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Letter from Carol The fundamental right of every child to grow, learn and develop to his or her full potential, beginning with a strong early start in life, is the foundation of our work here at Collaborative for Children. It is this belief that LQVSLUHV RXU ZRUN ZLWK WKH PRVW LQÁ XHQWLDO DGXOWV LQ \RXQJ children’s lives: their families, their teachers, and their community leaders. This year, we can’t thank each and every one of you enough for your role in helping us continue this work. Because of you, our faithful friends and partners, we touched the lives of over 84,000 young children in our community in 2010. We did this by helping their families make well-informed child care choices and strengthening parenting skills, partnering with their early childhood educators to create stimulating, meaningful learning environments in child care classrooms, and informing their community leaders about the best ways to protect and nurture young children during the most critical years of their lives.
It is our hope here at Collaborative for Children that this report will mean more to you than an accounting of our annual activities. Instead, we hope that you will view it as a celebration of the types of accomplishments that GHÀ QH RXU RUJDQL]DWLRQ \HDU DIWHU \HDU³UHVXOWV WKDW build school readiness today and for a lifetime. Let’s continue to partner together to deliver the consistent outcomes that build a strong educational foundation for young children today so that we have a vibrant workforce tomorrow. Our children deserve nothing less.
President and CEO Collaborative for Children
Our Commitment WE PARTNER with families to help parents EH WKHLU FKLOG·V À UVW DQG PRVW LPSRUWDQW teacher in life. Children enjoy new playground at Walker’s Child Care Center, which will allow them to connect with and explore their new outdoor learning environment.
WE IMPROVE the quality of early childhood programs to create rich early learning environments that better prepare young children for kindergarten and school success. WE EDUCATE our community about the importance of the early years in a child’s life. WE ADVOCATE for improved standards and resources for early education in Texas so that all of our youngest citizens have an equal chance of starting school prepared.
Parents participating in our Practical Parenting Education classes receive tools and strategies to help them be their child’s best lifelong teacher.
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1. Harvard University, Center for the Developing Child 2. Zero to Three, National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families 3. The State of Preschool 2010, National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)
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lost lifetime earnings for 2010 class of dropouts in Texas 6
4. The State of Preschool 2010, National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) 5. Texas Education Agency, 2009/2010 Performance Report 6. Alliance for Excellent Education, Texas High Schools, October 2010 7. The State of Texas Children, Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2009-2010
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2010 at a Glance Children 84,184 children impacted through our collective services that partner with families, early childhood teachers and community OHDGHUV³WKH PRVW LQÁXHQWLDO people in a young child’s life.
Families 923 families served through our parent education services. Using such curricula as the research-based Practical Parent Education curriculum, FHUWLÀHG 3DUHQW (GXFDWRUV RIIHU strategies and training across a wide range of customized parenting topics.
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families served through our child care resource and referral services that help parents make well-informed child care choices.
Early Childhood Teachers 6,250 equipment and resource grants WR RXWÀW FKLOG FDUH FHQWHUV DQG family home providers with essential education resources such as children’s books, math manipulatives, science and literacy resources, outdoor play equipment and nature-based outdoor play spaces.
families educated about the importance of the earliest years in a child’s life through 52 community outreach events.
136 key local, state and federal HOHFWHG RIÀFLDOV FRQWDFWHG DQG provided with information on the importance of early care and education.
1,816 hours of service contributed by community and corporate volunteers.
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Focus on Parents and Families 2I DOO WKH LQà XHQFHV WKLV ZRUOG KDV RQ FKLOGUHQ VWURQJ supportive parents and other family members have WKH JUHDWHVW DELOLW\ WR LQà XHQFH D FKLOG -XVW DV FKLOGUHQ need nourishment and food to help their bodies grow, children’s minds also need nourishment in the form of HQULFKLQJ LQWHUDFWLRQV ZLWK WKH VLJQLÀFDQW DGXOWV LQ WKHLU lives. Research shows that if children fail to receive the cognitive stimulation they need early in life, when 90 percent of the brain’s architecture is built, important opportunities for intellectual growth are lost forever, which can place children at an increased risk for remediation and school failure later in life.
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Collaborative for Children is committed to giving children the best start possible by partnering with parents and other primary caregivers to help them FDSWXUH WKH SRWHQWLDO DYDLODEOH LQ WKH ÀUVW \HDUV RI D child’s life. By helping families make well-informed child care choices and helping them create secure, stimulating learning opportunities at home, we ensure that more young children receive the strong foundations they need to succeed in life.
