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Early Care Healthy Families (Garrett County FY17 and Beyond) - Annual

Better Off: # of Early Care target children with 8+ home visits who are "Demonstrating Readiness" for Kindergarten, as measured by the Kindergarten Ready Assessment (KRA), per FY kindergarten cohort- Annual

Current Value

3

FY 2023

Definition

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Story Behind the Curve

For FY23:  According to the KRA Evaluator sponsored by the Garrett County LMB, "Educators are beginning to uncover the challenges families faced over the course of the pandemic.  Every local school system reported using multiple strategies to identify students in need of resources or support  According to a nationwide analysis, K-13 students ended the 2020-2021 school year an average of five months behind in math, four months in reading, and all systems identified students needing additional academic support upon entering kindergarten.  Every school system also reported children needed social-emotional support and opportunities to develop and apply these skills, and several administrators identified parental concerns about behavior regulation and stress management techniques.  There were practical areas of need as well, nearly half of all school systems reported that families requested financial or nutritional resources."  HFGC Plan:  1.  Continue school readiness bags as funding allows with a focus on social-emotional development.  2.  Individualize services including referrals and follow-up, to meet the needs of families and children 3)  Seek out additional strategies to support families and children surrounding school readiness.

For HFY1 23:  The KRA Evaluator used to capture this data was not available at the time of this report.  The report is in process and will be collected here annually.

 

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Action Plan

HFGC Plan:  1.  Continue school readiness bags as funding allows with a focus on social-emotional development.  2.  Individualize services including referrals and follow-up, to meet the needs of families and children 3.  Seek out additional strategies to support families and children surrounding school readiness.

Data Discussion

For FY23:  According to the KRA Evaluator sponsored by the Garrett County LMB, "Educators are beginning to uncover the challenges families faced over the course of the pandemic.  Every local school system reported using multiple strategies to identify students in need of resources or support  According to a nationwide analysis, K-13 students ended the 2020-2021 school year an average of five months behind in math, four months in reading, and all systems identified students needing additional academic support upon entering kindergarten.  Every school system also reported children needed social-emotional support and opportunities to develop and apply these skills, and several administrators identified parental concerns about behavior regulation and stress management techniques.  There were practical areas of need as well, nearly half of all school systems reported that families requested financial or nutritional resources."  HFGC Plan:  1.  Continue school readiness bags as funding allows with a focus on social-emotional development.  2.  Individualize services including referrals and follow-up, to meet the needs of families and children 3)  Seek out additional strategies to support families and children surrounding school readiness.

For HFY1 23:  The KRA Evaluator used to capture this data was not available at the time of this report.  The report is in process and will be collected here annually.

 

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