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- EVERETT WASHINGTON City of Everett Human Needs Grant January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 Exhibit A Program Summary Organization&Program: Childstrive:Community Engagement Agency Mission: Our mission is to partner with families and the community to support young children's success in daily life. We know that helping babies and toddlers early in life leads to greater outcomes and that young children learn best in their natural environments from primary caregivers.We work with families in their homes and communities to incorporate learning opportunities into daily routines that build on family strengths. Our vision is that all children will be ready to succeed in school and life. Community Engagment Program Objectives: Provide early detection of developmental delays and health issues Improve childcare classroom practices Improve childcare and shelter staffs support for social emotional development in classrooms Increase childcare and shelter staffs knowledge of early childhood development Increase children's school readiness and success Community Engagment Program Structure: We provide consultation and training to staff at shelters(Evergreen Treatment Center)and at Tomorrow's Hope Childcare Center and the Connect Casino Road drop-in childcare provided by Mukilteo Y to support their ability to meet the needs of very young children. We consult with them about best practices for classrooms like using imaginitive play and how to deepen that play by following the lead of the children, about early childhood development and how to support positive growth through play,and about social-emotional development in particular and how to understand children's behavior in order to help them establish strong relationships through which they learn and how to regulate their emotions. The focus of this work is often children who are acting out or withdrawn and helping staff gain empathy and understanding from the child's perspective so that they can help the child instead of punish the child. The components of the work include: weekly observations in the classrooms, coaching staff in the moment in the classrooms,individual meetings with teachers and assistants regarding general practices and specific children and skills, screening of children as needed, and trainings for all staff as needed. Community Engagment Population Served: Our goal is to impact preschoolers being served by Evergreen Treatment Center,Tulalip Learning Academy, Tomorrow's Hope Childcare, and Mukilteo Y's drop-in childcare at Connect Casino Road. We do this by supporting the staff that work with these children at these programs. These children are often homeless or housed precariously, many are from minority groups and are immigrants who are marginalized, especially if they are undocumented, and all are at risk of falling behind developmentally and not being ready to learn in kindergarten. Community Engagment Purpose: We seek to end the cycle of homelessness and poverty by helping parents and childcare and shelter staff take advantage of the preschool years of heightened brain development to ensure that children are developing typically and are ready to succeed in school and in life. Parents who learn how to support their children's healthy development are closer to their children,know more about how their children learn, and are more involved in their education once they reach public school. Staff who understand early childhood development,especially social-emotional development,are better able to support healthy development of those for whom they care. Children who enter kindergarten ready to learn are more successful and have a higher probability of graduating and going on to post secondary education/training. 7