Iowa Community Empowerment

Annual Report, State Fiscal Year 2006

July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Please submit the following information utilizing the format provided. Additional pages and information may be included.

2. The annual report is due September 15, 2006.

3. A completed and signed original report should be submitted to the following address electronically to the following email:

Iowa Empowerment Board

Attn: Shanell Wagler

Office of Empowerment, Department of Management

Room 12, Ground Floor

State Capitol Building

Des Moines, IA 50319

Shanell.wagler@iowa.gov

Date This Report Approved By Local CEA Board: ____________9/5/06______________________________

Name of Community Empowerment Area: Tama County Empowerment

Counties/Area Served: Tama

Website: http://www.tamacounty.org /Public Health & Home Care/Tama County Empowerment Area

Current Board Chairperson: Larry Vest Current Fiscal Agent: Laura Kopsa

Signature: Signature on File Signature: Signature on File _____

Address: PO Box 61 Address: PO Box 61

104 W. State Street 104 W. State Street

Toledo, IA 52342 Toledo, IA 52342

Email: ljvest@iowatelecom.net Email: lkopsa@tamacounty.org

Federal ID Number: 42-6005285

Contact Person for the Community Empowerment Area: Lori Johnson, Empowerment Coordinator

(if different from the Chairperson)

Address: 129 W. High Street, Toledo, IA 52342

Phone: (641) 484-4788 FAX: 641-484-5447

E-mail: ljohnson@tamacounty.org

SECTION I –

a. Current Community Empowerment Board Composition on September 15, 2006

A. Number of Board Members (Board Size) _11___

B. Membership Identification. Complete the table below for members on the CEA Board

Column 1 – Name of each board member, starting with Chairperson. Identify any other officers (as determined by your CEA board bylaws.)

Column 2 – Identify the member’s representing the required membership. Note the Faith, Business or Consumer representative member may also qualify as citizen/elected.

Column 3 -- Name of employing organization of the member, occupation if self employed

Column 4 -- Name of services/program provided by CE funds

Column 5 -- Place a ‘X” for the board members who qualify as citizen/elected according to the definitions of IAC for Community Empowerment, 349, Chapter I. (“Citizen” means a resident of the empowerment area, who is not an elected official or a required representative for education, health, and human services, or a paid staff member of an agency whose services fall under the plan or purview of the community board. A citizen representative may also represent faith, consumer or business.)

If the board does not meet the membership representation criteria, attach the CEA board’s plan how they will meet requirements.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Name	Representation	*Name of Employing Organization*	*Provider of CE Services/Program*	Citizen/Elected
Chair: Larry Vest	Tama Co. Board of Supervisors	Tama Co. Board of Supervisors	No	X
Angie Knowles	Education/Citizen	South Tama Co. School District	No	X
Michelle Gethmann	Required Citizen	Pied Piper Preschool & Daycare	Yes	X
Annette Dunn	Required human services	Department of Human Services	No	Not Applicable
Vice Chair: Joyce Legg	Required health	Tama Co. Public Health & Home Care	Yes	Not Applicable
Richard Arp	Required education	North Tama School District	No	Not Applicable
Rick Vesely	Required faith	United Presbyterian Church	No	X
Greg Tingley	Required business	Pioneer Hi-Bred Int., Inc.	No	X
Amy Ridout	Required consumer	Parent	No	X
Jill Herink	Education/Citizen	Sac & Fox School District	No	X
Dal Lynn Sherburne	Required citizen		No	X

b. Organizational structure – please describe your structure and how the board functions, communicates, plans and interacts within the community.

Our Empowerment Board is comprised of 11 voting members. Members represent the Board of Supervisors, Education, Human Services, Health, Education, Faith, Business, consumer, and local county citizens. Each person on the Board either lives or works in Tama County and is a representative/advocate of our county.

The County strongly supports the Empowerment program by providing the Coordinator through the Public Health Office and the Fiscal Agent is the County Auditor.

