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INTRODUCTION
Significant research has shown that the emotional,
physical, and intellectual world a child
experiences during the first five years will
critically influence his or her lifelong
development.
In order to address those extremely important first
five years of life, Sutter County invests over 1.1
million dollars per year into programs and
services for young children and their families.
In 2005-06, an unduplicated total of 1,910
children, ages 0-5, received services from one or
more SCCFC-funded programs, an increase of
340 children (18%) over 2004-05.
Improved Family Functioning
The Child Development Behavioral Initiative
(CDBI) served 91 children with behavior
problems in fiscal year 2005-06. Of those 91, 93%
completed at least a portion of their treatment plan
goals, with demonstrated improvements in
children’s behavior. In addition, CDBI provided
12 parent workshops attended by 310 parents.
Family SOUP provided case management services
to 68 families and additional services to another
44 families of children with disabilities and other
special needs. Parents reported a greater
understanding of their children’s needs, more
confidence, and less stress.
Improved Child Development
The Smart Start pre kindergarten program taught
basic school readiness skills to 181 children with
limited or no pre school experience at seven
school sites. Pre to post preschool assessments for
Smart Start program participants revealed
statistically significant improvement in all areas
that were tested. In addition, 63% of Smart Start
children’s parents attended parent workshops.
The School Readiness Program (SR) directly
served 709 children, 629 parents and offered
developmentally appropriate learning activities to
strengthen children’s early literacy skills in fiscal
year 2005-06. In addition, SR coordinators
distributed 792 Kindergarten and pre kindergarten
backpacks and provided 218 referrals and
assistance efforts to 122 families.
Healthy Children and Families
Sutter County Smiles, mobile dental clinic
provided dental screenings, cleanings or
restorative treatments to 700 children. Of those,
61% of their parents stated that their child would
not have received dental care this year without the
dental van.
The Bright Futures Program provided health and
developmental screenings to 400 children in fiscal
year 2005-06 and facilitated 360 referrals for 249
children.
The Initiative on Child Health Immunizations
provided 2,330 free immunizations to 633
children. Of those children, 41% had no insurance
at the time of service. Eleven percent of parents
reported that immunizations would not have been
possible without the free program.
Improved Systems of Care
Sutter County has made a continuing investment
into the evaluation of its programs and services.
This year the Commission established a database
to track the number of interactions between its
grantee agencies. They also use the database to
track outcomes for children served.
All programs showed an increased level of crossprogram
interaction from the 2004-05 program
cycle, indicating a high level of interaction has
been achieved. The data showed that 47 percent of
the children served attended two or more
Commission funded programs, compared to only
36 percent in 2004-05, an improvement of nearly
one-third. These data indicate that the
Commission is having success in getting more
intensive services to a greater number of children.
The 2005-06 program cycle data also indicated
that greater SCCFC-program contact leads to
better kindergarten readiness.