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