SECTION II – Community Plan

Provide a brief list or narrative of changes, deletions, or revisions, if any, to the community plan.

(If you are seeking to be redesignated as a Community Empowerment area at this time, please submit a copy of your up to date plan with your annual report.)

Our area went through Redesignation two years ago.

Our priorities are: Healthy Children, Safe Secure Nurturing Families, Children Ready to Succeed in School and Safe, Secure Childcare continues to be the foundation for our Empowerment Area. Changes that have occurred are in the activities, programs and services to support our plan.

SECTION III. Indicators and Priorities from Community Plan

Identify the indicators as determined by the CEA Board Also include how the indicators are linked to the State Results.

Definition: Indicators are measures that indirectly quantify the achievement of a result.

Codes for Identifying state results for Indicators:

A. Healthy Children D. Children Ready to Succeed in School

B. Secure & Nurturing Families E. Safe & Supportive Communities

C. Secure & Nurturing Child Care Environments

Community Indicator(s)	Identify the State Results Linked to the Indicator by A, B, C, D, E
Immunization compliance %	A
# of children covered by Hawk-I	A
# of children born in Tama Co. # children tested for lead # children with high lead levels	A
# of families completing pre survey on proper nutrition # of families completing post survey on proper nutrition	A
# enrolled in preschools (utilized immunization card audit statistics)	B, E
# of families participating in parenting programs	A, C, D, E
# of licensed and/or registered childcare providers. # of alternative daycare providers	A, C, D, E

Based on the adopted indicators, please list the priorities identified in your community plan.

Community Empowerment Area Identified Priorities:

Healthy Children

Secure & Nurturing Families

Secure & Nurturing Child Care Environments

Children Ready to Succeed in School

Safe & Supportive Communities

SECTION IV – Community-Wide Indicators – CALCULATE ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 0-5 POPULATION IN THE CEA.

Definition: Indicators are measures that indirectly quantify the achievement of a result.

Definition: Goals are broad measurable statements of intent to set a future direction.

Identify the Community Empowerment Area Indicators

Identify Source of data for each Indicator

Baseline Data

(date & numerical value) *

Sub-Sequent Year’s Data

(Trend Line)*

Identify Year

Goal

(numerical value & projected timeline)

Progress Update (Analysis)

Immunization compliance %

Public Health Office-Immunization Compliance with the State

February 2000 immunization compliance rate of (0 - 24 months) – 71.88%

FY 06-

93%

FY 05– 100%

FY 04 – 100%

100% compliance Annually

15 records were analyzed. 14 were up-to-date with one not being current.

# of children covered by Hawk-I

Carla Andorf-MICA

June 2000 -

23 enrolled

237 eligible

9.7% of goal

FY 06-

252 or 92% of goal

FY 05-206 or 75% of goal

FY 04 – 222 or 81% of goal

Annually

June 2003 – 201 were enrolled – or 74% of goal

The enrollment level for hawk-I has remained fairly stable throughout the past four years with the exception of the current enrollment. In June 2006 the enrollment jumped to 92% of the total goal, which was a 17% increase over last year. MICA believes this is due to an ever-increasing awareness of the program and the increasing use of population based outreach efforts such as newspaper inserts, radio ads, school mailings, and more. Community partners like dentists, doctors, pharmacists and schools are also more aware of the benefits of hawk-I and have become great advocates of the program.

# of children born in Tama Co.

# children tested for lead

# children with high lead levels

IDPH-Vital Statistics

Lead Care Coordinator-Jacqueline Pippin

From 7/94 to 6/99 - 763 children were screened. 174 had a high lead level

In 1995, 236 children were born in Tama County. 63.98% of them were tested at least once before the age of 6 years;

18.54% were elevated. Of the Medicaid-enrolled children, 64.65% were tested; 24% were elevated.

FY 06 Live Birth Info N/A- July 05-June 06

447 were tested.

