toolkit design & content creation

Colleen Condon, Molly Curtiss, Molly Draben, Cadie Dye, Debbie Ham, Brittany Hartikainen, Katie Maisch, Eiledon McLellan, Melissa McPheeters, April Messenger, Linden Obel, Nancy Spurgeon

Toolkit translation

Marina Medrano

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Fair Start for Kids Act Communication Toolkit - Washington Communities For Children

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This project would not have been possible without the many advocates, experts, and WCFC Early Childhood Network members who provided valuable time, input, and skills.

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Family Navigator Program to Support Early Childhood within the Medical Home 

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Family Navigator Program to Support Early Childhood within the Medical Home 

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Support for Community Health Worker Models in Washington State 

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Support for Community Health Worker Models in Washington State 

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Liberatory Design Card Deck - Spanish Translation feedback update

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Liberatory Design Card Deck - Spanish Translation feedback update

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Liberatory Design is an approach to addressing equity challenges and change efforts in complex systems. It is a process and practice to:

Create designs that help interrupt inequity and increase opportunity for those most impacted by oppression

Transform powerby shifting the relationships between those who hold power to design and those impacted by these designs

Generate critical learning and increased agency for those involved in the design work

Liberatory Design is both a flexible process that can be used by teams and a set of equity leadership habits that can be practiced daily. It can be used in a variety of ways and by a variety of actors, including innovation efforts, strategic planning, community-driven design, and collaborative teams. At the core of Liberatory Design are a set of beliefs:

Racism and inequity have been designed into systems and thus can be redesigned;

Designing for equity requires the meaningful participation of those impacted by inequity; and

Equity-driven designs require equity and complexity informed processes.

Liberatory Design is the result of a multi-year collaboration between Tania Anaissie, David Clifford, Susie Wise , and the National Equity Project [ Victor Cary and Tom Malarkey].

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Liberatory Design Card Deck - National Equity Project

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Address equity challenges & change efforts in complex systems with this liberatory design deck from the National Equity Project. Download and print it free today.

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"Creating Healthy Environments for All Our Children" by Dr. David R. Williams 

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"Creating Healthy Environments for All Our Children" by Dr. David R. Williams 

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What is the value add of Help Me Grow in a comprehensive service provider organization?

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What is the value add of Help Me Grow in a comprehensive service provider organization?

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HMG/ AAC can serve to connect other organizations

Point out that we concentrate on early childhood concerns

Addition to early childhood but also developmental concerns

Special connections to developmental screening

Warm hand off with Carina as a caring, connected human!

Geographic spread of service providers and children and families move around the area

When families move to a different community, HMG/ AAC is still there

Families don't always feel that they get customer service from some of the larger service agencies

Someone like Carina (or a Family Resource Navigator in general) can help families prepare for what to expect when they do call one of the larger agencies, can explain the process

Always hear about how families fall through the cracks; will make a referral but if there is also some extra follow-up needed

Closing the loop

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Our Workgroup's Shared Understanding of Equity

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Our Workgroup's Shared Understanding of Equity

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A process and an outcome:

Equity is a process.

Outcomes are individual - an outcome doesn't have to be the same for every person.

You must ask and learn:

Equity should be assessment and community feedback based.

Ask first. Look at answers. Assess. And then implement.

The system does not define the need, the people do.

Equity happens when the induvial is centralized.

Equity is to provide or give resources in the way they are needed, when they are needed, and how they are needed.

It's not just about the kind of resources. It's about how they're distributed and how accessible they are.

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"A New Framework for Addressing Adverse Childhood and Community Experiences: The Building Community Resilience Model" by Dr. Wendy R. Ellis and Dr. William H. Dietz 

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"A New Framework for Addressing Adverse Childhood and Community Experiences: The Building Community Resilience Model" by Dr. Wendy R. Ellis and Dr. William H. Dietz 

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"Implementing Universal Access to Developmental Screening" by Ericka Dickerson, Christina Colon, Nicole Hopkins, and Deepa Srinivasavaradan 

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"Implementing Universal Access to Developmental Screening" by Ericka Dickerson, Christina Colon, Nicole Hopkins, and Deepa Srinivasavaradan 

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Why Liberatory Design?
We are all living in challenging times that our past experience and training has not sufficiently prepared us for. Too often, well intentioned equity efforts do not succeed-and even produce unintended consequences. This can lead to frustration, hopelessness and cynicism.
It's important to consider why so many equity efforts stall or fail to achieve intended outcomes:

They do not employ a deep enough equity lens-for example, a diversity and inclusion focus as opposed to interrogating deeper causes produced by systemic oppression.

They take the form of traditional linear, hierarchical plans that focus on strategies, goals, timelines, metrics and accountability. These efforts don't recognize the messiness and complexity of the challenge, so they often are ineffective and, sometimes, even backfire.

They are created in the context of dominant white culture, in traditional structures (e.g. committees, task forces), or in teams that don't have an effective approach to the work. Common problems include:

group members unable to engage in authentic critical dialogue;

lack of trust, especially across role/power and identity difference, that undermines team efficacy;

the process doesn't bring forward sufficiently creative thinking;

urgency leads to hasty, misguided decisions;

creative and potentially powerful solutions are not accepted by leadership.

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Liberatory Design - National Equity Project

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Addressing equity challenges and change efforts in complex systems with liberatory design. Learn more about this process or register for an upcoming course.

