Every Rooted Community must connect with local partners for the development of a long-term plan to support the social and emotional development of young children. Such a plan will include community assessment, systems building and the development of a process for coordination of systems and services.
Community work includes:
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Creating or using an existing early childhood collaborative team
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Exploring the need for additional partners (including parents) in the case of an existing community collaborative
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Honoring community assessments that have already been done, and helping to collect and analyze data if assessments haven’t yet been done
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Completing the Early Childhood System of Care (ECSOC) Community Self- Assessment focused on early childhood mental health (Rooted in Relationships will provide technical assistance to complete this and other assessments as needed)
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Engaging stakeholders with a focus on the “whole child,” multiple family needs and integrated service delivery
