Community Assessments: Do you know where your children are?
HOT LINKS
PART 1. Introductions - Your Human and Online Resource Center!
HS Community Assessment - Class Links and Docs for downloading
Head-Start Resources from 2010 HS Management Institute
California Head Start Association
PART 2. Big Picture – SEE NOTEBOOK HANDOUTS 1 & 2
HS Program Regulations and Policies
2011 Federal Regulations for Title 45: Public Welfare: PART 1305—ELIGIBILITY, RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE IN HEAD START
1305.3 Determining Community Strengths and Needs
PART 3. – Overview, Flow Charts, Sample Docs, and Directions
Head-Start Resources from 2010 HS Management Institute
Power Point Presentation
Sample Table of Contents
Sample Data Collection Plan
PART 4 – Finding Data Online FAST! -- SEE HANDOUT or Go to
Head-Start Resources from 2010 HS Management Institute
How to Find Eligible Children Fast, 2011 Update
Exercise 1 – Generating your ACS community Data Profiles and Narrative
Exercise 2 – Finding the # of Eligible Children
HOT TIPS
Lesson 1: Have a team with a plan
Lesson 2: Focus on the required elements first - Check original sources
Lesson 3: Make friends with your local planners and researchers!
Lesson 4; Cite your sources fully so you can find them again!
Lesson 5: Web sites change!
(Extra bonus: Take this workshop!)
Other Useful Sites
US Poverty Trends, 2008-2009 – with map
http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/data/ - for reports and trends general
American Indian and Alaska Native Links
Table and Map Formats - American FactFinder
thematic map dataclasses tribal
Fairdata-Indian population charts - old
Mapping
thematic map dataclasses tribal
http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map
http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer
http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer
thematic map dataclasses tribal
FairData -- Community-based Mapping – poverty focus, historic, old
DataPlace - Great for community maps, but may not be updating to 2010
State Agencies Population Data
CA Dept. of Finance Demographic Research
California Department of Finance
Demographic Reports and Research Papers - California Department of Finance
Finding Other Childcare Providers in your community
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Networks
Schools Data
School District Interactive Tables - U.S. Census Bureau
Children with Disabilities
US Dept. of Education - Special Education
State Directory of SELPA and other Agencies
California Dept. of Ed - Regional SELPA Programs Directory
Children and Public Health
Find Shortage Areas: MUA/P by State and County
Birth Statistics from California Dept. of Health
Annie E. Casey Fdtn Knowledge Center
Children Now—Reports & Research for California
First 5 California | Data and Reporting Tools