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"Leading Help Me Grow at the Local, State, and National Levels: Achieving Collective Goals Through a Nested Backbone Approach" by Sarah Zucker 

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"Leading Help Me Grow at the Local, State, and National Levels: Achieving Collective Goals Through a Nested Backbone Approach" by Sarah Zucker 

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Health Provider Outreach - Presentation Slides

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Health Provider Outreach - Presentation Slides

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Please follow this link to sign in to today's meeting:

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Please follow this link to sign in to today's meeting:

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Why Early Learning is Important:

Research has shown that children who are able to participate in early learning programs perform better throughout their years of schooling. Early learning programs focus on six areas of kindergarten readiness:

Social-Emotional - Children do better in school when they can regulate their emotions, establish positive relationships with others, and constructively participate in group settings.

Physical - The early years are important for the development of fundamental gross-motor and fine-motor skills needed to be active learners.

Language - Children need to understand increasingly complex language and use language to express their thoughts, ideas, needs, and feelings.

Cognitive - Children are more successful in school when they have positive approaches to learning, and are able to attend, engage, and persist to solve problems.

Literacy - A child's progress in reading and writing is one of the best predictors of whether the child will function competently in school and in life.

Math - Research shows that math is the number one predictor of future success in reading and math.*

*Duncan, Greg. University of California, 2007. Early Childhood Longitudinal studies. "The strongest predictors of later achievement are school-entry math, reading, and attention skills. Early math skills have the greatest predictive power."

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Research has shown that children who are able to participate in early learning programs perform better throughout their years of schooling. Early learning programs focus on six areas of kindergarten readiness: Social-Emotional - Children do better in school when they can regulate their emotions, establish positive relationships with others, and constructively participate in group settings.

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Help Me Grow Washington promotes early childhood development and ensures all children reach their full potential.

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Resource: Fair Start for Kids "cheat sheet" 

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Resource: Fair Start for Kids "cheat sheet" 

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Parent Leadership Council - Roles - Google Jamboard

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Washington Communities for Children (WCFC) is a network of coalitions dedicated to improving the wellbeing of children, families, and communities. Ten WCFC Regions across the state that have trusted relationships with over six-hundred organizations and individuals. Trusted partners include early learning providers, social service agencies, early intervention services, child welfare organizations, libraries, juvenile courts, school districts, public health agencies, higher education, families, and many others.

MISSION

Connecting local and statewide efforts to improve the wellbeing of children, families, and communities.

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Washington Communities for Children (WCFC) is a network of coalitions dedicated to improving the wellbeing of children, families, and communities. Ten WCFC Regions across the state that have trusted relationships with over six-hundred organizations and individuals.

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Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

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Since 2014, the Summit on Improvement in Education has developed a vibrant learning community by engaging diverse groups of educational professionals.

At a convening of experts in continuous improvement methodology hosted by Carnegie's Advancing Teaching-Improving Learning identified four essential organizational conditions for continuous improvement to take root and thrive.

This essay proposes science of improvement research and the idea of a networked improvement community as an alternative R&D method to create the purposeful collective action needed to solve complex educational problems currently faced.

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The Six Core Principles of Improvement | Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

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Since 2014, the Summit on Improvement in Education has developed a vibrant learning community by engaging diverse groups of educational professionals. At a convening of experts in continuous improvement methodology hosted by Carnegie's Advancing Teaching-Improving Learning identified four essential organizational conditions for continuous improvement to take root and thrive.

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Comments from Ryan Pricco regarding capital gains excise tax

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Comments from Ryan Pricco regarding capital gains excise tax

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Comments from Ryan Pricco regarding capital gains excise tax

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Dr. Felt with YVFWC

WCAAP Cohort in Central WA

Yakima Pediatrics

Dr. Jocelyn Pedrosa with Yakima Neighborhood Health

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Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 882 5472 0011

Dial by your location:
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
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Sign up | Miro | Online Whiteboard for Visual Collaboration

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Scalable, secure, cross-device and enterprise-ready team collaboration whiteboard for distributed teams. Join 30M+ users from around the world

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Across the nation, Help Me Grow offers families seamless access to community services and supports so they can easily connect to the resources they need, when they need them.

The Help Me Grow Washington network represents a growing, powerful coalition of communities and individuals invested in building an organized system of community resources to help children grow up healthy.

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The Help Me Grow Washington network represents a growing, powerful coalition of communities and individuals invested in building an organized system of community resources to help children grow up healthy.

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Email Name, Date of Birth, & phone number to:
Yakima: yakvax@yvfwc.org  Toppenish: Toppcovidvaccines@yvfwc.org  Grandview: GrandviewYVFWC@yvfwc.org Prosser: ValleyVistaMedicalGroup@yvfwc.org

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Proposed Communication & Outreach Goals:

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Proposed Communication & Outreach Goals:

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Increasing traction with health providers in Yakima

Diane shared list of health providers that we will be reaching out to

HMG/ AAC swag ideas:

Bibs for newborns

Newborn caps

Shirts

Fridge Magnets

Car Air Freshener

Billboard? Banners?

Care packages to give at 6-month check-up

Questions for consideration:

Where and how can we distribute materials?

DSHS Mobile Van

Give-a-ways and info. distribution

All WIC locations can give stuff away

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How do we strengthen partner connections?

Use mutual contacts to introduce Carina to new partners

Connect with Early Achiever supervisor for resources

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American Rescue Plan: Human Services and Community Supports

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American Rescue Plan: Human Services and Community Supports

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Text for H.R.1319 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

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Eva Chavez or Suman Pandey at YVFWC, Lincoln

Amanda Lee at YVFWC in Toppenish

Stephen Pearson at Central WA Family Medicine

Central WA Family Medicine Branch in Ellensburg

Sarah Ortner BHC at Ellensburg

Questions for consideration:

How can we do outreach in Kittitas?

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November Meeting Padlet (click the image below to go to our last meeting's padlet)

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November Meeting Padlet (click the image below to go to our last meeting's padlet)