City of Detroit Heath dept - Head Start Service Integration Project

August 2019

• Child Lead Exposure Elimination Grant - Testing in Head Start Centers

November 2018

• Met with Starfish Head Start to discuss lead screenings and DUA
• Coordinated meeting with Calebria Webb (Wayne County Lead Education and Outreach Coordinator) to discuss collaboration on Lead Education for parents
• Received Parent Meeting dates for United Children and Families Services Head Starts
• Received quotes for outreach items for children and parents

July 2018

Partnership engagement

• HSAC – Head Start Advisory Committee
  • Presented project overview to 30 members
• Attended -- United Children and Family Head Start Planning and Evaluation Committee
  • Head Start evaluation strategy and available data through Child Plus
  • Learned about their data collection and survey tools
• Hosted Head Start Directors meeting at the Detroit Health Department
  • Presented overview to five large Head Start Entities
  • Provided findings from pilot phase of project
  • Shared draft of Data Use Agreement/MOU with senior-level staff
• Met with Home Based Early Head Start to strategize on how to reach the 0-3 Head Start population
• Met with other collaborative partners
  • Wayne CHAP
  • Covenant Care
  • Advantage Health Centers
  • Other health department services (Immunizations, Vision & Hearing, etc)
• University of Michigan and Western University – interns helped work on developing program materials such as modules and project promotion materials
• MDHHS – meeting with Program Managers for Lead, WIC, Vision and Health and Children Special Healthcare Services and informed them about the CLEEC grant program goals and cross training of staff

Activities - include successes & barriers

• Training on lead testing
  • Cross-trained staff provided through grant re-trained WIC staff on lead testing
• Created education modules; pilot tested materials at one Head Start
• Created promotional materials
• Created policies and procedures for project
• Identified potential giveaways for children (be more specific next month)

June 2018

-Meeting was scheduled for July 10 with the Executive Director of top 5 largest Head Starts in the city.  The goal of the meeting was to gather input, feedback and their commitment on the implementation phase of the project

-DUAs were distributed at this meeting to solidify data and information sharing between DHD and participating Head Starts

-Outreach materials to parents were enhanced with new funding and will distributed weeks prior to each Head Start visit.