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Strategic Plan I July 2016 - June 2018 <br /> Goal 1: Children are healthy and prepared for school. <br /> Indicator 1: Increase the # and % of births to mothers living in the zone that are <br /> healthy and well-timed (prenatal care, birth weight, term, etc.) <br /> Action Stens <br /> a) By February 2017, the Early Childhood Mental Health Taskforce, Orange County Health <br /> Department, Orange County Preschool Interagency Council (OCPIC), and other partners will <br /> inventory existing supports for families from prenatal to kindergarten (e.g., home visiting, <br /> lactation, care management, parenting classes, mental health, etc.), assess availability and <br /> accessibility barriers in the zones and the number of families in the zones currently using <br /> those services, and identify gaps in the pipeline. <br /> b) By June 2017, the Early Childhood Mental Health Taskforce, Orange County Health <br /> Department, FSA backbone staff and other partners will recommend to the FSA Advisory <br /> Council steps to strengthen the early childhood pipeline by proposing a process for <br /> identifying and triaging families from prenatal to kindergarten in the zones, periodically <br /> assessing their need for services in accordance with developmental milestones, <br /> strengthening and/or developing evidence-based interventions to fill any gaps in existing <br /> services, and connecting families to new and existing services based on their level of need. <br /> c) By October 2017, the Orange County Health Department and other healthcare partners will <br /> work with Orange County family planning providers who serve zone residents to determine <br /> current use rates of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC), tubal ligation, and <br /> vasectomy while identifying barriers to meeting the community's desire for these services. <br /> d) By April 2018, the Orange County Health Department along with other healthcare partners <br /> will develop a plan to educate the community about contraception options (including LARC, <br /> tubal ligation and vasectomy) and help providers overcome the community's barriers to <br /> accessing their preferred contraception methods. <br /> Indicator 2: Increase the # and % of three-year olds and children in kindergarten <br /> who demonstrate at the beginning of the program or school year age-appropriate <br /> functioning across multiple domains of early learning as determined using <br /> developmentally appropriate early learning measure. <br /> Action Steos <br /> a) By November 2016, FSA staff, Orange County Department of Social Services (OC DSS), Child <br /> Care Services Association (CCSA), Orange County Partnership for Young Children (OCPYC), OC <br /> Head Start/ Early Head Start (OCHS/EHS), CHCCS Head Start, and other providers of <br /> childcare subsidies will inventory existing supports for low-income children in FSA zones to <br /> 3 <br />