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Welcome, Students!

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Acknowledgments

• The Kresge Foundation

• Public Sector Consultants

• Citizens Research Council

• Michigan Department of Community Health

• Michigan Department of Human Services

• Michigan Department of Education

• Early Childhood Investment Corporation

• Stakeholders across Michigan

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Public Act 200 of 2012 required

MDE/OGS to complete:

• Early Childhood Systems Analysis

• Financial Analysis

• Performance Metrics

• Early Childhood Systems Recommendations

Great Start, Great Investment, Great Future

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Stakeholder Inputs

• 48 Stakeholder Interviews:– Policy Makers & Administrators– Local Service Providers – State and Local Advocates

• 3 Parent Focus Groups

• 1,300 Online Survey Responses – Educators & Service Providers– Policy Makers & Administrators – Parents & Guardians

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Financial Analysis

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Performance Metric: Outcome 1

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Performance Metric: Outcome 2

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Performance Metrics

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Performance Metrics

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Children and families are highest priority

Parents and communities must have a voice

Quality matters

Invest Early

Efficiencies must be identified and implemented

Principle 1

Children with the greatest needs must be served first

Principle 2

Principle 3

Principle 4

Principle 5

Principle 6

Guiding Principles: Informed by Stakeholders

Implement opportunities to coordinate and collaborate Principle 7

Build Leadership within the SystemLeadership must be present at the highest levels to ensure outcomes

Support Parents’ Critical RoleParents are the most important individual in achieving success

Ensure Coordination and CollaborationThis is not a single frame issue and cannot be tackled within siloes

Use Funding Efficiently to Maximize OutcomesInvest every penny for what it is worth as resources will always be limited

Invest in QualityFuture investments must be directed to programs with the greatest ROI

Recommendation 1

Assure Quality and Accountability Quality leads to greater outcomes & we must be accountable for investments

Recommendation 2

Recommendation 3

Recommendation 4

Recommendation 5

Recommendation 6

Early Childhood Systems Recommendations: