Every Child / Every Promise Quarterly Reportchild promise
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Quarterly Progress Report
Submitted by: Mae Hingtgen, Executive Director
The mission of Every Child ~ Every Promise is to "engage the entire community to
fulfill the Five America's Promises to the youth of Dubuque County."
In order to complete this mission, Every Child ~ Every Promise is developing a
Dubuque County Youth Master Plan. This comprehensive plan for children,
youth and family services will help our community create better outcomes for
children by aligning resources and initiatives around a common cause. A good
deal of time has been spent during FY09 creating the infrastructure that will
enable EC~EP to lead this effort. Every Child ~ Every Promise's focus is to create
a balance between immediate impact and long-term success for our children
through community planning and community collaboration.
7/1/08 - 9/30/08 Outcomes
Community Planning
Relationship development with city, county and non-profit partners
EC~EP seated and oriented a new Board of Directors
Board began discussions of a community-wide strategic plan
Community Collaborations
1900 kindergarten and 1St graders received fire safety education at
neighborhood schools and 100 families took advantage of free smoke
detectors installed in their homes through a partnership with Dubuque Fire
Department, Red Cross and EC~P
CFGD, Project HOPE, CPPC and EC~EP hosted "Learning Together: How
Poverty and Diversity Impact our Community". One hundred thirty people
attended and 74 out of 74 respondents reported they would apply the
training in their work
40 children from the Multi-Cultural Family Center, Teresa Shelter, Fulton and
Prescott schools received free backpacks filled with school supplies and
non-perishable food items
10/1 /08 -12/31 /08 Outcomes
Community Planning
® Research was completed and training received on building the Dubuque
County Youth Master Plan
• 140 people attended EC~EP hosted community events to give input on the
Youth Master Plan and addressing service needs
Community Collaborations
EC~P, Empowerment and other agencies hosted Kids xpo on November 8t".
Over 2600 people attended with a record 66 vendor booths.
DALMC, NICC, Boy Scouts Exploring and EC~EP hosted Career Exploration
Fairs for all 8t" grade students in Dubuque County
The All Kids Covered grant from America's Promise ended. Collaboration
through this grant by CFGD, EC~EP, the Ad Club, Crescent CHC and the VNA
resulted in 6,000 Dubuque residents receiving information about Crescent and
Medicaid/hawk-I, 672 children receiving healthcare case management, 183
children identifying Crescent as their medical home and an 11% increase in
county Medicaid enrollments.
1 /1 /09 - 3/31 /09 Outcomes
Community Planning
• First draft of Dubuque County Youth Master Plan is completed. Twelve partner
agencies are consulted for feedback and support.
• EC~EP partnered with Dubuque Community School District to provide
recommendations on Dropout Prevention and Early Childhood Education to
the Board of Education which include language relevant to the Dubuque
County Youth Master Plan
Community Collaborations
In collaboration with Dubuque Mentoring Partnership, EC~EP hosted Mentoring
Awareness Day on January 19t". 100 people learned more about mentoring
and local mentoring programs. Local programs have received 26 mentors as
a direct result of Mentoring Awareness Day.
Dubuque Bank & Trust has begun a yearlong Fill the Wagon project.
Employees donated over 200 items such as balls, jump ropes, and Frisbees
aimed at encouraging physical activity. Items were distributed to Dubuque
YMCA, St. Mark's Community Center and the Boys and Girls Club.
EC~EP and VNA promoted Cover the Uninsured Week March 22 ®28. Medicaid
and hawk-I outreach was provided at the Earned Income Tax Credit sites of St.
Matthew's Lutheran Church and the Multi-cultural Family Center. Nearly 100
families received information and offers of assistance with Medicaid or hawk-I
applications.
Upcoming
• Publication and distribution of Dubuque County Youth Master Plan
• Selecting priorities from the plan and convening Task Teams around those
priorities
• Defining and organizing data needs, efforts and partners
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® ®eveloping a strategy for utilizing the Unmet Needs funding focused around
those priorities
® Launch new website with updated information and on-going communication
® Begin implementation of Partnering in Communities project with ®CS®, ISUE
and Holy Family
® County Kids Expo with Empowerment and ®ubuque County Safe Youth
Coalition
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