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Result 2: Hidalgo County Children Ages 0-5 Live, Learn and Play in Safe Environments

% of Kindergarten students assessed as "Vulnerable" in social/emotional maturity

Current Value

8%

2015

Definition

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Story Behind the Curve

Factors pushing up on the data

  • Recent immigrants or unaccompanied minors
  • Dynamic political environment, including cuts to programs
  • Number of children not engaging in services at a young age
  • Language barriers for parents as well as children
  • Availability of funding
  • Cultural barriers
  • Economy (Inability to engage)
  • Food insecurity/basic needs
  • An invisible population once integrated
  • Media
  • Technology

Factors pushing down on the data

  • Parent education
  • Cultural norms
  • Media
  • An invisible population once integrated
  • Subsidized child care
  • Workforce development
  • Community events, education
  • Faith based partnership services
  • Social services
  • Availability of funding

Partners

  • Faith-based - family support, non-judgemental services, spiritual support
  • Food banks - respond to basic needs
  • Non-profit - offer community/social services
  • State/government - provide grants, resources or technical support
  • Media - promote awareness about services and opportunities
  • School districts - education

Solutions

Evidence Based Practices

  • Parenting programs
    • Parents as teachers
    • Safe Care M.I.
    • 24-7 Dad
  • Home Visiting Programs
  • T.B.R.I.
  • Trauma-Informed Care
  • Head Start

Promising Practices

  • Family outreach
  • Spiritual support
  • Alternative response
  • Family engagement

No Cost/Low Cost Ideas

  • Benefit programs
  • Policy change: increase foster care
  • Social media - FB, Twitter
  • Collaboration at local level
  • Advocacy
  • Increase parent involvement in schools

Off the Wall Ideas

  • Mandated parenting classes for new parents/prenatal

Strategy

  • Continue to invest in evidence-based parenting programs, including: Parents as Teachers, Safe Care, M.I., and 24-7 Dad
  • Promote benefit programs that help young children access early childhood interventions
  • Increase parental involvement in the schools
  • Pass a program that requires new parents to participate in parenting classes during prenatal period

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