Resources
Task Force Research, Reports and Presentations
West Virginia Research and Reports Commissioned by the Task Force
- Stakeholder Survey and Discussions: Summary of Findings (Collective Impact, LLC)
- State and Federal Expenditures on WV Early Childhood Programs (Collective Impact, LLC)
- Estimating Early Childhood Program Participation Rates (Collective Impact, LLC)
- Estimating Costs of Expanding Early Childhood Services (Collective Impact, LLC)
- Early Childhood Programs Wage and Benefit Comparisons (Collective Impact, LLC)
- Summary of Early Childhood Issues and Concerns from Legislators (Tonkin Management Group)
- Investing in Early Childhood Development: Financing Options for West Virginia (WV Center on Budget and
Policy)
- A Development Plan for Early Childhood in West Virginia: Phase I Findings and Recommendations (Task Force
Resource Team)
- Building a System for Early Success brochure (Task Force Resource Team)
- West Virginia Measures of Success: Proposed Outcomes and Indicators the State’s Early Childhood System
(Early Childhood Advisory Council of WV and WV Early Childhood Planning Task Force)
- State Early Childhood System Governance Considerations: Highlights from Interviews with Other States
(Barbara Gebhard and Julie Pratt)
- Relationships, Resources and Results: Highlights from Key Informant Interviews, Zero-to-Four Early Learning
Expansion Study (Nikki Daring-Kuria, Bruce Decker, Jane Haddox, Julie Pratt, Gerry Sawrey, Leslie Stone,
Karen Williams)
- West Virginia Pay for Success: Recommendations from the Pay for Success Working Group (Alyse
Schrecongost and Ted Boettner)
- Consultation from Dr. Sharon Lynn Kagan, Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Early Childhood and Family
Policy, and Co-director of the National Center for Children and Families at Columbia University
- Consultation from Anne Mitchell, President of Early Childhood Policy Research, an independent consulting firm
specializing in evaluation, policy analysis and planning on early care and education
Presentations to the Task Force and its Study Groups
- “Early Childhood in West Virginia” (5/17/13)
Kim Tieman, Program Officer, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
- “Early Childhood Advisory Council Overview and Key Issues” (5/17/13)
Secretary Kay Goodwin, Department of Education and the Arts
- “Overview of West Virginia Pre-K” (5/17/13)
Clayton Burch, Executive Director, WVDE Office of Early Learning
- “What About the Babies? Infant and Toddler Policies and Initiatives” (6/21/13)
Barbara Gebhard, ZERO TO THREE, and Gretchen Frankenberry, Early Childhood Advisory Council
- “KISRA: Championing Positive Community Change” (6/21/13)
Michelle Foster, Executive Director, Kanawha Institute for Social Research and Action
- “West Virginia’s Quality Rating and Improvement System” (7/29/13, 11/21/13)
Jessica Dianellos, DHHR Division of Early Care and Education
- “QRIS in West Virginia: History and Current Issues” (7/29/13)
Margie Hale, Executive Director, WV KIDS COUNT
- “Governance Concepts, Framework and Models” (7/30/13)
Barbara Gebhard, Assistant Director of Public Policy, ZERO TO THREE
- “Addressing Substance Use in Pregnancy” (7/31/13)
Dr. Stefan Maxwell, Director, NICU, CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital
- “West Virginia Home Visitation Program Overview” (7/31/13)
Jackie Newson, Director
- “Overview of MIHOW, PAT and Healthy Families Home Visiting Programs” (7/31/13)
Michele Baranaskas, Coordinator, Partners in Community Outreach
- “Our Fiscal Challenges in Early Care and Education in West Virginia” (9/6/13)
Ted Boettner, Executive Director, West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
- “Expanding CHIP Coverage to Public Employees” (9/6/13)
Brandon Merritt, Health Policy Analyst, West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
- “West Virginia Birth to Three Overview” (8/28/13)
Pam Roush, Director
- “Division of Early Care and Education (DHHR) Overview” (8/28/13)
Kim Hawkins, Director
- “Head Start and Early Head Start Overview” (8/28/13)
Traci Dalton, WV Head Start State Collaboration Director
- “Early Childhood Program Expenditures, Participation Rates and Expansion Costs”
Steve Heasley, Researcher, Collective Impact, LLC
- “Improving Child Health Outcomes Through Better Screening and Referral” (10/4/13)
Renate Pore, Dr. Mary Boyd and Dr. Bill Lewis, West Virginia Perinatal Partnership
- “WV Research on Public, Parent and Stakeholder Views About Early Childhood” (10/4/13)
Betty Knighton, WV Center for Civic Life, and Bruce Decker, Collective Impact, LLC
- “Investing in Early Childhood Development: Financing Option for WV” (10/29/13, 11/21/13)
Ted Boettner, Executive Director, West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
- “Local System Coordination in Nicholas County” (10/30/13)
Marla Short, Starting Points Family Resource Center; Robin Brown, Family Resource Network; Sommer
Dillsworth, Head Start Director; and Sara Kieper, Board of Education Pre-K Coordinator
- “Improving Access, Assessment and Linkages to Services” (10/30/13)
Jackie Newson, WV Home Visitation Program; Renate Pore, WV Perinatal Partnership; Laurie McKeown and
Michelle Comer, Mountain State Healthy Families / TEAM for WV Children
- “Financing Opportunities and Strategies for Early Childhood Systems” (4/3/14)
Anne Mitchell, Alliance for Early Childhood Finance
- “West Virginia Pay for Success: Recommendations from the Pay for Success Working Group” (8/27/14)
Presentation by Kim Tieman, Benedum Foundation; report by Alyse Schrecongost and Ted Boettner
- “Federal Funding Opportunities: Preschool Development and Expansion Grants and Early Head Start-Child
Care Partnerships” (8/27/14), by Traci Dalton, WV State Head Start Collaboration Director, and Janet BockHager,
Pre-K Coordinator, WV Department of Education, Office of Early Learning
Other West Virginia research and recommendations considered by the Task Force
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