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Lesson on Indigenous Evaluation and community-developed metrics and co-created evaluation

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Lesson on Indigenous Evaluation and community-developed metrics and co-created evaluation

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Which children /families are we trying to prioritize?

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Which children /families are we trying to prioritize?

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Co-develop communication strategies and community engagement WITH communities

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Co-develop communication strategies and community engagement WITH communities

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Think about the intersectionality of communities/families, even if we have different views (ie religion)

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Think about the intersectionality of communities/families, even if we have different views (ie religion)

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Wide range of state agencies to meet holistic needs of kids - Heath, Education, Human Services, Housing, Transportation, Children's Cabinet, Employment and Econ Dev

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Wide range of state agencies to meet holistic needs of kids - Heath, Education, Human Services, Housing, Transportation, Children's Cabinet, Employment and Econ Dev

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Need language access; need dedicated staff.

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Need language access; need dedicated staff.

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overarching state gov body to support all community engagement 

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overarching state gov body to support all community engagement 

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Formalized process for closing the feedback loop; families at the decision-making table. 

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Formalized process for closing the feedback loop; families at the decision-making table. 

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Thinking about agriculture and corrections...all agencies are related to early childhood

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Thinking about agriculture and corrections...all agencies are related to early childhood

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What's legislative? How can we get support there?

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What's legislative? How can we get support there?

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It's not enough to hire diverse staff at agencies.

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It's not enough to hire diverse staff at agencies.

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How are agencies retaining staff of diverse backgrounds? How is the culture of the agencies more welcoming or supportive?

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Community engagement strategies should also support families' goals for early childhood initiatives.

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Community engagement strategies should also support families' goals for early childhood initiatives.

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who can be non-partisan? and come to this conversation

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who can be non-partisan? and come to this conversation

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Thinking about the populations we want to reach, are they over represented and doing well. 

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Thinking about the populations we want to reach, are they over represented and doing well. 

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Track race/ethnicity of applicants to new positions, and hires at State agencies

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Track race/ethnicity of applicants to new positions, and hires at State agencies

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Look at who we are giving grants too and who is on their board. Looking at the state level, there is more diversity, efforts are being made. We need to hire people and they need to feel like they have a voice and be able to bring their true self/voice to the work space. 

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Look at who we are giving grants too and who is on their board. Looking at the state level, there is more diversity, efforts are being made. We need to hire people and they need to feel like they have a voice and be able to bring their true self/voice to the work space. 

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Use processes/measures used to create Community Solutions Advisory Board, and Community Hubs grant review team

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Use processes/measures used to create Community Solutions Advisory Board, and Community Hubs grant review team

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They identified several criteria for how to create diversity among people making decisions on grants (and later review of the CS work).

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We'll know we are making progress if we see more state staff engaging in community activities building relationships and trust

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We'll know we are making progress if we see more state staff engaging in community activities building relationships and trust

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We'll have functional feedback loops in place

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We'll have functional feedback loops in place

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# of communications/contacts the state has with communities post-engagement

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# of communications/contacts the state has with communities post-engagement

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Levels of communication between state and community (school systems, local agencies, etc). Where the state leans into building trust explicitly with some partners, and where it can happen more explicitly. (Don is example of where it works well). Need to influence the community agencies to build trust. 

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Levels of communication between state and community (school systems, local agencies, etc). Where the state leans into building trust explicitly with some partners, and where it can happen more explicitly. (Don is example of where it works well). Need to influence the community agencies to build trust. 

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Thinking about the oversight portion of the PA, if we still have that at this level, it means we did all the other steps well. 

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Thinking about the oversight portion of the PA, if we still have that at this level, it means we did all the other steps well. 

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Organizations working in early childhood programming are aware of State strategic plan/refresh

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Organizations working in early childhood programming are aware of State strategic plan/refresh

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We'll know there is more trust when we ask families and communities and they say that the relationships are better. They have to actually feel this is true.

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We'll know there is more trust when we ask families and communities and they say that the relationships are better. They have to actually feel this is true.

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Overall, state agencies need to do a better job of communicating with broader public on what they are doing. This builds trust and increases transparency. 

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Overall, state agencies need to do a better job of communicating with broader public on what they are doing. This builds trust and increases transparency. 

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This can be done through partners, through communications tools/strategies, community events and tabling, and more.