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CLIENT AND PROJECT MATERIALS --- HEAD START MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

AGENDA  
Community Assessments 

Do you know where your children are?

Head Start Management Institute July 2013

Dr. Betsy Morris, Planning for Sustainable Communities, Berkeley, CA

9am Welcome 

Review Agenda

Purpose & Goals

·      Overview - what’s required by the CA performance standards

·      Practice using the US Census 

·      Walk away with essential data for your Service Area

·      Tips to create your own successful roadmap -    Avoid data overload!

·      Have some fun learning with each other

Introductions

      Name, where from

      What is your role in completing the HS community assessment?

        How are you feeling about the job? Confident? Bored? Worried?

9:15 Community Assessment Overview

·   Required Elements

     ·    Uses/Monitoring Protocols

·      Value and Strategic Uses

o   Best practices and Sources 

o   Asking and Answering Questions

o   Involving Stakeholders/participatory research

Sample CAs, Tables of Contents , Tables and Maps 

9:45  Getting the Eligiblity Numbers Fast  

     Review HANDOUT – How to Use the Census and ACS

10am  LAB TIME  (Census)

Exercise 1 -  # of income eligible children in your Service Area

Exercise 2 – generating community profiles 

Exercise 3 - online CAA tool online CAA tool

OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES   (see handout)

Scorecards;  Health,  Disability Data,  School Data 

Transportation; Parent Survey  * Using 211 and other sites   

BREAK

10:45 AM:  Analyzing Data - in teams of 2 or 3

Look at your findings and identify 3-5 key points; What can you say about your service area?

What’s going on in your community that could be affecting the # of eligible children and your agency’s ability to enroll them?  

Any surprises?

11:15 AM  Creating Your Roadmap  - (All or in Pairs) 

Discussion  - Trouble shooting your agency issues or (In Pairs or Threes - Sharing Problem sharing; issues).   What advice can you give? Other Resources and Links

11: 45 - CHECKOUT –

Summarize key points - Your Biggest takeaways

One word goodbye’s

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For consultations & referrals, call 510/549-8790 or email betsy@kali.com