23 showed

high lead levels

FY 05-

Live Birth Info N/A-

July 04 –June 05 - 442 were tested. 45 showed high lead levels

FY 04

Live Birth Info-237 July 03 – June 04 – 350 were tested. 65 showed high lead levels

Annually

FY 04 - From 7/94 to 6/99 - 763 children were screened. 174 had a high lead level

In 1995, 236 children were born in Tama County. 63.98% were tested at least once before the age of 6 years;

18.54% were elevated. Of the Medicaid-enrolled children, 64.65% were tested; 24% were elevated.

2004 – 19% of those screened showed high lead levels.

Are seeing an increase in the number of children tested and having high lead levels. Parents are becoming more aware and are having their children tested.

2005-10% of those screened showed high lead levels.

2006 - We continue to see an increase in the number of children tested. Parents are still becoming more aware and continue to have their children tested with ongoing education and outreach with physicians, families, and the community at large.

# of families completing pre survey on proper nutrition

# of families completing post survey on proper nutrition

ISU Extension Tama County

Year 2001 results will be baseline not developed yet

FY 06-

17 families were serviced.

FY 05-

14 families were serviced with 12 completing the pre & post survey

FY 04 – 16 families were served and completed pre& post survey

Annually

FY 04 - Year 2001 results will be baseline not developed yet

2004 – Pre & Post Survey statistical data will be available in October 2004.

2005- the Family Nutrition Specialist resigned in December 04, a replacement has not been hired yet.

2006-there was no program assistant from June 2005 to September 2005. A new assistant was hired in September 2005 with training being held in September, October, and November. At the end of November 2005 clients were seen through May 17, 2006. Off on medical leave until August 2006.

· # enrolled in preschools (utilized immunization card audit statistics)

Public Health Office-Immunization Card Audit

FY 2000 enrollment 273 children

FY 06-440

FY 05 - 470

FY04 –

421

Annually

FY 2000 enrollment 273 children

2004 – Preschool enrollment shows an increase as more preschool opportunities become available

2005 – Preschool enrollment continues to increase as more opportunities become available.

2006 – Kid’s Corner Preschool expanded their facility capacity from 55 to 132, and opened their new building in August of 2006. STC Elementary opened their new building in August 2006 as well. Both facilities have allowed space for increases in enrollment. More preschool scholarship funding was utilized this fiscal year.

· # of families participating in parenting programs

Pat Shank-MICA

Joyce Legg-TCPH&HC

FY 2000

Baseline will be our pre-survey results

FY 2002 – Stork’s Nest enrollment

FY 06-

54 were added to Stork’s Nest which makes total enrollment in program =265.

Early Head Start- 10 families; 12 children; Tama Health Families- 57 families enrolled; 73 children served; Center Based Head Start 40 children were enrolled.

FY 05-

13 families (14 children) were enrolled in MICA's home-based Early Head Start program 47 were enrolled in Tama Healthy Families;

44 were enrolled in center-based Head Start pre-school. 206 enrolled in Stork’s Nest Program

FY 04 –

16 families were enrolled in MICA's Early Head Start Program. 30 families were enrolled in the Healthy Families Program.

184 enrolled in Stork’s Nest Program

Annually

Parent participation continues to increase as opportunities are becoming available, parents are continuing to request for more opportunities to be provided.

See Infant Toddler Specialist and Stork’s Nest Program.

We continue to see an increase in enrollment in the Healthy Families and Stork’s Nest Programs.

· # of licensed and/or registered childcare providers.

# of alternative daycare providers

CCR&R @ ISU Extension Mahaska County

Baseline is number of licensed, registered daycare providers:

· 7 preschools/ day care centers

· 25 registered home care providers

No alternative or special needs providers

FY 06

70 total child care providers (both registered and non-registered) enrolled with CCR&R

· 33 Registered Child Development Homes

· 7 preschools/day care centers

· 33

non-registered providers

18 providers willing to 2^nd and 3^rd shift care.