2017 DRAFT - Northumberland County Ontario Early Years Child and Family Centres Initial Plan Lesley Patterson RECE, Manager, Early Years Northumberland County 8/30/2017 0 Contents Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Building a Community Plan – Northumberland County’s Journey ............................................................... 8 Current Context ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Section 1: Northumberland County’s Journey ............................................................................................ 10 Where it Began - Rejuvenating the Best Start Network ............................................................................. 11 The Kickoff .............................................................................................................................................. 11 Creating an Inventory of Services for Northumberland County ............................................................. 11 Forming the Northumberland County Early Years Planning Team ......................................................... 12 Developing the Vision for Northumberland County OEYCFCs ................................................................ 12 Section 2: Understanding the Needs of the Community ............................................................................ 15 How Did We Assess the Needs?.................................................................................................................. 16 Process .................................................................................................................................................... 16 Community Service Mapping .................................................................................................................. 17 Community Engagement Strategy .......................................................................................................... 18 Family Survey ...................................................................................................................................... 19 Focus Groups ....................................................................................................................................... 20 Staff Survey ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Our Journey Together .......................................................................................................................... 20 Reviewing Local Data .......................................................................................................................... 21 Section 3: Reviewing the Data: The Local Needs Assessment .................................................................... 22 Local Needs Assessment: Lessons Learned................................................................................................. 23 Family Engagement Survey -Assessing Local Preferences ...................................................................... 23 Community Partner Survey ................................................................................................................. 33 Focus Groups ....................................................................................................................................... 36 Our Journey Together – Focus group with Indigenous Families ......................................................... 40 Understanding Northumberland County ................................................................................................ 42 Social Risk ............................................................................................................................................ 59 Infrastructure Considerations ............................................................................................................. 59 Section 4: Proposed OEYCFC Locations ...................................................................................................... 62 Selecting the locations for OEYCFCs ........................................................................................................... 63 1 Location Analysis for OEYCFC Community Hubs ..................................................................................... 63 OEYCFC Catchment Areas ....................................................................................................................... 66 Proposed OEYCFC Locations ....................................................................................................................... 67 Identifying School Space ......................................................................................................................... 68 Section 5: The Community Vision Moving Forward .................................................................................... 74 Planning with the Community .................................................................................................................... 75 Co-developing the Logic Model .................................................................................................................. 75 The Logic Model .................................................................................................................................. 76 Co-Developing Criteria for Sites and Leads ............................................................................................. 77 Building the Ideal OEYCFC ................................................................................................................... 77 Governance Structure ................................................................................................................................. 80 Choosing Lead Agencies: Request for Proposal (RFP) Process ............................................................... 83 Developing the Transition Plan ............................................................................................................... 84 Transition Plan .................................................................................................................................... 85 Development of Transition Plans for each OEYCFC Location ................................................................. 90 Working with Existing Partners to Transition Services ....................................................................... 90 Communications Plan ............................................................................................................................. 90 Next steps ................................................................................................................................................... 92 Cited Documents ......................................................................................................................................... 93 Appendices .................................................................................................................................................. 94 Appendix A – Example of Community Inventory of Services .................................................................. 95 Appendix B – Maps ................................................................................................................................. 96 Appendix C – Data Sources ................................................................................................................... 122 Appendix D – Detailed Theory Used for Location Analysis ................................................................... 123 Appendix E – Gantt Chart ...................................................................................................................... 126 Appendix F – Sample Communication Plan Template .......................................................................... 131 2 Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the work of the many individuals were integral to the development of this report, including the following: Special thank you to all the parents who participated in the Parent Engagement Strategy by completing survey and/or attended a focus group Northumberland Early Years Planning Team Lesley Patterson RECE, Northumberland County Early Years Services Manager Lois Mahon, RECE, L& F Mahon Consulting o Member of Premier’s Early Year Advisory Committee o By Order in Council Member of the Community Hub Advisory Group. Frank Mahon, L& F Mahon Consulting Theresa Bailey Dostaler, Synergy Research and Evaluation Consulting Bonnie Burgess, Northumberland County Communications Case Aide Thomas Thayer, Northumberland County Early Years Services Data Analysis Coordinator Christine Mumford, Five Counties Early Learning Community Quality Assurance Advisor Marina Turner, YMCA Northumberland Manager, Community Outreach Ontario Early Years Centre FourInfo/211 and the United Way Community Agency staff who completed the Engagement Survey Northumberland Best Start Network (current active members) County of Northumberland (Community & Social Services/Early Years Services) Kawartha, Pine Ridge District School Board Peterborough,