A mother and daughter met with other families to discuss parenting challenges and successes at a November 2010 Parents as Teachers group meeting.
Services at a Glance CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL Through our web-based and call-in child care resource and referral services, we helped 25,111 families in 2010 make ZHOO LQIRUPHG FKLOG FDUH GHFLVLRQV WR À W their needs. PARENT EDUCATION Using the evidence-based Parents as Teachers curriculum and nationallyrecognized Practical Parenting Education curriculum, we partner with families to build parent knowledge and strengthen home environments so that young children have what they need to succeed. Our programs served 923 families in 2010 and helped them strengthen parenting strategies related to such issues as communication, child development, and guidance and discipline, among many others.
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Success Story “After a domestic altercation in her home, a mother and user of our Child Care Resource and Referral service was required by CPS to attend parenting classes in order to be reunited with her children. The mother participated in a six-week series, during which she was very responsive and had perfect attendance. Upon completion of the classes, she was reunited with her children and was so enthusiastic about the skills she learned that her husband registered IRU RXU SDUHQWLQJ FODVVHV WR HQKDQFH KLV DELOLW\ WR PDNH D SRVLWLYH LQĂ XHQFH LQ WKH OLYHV RI KLV FKLOGUHQ DV ZHOO Âľ - Deborah Bradford, Collaborative for Children staff member, March 2010
“The child care checklist for parents and list of additional questions to ask were helpful; it kept me organized and on track.� - User of Child Care Resource and Referral service, May 2010
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C D A cert ific ate, y m ed iv ce re I “W h en er n fi d ent. I con si d co d an d u ro p lt I fe ion al an d I a m ss fe ro p a e b to mysel f ep m ex cite d to ke a I . er h ac te l oo sc h an aw es ome p re ch a G R EA T su r fo u yo k an h in g. T le arn in g an d grow opp ortun ity. ” Tea ch er N an cy C a m ac h o, al ity L ea rn in g L il’ C h a mp s Qu
“The continuing training provided by Collabor ative for Children has inspired me to continue to learn and work with children . I have made my dreams become reality by continuing my education and striving to reach the highest potentia l of professi onalism . I can truly say that Collabor ative has changed my life because I have been given a miracle .”
“We feel that Collabor ative for Children has been instrumental in providin g quality improve ments, and we are honored to work with such professi onal staff and to be a part of something so wonderful that provides quality services for families and learning opportunities for teachers . We are very grateful to be a part of Collabor ative for Children and to be a Texas Rising Star school.” Rebecca Gotting, Directo r St. Thomas Aquinas Early Childhood Center
ola rsh ip “I am very gra teful for th e sch for oppo rtunity th at Co lla bo rat ive op ene d Ch ild ren ha s given me . It ha s an d brings me so much rld wo w ne ole wh a to s eye my pli sh th is goa l in joy to have been able to acc om my life .” Erika Sa laz ar, Teac her Lil’ Ch amps Qu ality Le arn ing
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Focus on Communities At Collaborative for Children, we know it truly does ´WDNH D YLOODJH WR UDLVH D FKLOG ¾ $V VXFK ZH NQRZ KRZ important it is for our community to be well-informed about the importance of the early years in a child’s life and the decisions we can make as a community to get our children off to the best start possible for future success. To increase our children’s chances of success, we educate key decision-makers and the community at large by:
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‡ +RVWLQJ PXOWLSOH FRPPXQLW\ RXWUHDFK HYHQWV ‡ /HYHUDJLQJ WKH PHGLD DQG PHHWLQJ IDFH WR IDFH ZLWK OHJLVODWRUV WR VSUHDG RXU PHVVDJH DQG ‡ 'LVVHPLQDWLQJ LQIRUPDWLRQ WR KHOS SDUHQWV HGXFDWRUV and community leaders understand the connection between quality early experiences and a child’s chances for lifelong success.
In June, Yao Ming teamed up with Collaborative for Children to sponsor and dedicate a nature-based playground for the Chinese Community Center.
Volunteers spend their day bui lding a nature-based playground at Sharp Early Chi ldhood Development Center in September.
orts to Bright early learning at Passp ent held at the ev Families help celebrate e e for Children signatur Futures, a Collaborativ Houston Zoo in April.
Services at a Glance COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION We reached 12,162 families through 52 outreach events and fairs. PUBLIC POLICY To increase standards on behalf of quality early childhood education, we contacted and educated 136 key local, state and federal HOHFWHG RIĂ€ FLDOV prior to the 82nd Legislative Session. Efforts were focused on Senate Bills 260, 265, 264, 400 and 76.
