Success by 6 (R) and Beyond
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A collaborative effort between United Way of Siouxland's Success By 6 ¬ and SHIP's (Siouxland Human Investment Partnership) Early Childhood Committee. Guided by current research on brain development and supported through meaningful partnerships, the initiative provides opportunities to strengthen, support, and empower children and families of Siouxland through access to quality community services. |
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Chair: Sally Hartley
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Western Hills AEA
Phone: (712) 946-7186
E-mail: ponyup@aol.com
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SHIP Early Childhood Coordinator: Melissa Peterson
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Siouxland Human Investment Partnership
Phone: (712) 222-6365
E-mail: mpeterson@nwaea.com
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Vision
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Guided by current research on brain development and supported through meaningful collaboration, our community will provide opportunities for children 0 to 8 to be healthy and ready to learn.
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Mission
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To strengthen, support and empower children and families through access to quality community services.
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Guiding Principles
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 All children have the right to live in an environment that assures their health, safety and educational needs are met; |
| Families should have the opportunity to access resources to asist them inproviding children with a safe and nurturing environment |
| The care and well being of all children is the responsibility of the family and the community; |
| The needs of all young children and families should be met respecting and valuing family diversity, culture and language; |
| High quality early childhood services should be accessible and affordable to all families wanting or needing services; and |
| Children benefit from early childhood services in which they feel safe and nurtured, staff is well trained and compensated, activities are age and individually appropriate and families are actively involved. |
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Child Care Review Training
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For current listings of child care training and select provider resources and training, consult the following webpage under Mid Sioux Opportunity:
www.mid-siouxopportunity.org/ccr
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Priorty Goals for Woodbury County
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Children Ready to Success in School
- Increase the number of children with preschool/group experience prior to kindergarten.
- Increase the quality of preschool and child care programs in Woodbury County.
- Increase the level of performance of children in the areas of learning, communication, movement, self-help, social skills and emotional health.
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Healthy Children
- Increase the percent of children with established medical homes.
- Increase the percent of children with established dental homes.
- Increase the percent of children with medical insurance.
- Address mental health issues for children 0-5.
- Increase the percent of kindergarten surveys returned.
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Safe & Supportive Communities
- Increase the number of individuals participating in family support services.
- Establish or strengthen community surpport, participation, interest and cooperation in developing priorities for all young children and their families.
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Secure & Nurturing Child Care Environments
- Increase the number of accreditated child care centers.
- Increase the number of infants served in child care centers or registered homes.
- Increase the number of registered child care homes.
- Increase access to affordable, quality child care/early education environments.
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Secure & Nurturing Families
- Increase the number of families with sufficient resources to meet and provide for child well-being.
- Reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect.
- Increase parenting skills and parents knowledge of child development.
- Decrease domestic violence.
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Documents
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Success by Six and Beyond Core Group Minutes
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Large Group Minutes
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