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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0757.001 2022-2024 J�gV".0 Mitchell D. Roth Douglass S. Adams Mayor Director Frecia Cevallos Deputy Director County of ®j® DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 25 Aupuni Street,Room 1301 • Hilo,Hawai'i 96720-4252 (808)961-8366 9 Fax(808)935-1205 E-mail: chresdev@co.hawaii.hi.us March 8,2024 u Heather Kimball Council Chair and Members of the Hawaii County Council -° Hawaii County Council 25 Aupuni Street Hilo,Hawaii 96720 Re: Research and Develoment Early Childhood Resource Coordinator's PowerPoint to the County Council on March 19,2024. Please see the attached PowerPoint Presentation update which will be presented to the Council on behalf of Research and Development. If you have any questions,please do not hesitate to contact our office at(808)785-7090. Sincerely, a � Angela C.Thomas. Early Childhood Resource Coordinator Research and Development Comm. .� Ref. To: Ref. Date MAR 1 1 2024 Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer 3/11/2024 v�- *11,.•••••• .••••••y4 r-A9 so ea Research & Development . Early Childhood Resource Tea ,y • .47,. Presentation to Hawaii County Council March19, 2024 j'- • Pi►' •••• a 141,"*•• ,=••w' 1 ARPA Funding Plan t`a i xi • Grants to existing Childcare Centers based on the following priorities Increase enrollment capacity Infrastructure Enroll infants and toddlers' Staffing,Printing,Media, $1.000,000 Website Professional Development.Supplies • Family Childcare start-up elm •incentives ` j�d Community .,�..�.. • KKP Continuum +- $2,500.000 • Reach Outand React Early Childhood • Pilot Projects • Sponsored Facilities System . o Summer PreK o Development e�'Prcfect = Employer Sponsored $1 Soo two Infant/Toddler expansion Work Force(PD) • a'. •Cheminade Scholarships and classes for teachers •Trainings and conferences(Field .,,, Building) •A^wen.iceshlo 2 1 3/11/2024 opfr Ea rl Childhood Advisory Council • Darissa Kekuawela Kamehameha Preschools • Diane Chadwick Hawaii Community Foundation • Gail Judd Early Childhood Generalist • Jana Smith Hawaii Community College • Joann Freed Early Childhood Mental Health • Keala Rowland Regional Director,PACT Head Start • Lehua Kaulukukui Kamehameha Schools,West HI EC Consortium • Michelle Payne-Arakaki Principal,Pahoa Elementary School • Shanna DeLima-Suganuma PATCH,East HI Early Learning Consortium • Sharon Sakai Laiopua 2020,Media • Sue Entz Literacy,Research, Evaluation • Susan Maddox Friends of the Future 3 INFRASTRUCTURE $1 ,000,000 • Staffing, Printing, Media, Website, Professional Development, Travel, Supplies 4 2 3/11/2024 • :COMMUNITY $2,500,000 • Pahoa Promise • Reach Out and Read • Pilot Projects • Summer Pre K • Literacy Project 5 In Hawaii County, 1 in 5 new kindergarteners (19.6%) are ready to fully participate in the kindergarten curriculum Hawaii District Complex ..r_• 6 6�a9/ Liar, aun.m.uc 7•wra nn•sa 64441 t9iau 3cm9•.9b9•,w • Kindergarten Hilo afi% 276% 453% n=67 262.4 2686 261A ■ readiness predicts 3 °° n•112 67 ,py, 2 9•% 30.0% 37..% 32.6% 280.8 283.5 2662 early achievement& n.57 n•71 n.62 d 17.4% 41.3% 413% 256.9 2852 257 260 3 grade reading Ka'0 87% n.6 41•19 n.19 success .., ea% 18.5% 45.5% 38.0% 258.2 252.4 269 266A n•33 n•81 n.64 • Statewide,2g.6%of P8110n 62% 21.2% 40.9% 318% 367.E 2606 265.3 268.4 n•27 n•52 n•48 new kindergartners H0160184 61% 25.9% 41.5% 32.6% 282.1 264.1 2648 2652 demonstrate n•35 n•56 n•.. readiness) K6818k658 fie% 241% 35.9% 40.0% 280.8 282.1 2621 268.1 n.59 n•m n.98 Konale 98% 18.5% 43.1% 361.5% 259.3 264.3 259.7 264.8 n•12 n.28 n.25 44 ,• 74% 28.2% 37.7% 36.1% 255.4 256A 262.3 n.32 n•.6 n•.. 6 • 3/11/2024 A third of students in Hawaii County are reading at grade I level by the end of third grade • Statewide, �.::;� w .,.m„� ., -"- � �. 50%of 3rd ::��_ ;;a_..__` ,:� „_ graders are '_ "_ .--- „ o reading at , .,� i,._ •--•_•a -- -p grade level i-- .,_, ma�.,�� a ..� ..... 7 Pahoa Reads Plan Pahoa Reads Program Model w._.or Mvararn ea.e.om SW to 4 aaaalra Cvan.w.•.u.. 8 4 3/11/2024 WORK FORCE (PD) $1 ,500,00 • Chaminade University and Hawaii Community College Scholarships and classes for teachers • Trainings and conferences (Field Building) • Apprenticeships 9 Current Enrollment and Plans • Chaminade • Number of classes enrolled -16 • Number completed—8 • Number on-going-8 • Number of students participating-12 • Non-degree/certificate—1 • Degree seeking- 11 • HawCC Marketing for Fall classes coming soon PACE classes scheduled for summer 10 5 3/11/2024 • i; i':-E•I'\7-N lir \a) * en , s;.,__ ,t., ,•' 1i - , .w H ,�+j � L^am Th � . � q.v. � r, ; . _ tat.0 1 /II i 'i x��,\`.. . "4' ....*.' ,:, . ( \"74 4% � t � }`" � yiF -. It t i ---�— F — %, 1 \ ii q4; ,;• 11151 .1.i 4 --- ' i v„.rilt;- 11 Legislative Support SB 2603, HB 1964 HB 1662 • Establishes a child care • The purpose of this bill provider subsidy program is to strengthen tax and bonuses through fairness for working DHS to adequately families by establishing compensate and retain a refundable State child the existing child care tax credit. workforce in all licensed and registered child care provider settings. 12 6 3/11/2024 Maintaining The Workforce • 1. HB1964 • 2. Charge the real cost of care and stop subsidizing families with provider wages • 3. Get employers to subsidize payments to providers or underwrite operational costs 13 • Sponsored Facilities Development • Employer Sponsored • Infant/Toddler expansion 14 7 3/11/2024 Current Projects • One location in Hilo — lease, remodel, contract two providers, furnish and recruit employer support • Two locations in Kona — one will support workforce development, the other will be a purchase and need to contract two providers to run an employer sponsored child care site • Two locations in South Kohala — one strictly employer sponsored for infant-toddler and preschool, the other will be in an affordable housing community 15 APACITY DEVEL • 500,00 • Family Childcare start-up incentives 16 8 3/11/2024 • Grants to existing Childcare Centers based on the following priorities • Increase enrollment capacity • Enroll infants and toddler 17 v CI ••••••••••••yA ••S \ ••. 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