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VOLUNTEER SERVICES Community volunteers along with volunteers IURP 'DWD&HUW &RUSRUDWLRQ -HW%OXH Oceaneering and Spectra Energy recorded 1,816 hours of service working on Collaborative for Children projects. Children proudly display Collabora tiv for Children give aways at the Hous e ton Children’s Festiva l in April.
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Focus on Neighborhoods
Services at a Glance IMPROVING EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS Through intensive training and leadership development, scholarships, one-on-one coaching and mentoring, and classroom resources and equipment, we strengthened learning environments for 943 young children by working with 90 educators from a total of 19 child care programs and registered family homes. BUILDING PARENT KNOWLEDGE In 2010, we reached 396 parents through parenting education groups, 70 families through our Parents as Teachers home visitation program, and 98 families through counseling services provided by Family Services of Greater Houston. FACILITATING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE College Bound partners assist families with health insurance registration and renewal, explain the health care plans/systems, identify health care services and provide regular educational opportunities on health and wellness. In 2010, 34 families were connected with health care services.
In spite of the many opportunities Houston has to offer its residents, numerous urban neighborhoods facing tremendous challenges are scattered throughout the city. Despite their proximity to Houston’s teeming healthcare and energy sectors, citizens from such neighborhoods all too often remain isolated by invisible barriers of lowperforming schools and a seemingly irreversible cycle of poverty. To address this challenge, Collaborative for Children teamed up with 13 partners to design College Bound from Birth, which works with families and teachers to reclaim the future for some of Houston’s children facing the greatest challenges. Underway in the Sunnyside and South Park neighborhoods in south Houston, College Bound is designed to partner with low-income children and families when children are very young to 1) promote educational achievement, beginning at birth, 2) build parent knowledge, 3) expand access to healthcare, and 4) engage community leadership. College Bound’s 2010 accomplishments included impacting a total of 515 families, 90 teachers and 1,480 children through the program’s various components (unduplicated numbers).
College Bound from Birth, Young girls participate in Sunnyside and South Park a program that serves the rent care programs, building pa areas by improving child e. barriers to health car knowledge and reducing
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Rating Scales The graphs below demonstrate the percentage of early childhood classrooms that fall into various categories of quality after participating in College Bound from Birth. Infant/toddler classrooms were the À UVW WR SDUWLFLSDWH LQ IROORZHG E\ WKH DGGLWLRQ RI SUHVFKRRO FODVVURRPV LQ
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Champions for Children Funding Partners $1,000,000 and above Hogg Foundation for Mental Health* Houston Endowment Inc.* Workforce Solutions
$500,000-$999,999 The Brown Foundation, Inc.* United Way of Greater Houston
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$6&(1'( &KDULWDEOH 7UXVW Bank of America H-E-B KBR Wells Fargo
Ms. Dorothy M. Ables Ruth and Ted Bauer Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Lee Beckelman The Brodsky Foundation Collaborative for Children Staff ExxonMobil Corporation +DUULHW DQG -RH )RVWHU )RXQGDWLRQ Greater Houston Transportation Kaplan Early Learning Company Local Initiatives Support Corporation MACEIL Family Foundation Mithoff Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Victor Samuels Spectra Energy Corporation
BMC Software, Inc. 0U DQG 0UV 'DQ ) %R\OHV -U EOG Resources Mr. and Mrs. Milt Hempel Houston Community College Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kaufman Mr. and Mrs. Larry Kellner Lakeshore Learning Materials MFR, PC Mr. and Mrs. William Pierpont Ms. Regina Rogers Ms. Stephanie Rudd Texas Children’s Hospital Thompson & Horton, LLP Towers Watson YMCA of Greater Houston
$15,000-$24,999 Montgomery County United Way*
$100,000-$499,999 U.T. Health Science Center at Houston
$50,000-$99,999 The Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation* -30RUJDQ &KDVH )RXQGDWLRQ The Powell Foundation* Rockwell Fund, Inc.
