2012 Review
Growing Up Great Network
February 2013
Critical Hours – 2012
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formed working group of key
stakeholder groups
secured funding from Healthy
Communities Grant for
literature review and mapping
of critical hours programs
hosted forum to develop
action strategy and garner
support for city-wide policy
for space
participated in CDF forum
Critical Hours – 2013 Action Plan
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Creating Urgency
◦ Connecting Access to Meeting/Programming
Space to community issues such as mental health
promotion, school achievement and engagement,
healthy outcomes
Build and leverage connections with Community
Development Framework city-wide policy for
equitable space for vulnerable populations
Select indicator to measure progress and status
Mapped data to link organizations and enhance
service/planning collaboration
Statement on critical hours programs for children
and youth 9-14yrs
School Readiness-2012
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formed school readiness task group
secured grant through Best Start
Ottawa for Red Flags workshop
created relationships with OCDSB
full day learning team in regards to
early identification in schools
surveyed early years sector on
utilization of NDDS tool
Conducted Ready for Life, Ready to
Learn literature review
Linked with Centretown Community
Health Centre on their EDI Action
plan
School Readiness – 2013
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Professional Training on NDDS – working
towards distribution at points of intake
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Ready for Life, Ready to Learn statement
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Common Communication on components
of school readiness
Collective Voice for Child and Youth
Sector - 2012
hosted Advocacy Session for
Network members to increase
understanding of and capacity
for advocacy and government
relations skills
 developed a transparent and
open process to respond to
advocacy requests
 formed committee to review
advocacy issues and help shape
key messages
 coordinated and hosted 2012
Growing Up Great Awards
luncheon
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Collective Voice for Child and Youth
Sector - 2013
Develop website section which will
highlight advocacy tools and campaigns
 Continue to review and respond to
advocacy requests
 Coordinated Community Parenting
Support strategy – host forum to explore
opportunities
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Research into Action - 2012
acted as advisory body for EDI
report
 expanded membership of task
group to represent key
organizations and agencies
involved in data and research in
the city
 hosted preliminary forum on datasharing and indicators
 reviewed existing middle
development tools and drafted
MDI communication on
importance of tool
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Research into Action -2013
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Continue as Advisory body for local EDI report
Position statement on importance of EDI in the
community
Sharing and accessing data strategy and platform
Work towards common measure – common
indicators
Common program information and evaluation
strategy
Share best practices and reports
Host one-day event on indicators for region