Coalition Connection Directors Face 2 Face August 4, 2014 Agenda - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Coalition Connection Director’s Face 2 Face August 4, 2014

Agenda  Welcome and Greeting  Coalition Staff Updates  Department of Children and Families - Jeannie Martin and Wendy Fletcher-Altman  Licensing Updates and Summer Safety  Enhancing KidCare for Families  Provider Portal: Provider Portal Used for all Communication Effective October, 2014  Contractual Updates  School Readiness Curricula List  Roles and Responsibilities 1. 2014-15 School Readiness Contracts 2. Reimbursement- 3. Technical Assistance = Provider Support  Quality Initiatives  Provider Feedback Summary  Approved Sign in and Out Forms

Coalition Updates FALL CONFERENCE ASQs and ASQ SE • Don’t Wait… Ages and Stages • screenings are • Fall Conference is completed at the Single scheduled Point of Entry with parents. • Registration will be Children scoring in the • available 8/15/14. gray and black are referred to Children's • CEUs available for Services Meeting DCF and Updating Three Possibilities: TA, TA • FCCPC and CDA. and Referral to Inclusion, Inclusion referral to • September 27 - Consultant and Children’s GCCC Home Society or FDLRS

School Readiness Updates Provider Report Cards The BLAST  Provider Report Cards for New look for BLAST  Quarters 2 & 3 In an effort to standardize   Provider Report Cards communication, the allow you to see what Coalition has created a NEW information the Coalition LOOK for the BLAST. captures to support you. Providers NEED TO ENSURE •  This information will be that the email address you used in the upcoming have given to Coalition is months to develop still accurate and working. Individual Program Plans Correct email address is • in order to determine critical for Coalition business improvement and growth as your email is ALSO in all areas of Center connected through the PORTAL .

Coalition Staffing Update Valerie Shackelford has agreed to work part-time • with the Coalition while she is attending college. Donna Whittaker has moved into the Special Projects • position with the Coalition, this includes those initiatives that Lynne used to complete. Alisha Alligood, Terri Bird, Jana Miller, and Stephanie • Dickson have moved to Mentor Coordinator positions. More About This Later… • MATT is doing great and says hello to all! •

Coalition Updates… More… “FAMILYTIPS " to 24587 • In an effort to reach • Coalition is scheduled parents, the Coalition to complete two Family will begin to utilize key- Tip messages a month word text messaging • This is VOLUNTARY and service (Simple Messaging Service SMS) you must sign-up to • Providers will receive receive it. flyer to inform you of this • The cost of this service new initiative designed is based on individual to reach our families Cell Phone Carrier • This information is Plans (Should be little or relevant for ALL families no cost)

KidCare = Healthy Kids  KidCare is affordable health insurance for children from birth through age 18 years • Services that May be from low income families Paid For:  Both parents can be working families  Doctor Visits  Check-Ups and Shots  Hospital Stays  Parents may have a small  Surgeries co-pay  Prescriptions  Emergencies  Vision and Hearing  More Information to COME!  Dental  Mental Health

Coalition Provider Portal “Second Provider Portal TEST”  Overall - Very Successful  14 School Roster Payment Documentation  Providers still stated the following reasons for NOT using Portal: • No Scanner (Check printer for capability to scan) • Did Not Know How to Use Scanner (Find someone who knows) • Chose to fax or send by Email (NO Roster/Attendance Documentation accepted after the September Reimbursement Period-October Turn-In )

TEST REIMBUSREMENT-September 2014 Email : adrianne.jenkins@elcnwf.org o NOTE: Effective October 2014, ALL DOCUMENTATION will be submitted through the Provider Portal

 YOUR BUSINESS COALITION staff will:  YOUR CONTRACT Support you by  YOUR RESPONSIBILITY answering “?”. Coalition staff will no longer Provide updated accept partial paperwork information in a written related to CONTRACTS or format. REIMBURSEMENT. If submitted, they are Remind you of required to shred submitted upcoming due dates. documentation.

August 4, 2014 “If you always do what you have always done- you will always get what you have always got…”

Any title approved for use by VPK Providers  on Probation will be approved for School Readiness programs. All titles are finalized. Six titles will be added  to the list. Curriculum Titles will be available on the DOE’s website. Link on BLAST… DOE notifies Coalitions and School Districts on  monthly VPK Conference Call of updated information.

VPK Approved Curricula VPK Approved Curricula (For those Providers on Probation) 1. Beyond Centers and Circle Time 2. Creative Curriculum (current version) 3. DLM Early Childhood Express 4. The Empowered Child 5. Frog Street Pre-K 6. Frog Street Pre-K Summer 7. InvestiGator Club 8. Learn Everyday AND Nemours Bright Start 9. Little Treasures 10. Scholastic Big Day for Pre-K

Standards for Four Year Olds Who is required to have the Standards Training?  VPK Instructors with less than an Associate’s degree (CDA or CDA equivalency such as FCCPC, ECPC) are required to have the training by 7-1-14. For this requirement, either version of Standards for Four- Year-Olds is acceptable (Instructor-led available since late 2011. Online version available NOW with a $10.00 cost)  If a VPK program is on probation and has chosen the DOE- Approved Staff Development Plan for VPK Providers on Probation, then the VPK Directors, VPK Instructors, and VPK Assistants must take the Standard for Four-Year-Olds. (Currently, the rule relating to the staff development plan indicates instructor-led, as that is what has been available.  Online version of Standards for Four-Year-Olds will be available by 7-1-14. Final testing and review of course is occurring.

Questions and Responses Question 1: What if a VPK teacher who is required to have the Standards training doesn’t have the training by July 1? Response: A program cannot contract for VPK services without qualified VPK teacher(s), but the program can contract once the teachers do have required training. Question 2: If a teacher’s AA doesn’t meet the state requirements for VPK, so they choose to use their CDA(FCCPC) to qualify to teach VPK, are they then mandated to take the Standards for Four Year Olds? Response: If they meet the requirements for VPK Instructor qualifications by having a CDA (FCCPC) then they are mandated to take the Standards course.

School Readiness Update August 4, 2014 “We cannot stop until our GOOD is BETTER and our BETTER is BEST”

School Readiness Updates SR CONTRACTS: NEW Statewide Contract All SR Contracts were due 1.Promulgated through Rule on June 30, 2014. (It becomes law) 2. Coalition may NOT divert Contracts were available from the contract. the first week in June. 3. State emphasis is on Contracts that were NOT Compliance complete on June 30, 2014 will not be able to AND receive payment for child Implementation care services until COMPLETE.

School Readiness Updates NEW Statewide Contract  Statewide Contract AVAILABLE on Coalition Website:  NOVEMBER 2014  COMPLETED CONTRACT PACKAGE DUE to COALITION  DECEMBER 2014 There will be NO EXCEPTIONS

School Readiness Contract NEW Statewide Contract 1.COMPLIANCE-  One Noncompliance- Technical Assistance  Two Noncompliances- Written Corrective Action  Three Noncompliances – Must be Brought Before Board for Consideration of Termination 2. IMPLEMENTATION-  Documentation Submission Deadlines  Curriculum Implementation Based on Author’s Checklist  Coalition REQUIRED to submit Provider Information related to compliance and implementation