$10,000-$14,999 Datacert, Inc. The Frees Foundation Marathon Oil Company Robert R. and Kay M. Onstead Foundation A.F. Retzloff Memorial Fund
We also wish to thank our many valued supporters who gave up to $1,000 to support the work of Collaborative for Children. | *Represents Multi-Year Funding
Volunteers and Partners Executive Committee Ms. Janice E. Character Board Chair ExxonMobil Corporation Mr. Juan Torres Board Vice Chair MFR, PC Ms. Julie R. Hempel Chair of Fund Development Community Volunteer Ms. Neena Newberry Chair of Human Resources 1HZEHUU\ ([HFXWLYH &RDFKLQJ & Consulting, LLC Ms. Pamela K. Onstead Chair of Strategic Planning Community Volunteer Ms. Stephanie Rudd Chair of Finance CBC Bancorp, LLC
Board of Directors Ms. Dorothy M. Ables Spectra Energy Dr. Robert Austin Texas Children’s Pediatric Associates, Cullen Mr. Dan F. Boyles, Jr. Vice Chair of Strategic Planning 1$, +RXVWRQ
Mr. Philip D. Fraissinet Thompson & Horton, LLP
Ms. Linda Jones Community Volunteer
Mr. Shawn A.J. Gross 6$-* ,QYHVWPHQWV ,QF
Mr. David Lopez -30RUJDQ &KDVH
Mr. Harlan Hooks H-E-B Houston Division
Mr. Jesse Lozano Shell Oil Products
Mr. Rick Jaramillo Bank of America
Ms. Leah Nash Spectra Energy
Mr. Stephen M. Kaufman Clark Consulting
Ms. Shareen Nash EOG Resources
Ms. Amy Markwort -RQHV 6FKRRO %RDUG )HOORZV Program – Rice University
Ms. Vanessa Schulte Spectra Energy
Ms. Virginia L. Mithoff Mithoff Family Charitable Foundation
Ms. Cindy Seffair Continental Airlines Mrs. Patricia Snyder $PHJ\ %DQN 1$
Mr. Troy Bush St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities Ms. Laurie Bricker Municipal Securities Group -HIIHULHV &RPSDQ\ ,QF Ms. Julia “Jan� Carroll 7KH -XQLRU /HDJXH RI Houston, Inc. Ms. Suzanne R. Chauvin Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard, LLP Ms. Ann Beall Crider Houston PBS/KUHT Dr. S. Brooke Durbin University of Houston Ms. Bennie Green Rockwell Fund, Inc.
Mr. Rodney E. Nathan Allen Austin Executive Search Consultants
Ms. Jocelyn Wright, SPHR 0F&RQQHOO -RQHV /DQLHU Murphy, LLP
Dr. Barbara G. Samuels University of Houston Clear Lake
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Ms. Candy Kasserman Howard +DUULV &RXQW\ -XGJH (G (PPHWW¡V 2IÀFH
Mr. Juan Torres MFR, PC
Ms. Janelle James Young Learners School
Ms. Kim Watts Anderson Reach Out and Read Texas
Dr. Kathryn Jenkins University of Houston – Downtown
Ms. Paige Carlisle Stewart Spring Branch ISD
Committee Members Ms. Amy Taylor Ellis hrQ, Inc.
Ms. Anna M. Babin United Way of Greater Houston
Mr. Michael Ellis Towers Watson
Ms. Pam J. Brasseux The Brown Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Dianne Johnson Past HISD Board Trustee Ms. Tammie J. Kahn The Children’s Museum of Houston
Dr. Patrick Leung University of Houston Ms. Linda Lykos YMCA of Greater Houston Ms. Sherea A. McKenzie -RLQW &LW\ &RXQW\ &RPPLVVLRQ for Children Ms. Judith Miller Young Learners School Ms. Nancy Pittman The Brown Foundation, Inc. Ms. Caroline J. Sabin The Powell Foundation Dr. John Sawyer Harris County Department of Education Dr. Peggy B. Smith Baylor College of Medicine – Teen Clinic Ben Taub Hospital Dr. Jeffrey R. Starke Baylor College of Medicine Ms. Ann B. Stiles Project GRAD Houston Ms. Sue Thornton Lone Star College – 1RUWK +DUULV Ms. Kay Tittle Texas Children’s Pediatric Associates
Senior Staff Members Ms. Carol S. Shattuck President and CEO
Mr. P.N. Calelly, CPA Vice President of Administration and CFO
Mr. Sul Ross Vice President of Programs and Collaboration Development
Ms. Andrea Francis AVP of Family Engagement
Ms. Leslie Gerber AVP of Community Engagement
Ms. Grace Hill AVP of Fund Development and Public Relations
Ms. Gail McClung AVP of Human Resources and Administration
Ms. Sharon Spillman AVP of Provider Engagement
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