Early Years: Driving Quality and Challenging Poverty, an ABC early years practice to policy event Dublin Castle Conference Centre 17th February 2016 Early Years: Driving Quality and Challenging Poverty, an ABC early years practice to policy event Background to the ABC Programme Irish initiative to break cycle of child poverty • €30 million funding by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and The Atlantic Philanthropies (2013-2017) Improving outcomes for children and families across 13 Areas of greatest disadvantage in Ireland • Evidence-informed interventions and approaches, embedded in mainstream services • Local consortia to co-ordinate planning and delivery of services Jointly programme managed by Pobal and CES • CES providing implementation support, evaluation, facilitation of Learning Community • Pobal responsible for governance and funding 2 Early Years: Driving Quality and Challenging Poverty, an ABC early years practice to policy event ABC Programme Outcomes Integrated service delivery Services Children’s embedded in learning mainstream delivery Child health and development Parenting 3 Early Years: Driving Quality and Challenging Poverty, an ABC early years practice to policy event 13 Areas in the ABC Programme Area, Name of Initiative Lead Agency Tallaght West,CDI Tallaght Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative Ltd. (TWCDI) Dublin Northside, Preparing for Life Northside Partnership Ballymun, youngballymun youngballymun Clondalkin,Blue Skies Initiative Archways Knocknaheeney, Young Knocknaheeney Northside Community Health Initiative (Cork) Ltd (NICHE) Louth,The Genesis Programme Louth Leader Partnership Midlands HSE Midlands Area Bray,Supporting Parents and Early Childhood Services (SPECS) Bray Area Partnership (BAP) Finglas,Better Finglas Barnardos Dublin Docklands and East Inner City Early Learning Initiative, National College of Ireland Ballyfermot/Chapelizod,Family Matters Ballyfermot/Chapelizod Partnership Grangegorman, Vision Beyond Poverty Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) Limerick City, Start Right People Action Against Unemployment Ltd. (PAUL Partnership) 4 Early Years: Driving Quality and Challenging Poverty Supporting Parents with Babies and Young Children ABC Start Right • Early Years Support & Mentoring • Community Wraparound & Population Approach to Parenting • Little Voices: Oral language strand of the ABC Start Right Little hands at the launch of Little Seeds Crèche Family Day Baby Rhyme Time in King’s Island Community Crèche
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