Connecting Systems to Support Our Youngest Citizens
About ECIN's Prenatal to 5 Capacity Building Collaborative (P5CBC)
The Prenatal to 5 Capacity Building Collaborative (P5CBC) works to increase investments and improve equity in prenatal-to-3+ programs and services that support the health and development of D.C. infants, toddlers, and their families.
Goals
Increase the number of pregnant people connected to perinatal health and mental health services
Expand the number of young children served by integrated support in early learning settings
Improve links between early childhood systems and providers
Key strategies
Trainings to enhance family leadership
Improve communications between caregivers and providers
Build capacity to advance policy and evaluation to inform and achieve systems change
P5CBC Steering Committee
The ECIN Prenatal to Five Capacity Building Collaborative Steering Committee includes a diverse group of local leaders and experts who provide strategic guidance and oversight. Committee members are family and community stakeholders, as well as representatives from organizations and agencies, such as:
Alta Consulting Group
Bainum Family Foundation
Children's Law Center
Children's National Hospital
Community of Hope
DC Action
DC Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA)
DC Department of Behavioral Health (DBH)
DC Department of Health (DOH)
DC Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF)
DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
SPACEs In Action
Thrive Center for Children, Families and Communities
Resources from P5CBC
Needs and Wants of DC Parents and Caregivers of Young Children
To guide potential future directions, our P5CBC evaluation team sought to hear from community members themselves about the most important needs and wants of families with young children in areas of Washington, D.C., with the lowest rankings on the Child Opportunity Index.
In June 2023, we used the ThoughtExchange platform to collect open-ended responses to a single question: What do families - living in Wards 4, 5, 7, or 8 - with children under age 3 (including pregnancy) need and want? In total, we collected 135 thoughts (and 2,058 ratings) from 113 participants.
The top themes that emerged were: Housing in Safe Neighborhoods; Quality [early] Education and Childcare; Accessible Healthcare; and Employment/income. Additional themes included Social Support for Parents; Food; Resource Navigation and Fairness and Respect.
Local Literature Review and Analysis: Listening to and Learning from DC Parents and Caregivers of Young Children
To guide potential future directions, our P5CBC evaluation team sought to hear from community members themselves about the most important needs and wants of families with young children in areas of Washington, D.C., with the lowest rankings on the Child Opportunity Index.
In June 2023, we used the ThoughtExchange platform to collect open-ended responses to a single question: What do families - living in Wards 4, 5, 7, or 8 - with children under age 3 (including pregnancy) need and want? In total, we collected 135 thoughts (and 2,058 ratings) from 113 participants.
The top themes that emerged were: Housing in Safe Neighborhoods; Quality [early] Education and Childcare; Accessible Healthcare; and Employment/income. Additional themes included Social Support for Parents; Food; Resource Navigation and Fairness and Respect.
