Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Foundation Inc.

“Management and board members will review form 990 before it is filed.”

“The organization's document states that the board member is to make a prompt and full disclosure of any potential conflict with a pending contract or transaction and a vote is taken by the remaining members to determine whether the conflict exists by a margin of 75% of the votes entitled to vote. If a conflict exists, the person cannot participate in the discussion, deliberation, etc of said contract or transaction.”

“The executive director's salary is determined by the university's pay grade and it is approved by the board.”

“Governing documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“Community mobilization and support opsrf supports community mobilization by engaging community leaders to develop stronger local early childhood systems. During the summer of 2019, opsr contracted with 11 community-based organizations to host community conversations to inform to a needs assessment and strategic plan to meet the requirements of the pdg b-5. Community partners invited community leaders, early childhood providers, parents, and other interested stakeholders to participate in a data walk and discussion on pressing needs in their community for young children and their families. Opsrf continued to engage with community leaders to complete a five-year early childhood strategic plan and support coordination through webinars and inclusion in state level planning and coordinating meetings. Opsrf partnered with the oklahoma department of human services to seek input into supporting the distinct developmental needs of young children in the child welfare system and created a plan to support grassroots advocacy efforts. Opsrf partnered with tribal health and early childhood programs to gather family stories through a project called hopeful futures to better understand barriers to access of health services during the prenatal period and first years of a childs life. The stories inform development of community driven solutions to reduce disparities in health outcomes for young children. Hopeful futures is supported by the project hope grant awarded by the nemours health foundation in 2018.”

“Systems and policy development: opsrf is supported to conduct activities that strengthen oklahomas early childhood system, recommend policies that create efficient and effective use of state funding, and ensure families of young children have access to affordable high-quality early childhood. Legislative reporting responsibilities are met by submitting an opsr annual report and an annual home visiting outcomes accountability report to the governor, state legislature and the oklahoma commission on children and youth. These reports provide a perspective on the status of the early childhood system and provide policy recommendations. Multiple cross-sector early childhood systems and policy workgroups are convened by opsr. Equity in early childhood policy is built through a state level equity focused cross-sector state stakeholder group. The pdg b-5 grant supports developing the capacity of families, communities, public agencies, and private organizations to provide children from birth through age 5 equitable and seamless access to the physical, emotional, and educational supports they need to thrive. Through this grant, a plan for systems improvement and policy development will be completed. Opsrf was granted a no-cost extension to complete these activities during fy20, and to continue systems coordination and development of policies to improve access to high quality early care and education services for all young children. During fy20, oklahoma joined 30 states in establishing a pyramid model state leadership team. The opsr board voted to officially establish the team under the auspices of the opsr board and its legislative duties. Personnel time to host and facilitate the team was funded by the pdg b5 and a grant from the potts family foundation. The team will utilize this research-based model to implement evidence-based practices that help infants and young children.”

“Data systems: since 2015, opsrf has actively sought funding to create an early childhood integrated data system. Funds have supported obtaining stakeholder feedback, working with state agency leadership and technology experts, participating in national technical assistance opportunities, and consulting with other states. Opsr collaborated with leaders from health and education to focus on integration of home visiting services with other early childhood program data. In 2019, the federal pdg b-5 grant supported a contract to create a technical plan for 1)identifying key early childhood data system elements, 2) integrating data across agencies and programs using the most current technology available and 3) governing the use of integrated data. Throughout fy2020, opsrf continued to support activities to coordinate with state leaders for the creation of systems to integrate data in order to better understand oklahomas investments in improving outcomes for young children. Early literacy: the foundation supports reading begins at home, a program that provides developmentally appropriate books and instructional literacy strategies to families participating in home-based parenting support programs. Funding for these programs has been made available through grants from aep/pso, kerr foundation and the kirkpatrick foundation.”