Strategic Plan, Working Together: Data Systems Integration

First 5 LA countywide strategies are:

• Public Education
• Workforce Development
• Data Systems Integration
• Systems Integration
• Policy
• Information and Referral
• Health Access

One of the most practical elements of the countywide strategies is Data Systems Integration, which will improve the quality of information available to county and community agencies. Through data systems integration, First 5 LA will seek to improve the quality of services available to families by helping agencies share data in an effective and efficient way while still protecting individual privacy. 

Data collection may not always seem like a natural part of delivering services, but collecting data is vital to ensuring that quality services are delivered and that funders continue funding those services over time. In this age of accountability, more and more funders, including state and federal funders, request data about a program's success. Proper data collection can make the difference between a program getting funded or not, and can also help an organization improve its own service delivery.

First 5 LA's efforts around data systems integration will primarily begin at the community level, as we start to facilitate information sharing with our grantee organizations. Our countywide effort will support data sharing among county agencies that serve children and families.   

For more information about Data Systems Integration at First 5 LA, contact Bronwyn Mauldin at (213) 482-7538.

Strategic Plan Important Dates  

Commission Meeting
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.
   
This meeting will include a presentation from Deborah Daro, a home visitation expert and associate professor and research fellow at the University of Chicago, focusing on First 5 LA's direct service strategies.

Special Board Meeting
Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.

This special meeting will consist of a discussion regarding our countywide strategies (including our policy agenda, public education plan, and workforce development plan), and a discussion of our community capacity building framework

Commission Meeting
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.

Communities selected as part of First 5 LA's place-based strategy and the First 5 LA grantee transition plan will be discussed. Target communities and the transition plan will be approved at this meeting.  

Commission Meeting
Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. 

This meeting will include a discussion of the proposed budget for the new strategic plan for FY 2010-2011.

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