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visiting programs while creating a coordinated, comprehensive system of services for pregnant women, young children, <br />and their families. This coalition is a collaboration that coordinates multiple early childhood services to betterpromote <br />child development by supporting families and communities. <br />How they will measure program success: Program success is measured by number of fathers participating in <br />Father Engagement Workshops and center and community events. The program aggregates school readiness <br />data for each child participating in the program, measuring each child’s gain across all developmental domains. <br />This data is compared with father/father figure and other family member’s level of engagement in the program <br />and child’s education. Each father/father figure participating in 24/7 DAD workshop completed pre-12 <br />workshop sessions survey, and will complete post-workshop sessions survey. This data will be utilized to <br />measure the effects of the 24/7 DAD curriculum on father and family outcomes. <br />Priority Areas that this program will fulfill: Priority Area for Action 3: Increase and improve availability and access to <br />developmental activities and opportunities and support. <br />Goals for the program: <br />The Goals of Texas Home-Visiting Hays County are to <br />Improve maternal and newborn health. <br />Reduce the rate of child injuries and child maltreatment <br />Improve school readiness and academic achievement <br />Reduce domestic violence and crime <br />Improve family self-sufficiency <br />Increase coordination and referralsfor community resources as well as supports for families <br />How will they know they met these goals: By aggregating school readiness data on an ongoing basis: assessing each <br />child gain across all developmental domains, measuring parent/father and community engagement. <br />We are currently tracking father involvement in our database and will be able to see the increase in father involvement <br />from the beginning to the end of the funding year and measure child developmental outcome. <br />Number of clients served yearly:700Number of direct clients served ONLY in San Marcos: 268 <br />Amount Requested: $5,000Commission on Children and Youth Recommendation: $4,000 <br />Community Action, Inc. <br />YouthFest! –YouthFest! will be held in April during child abuse prevention and awareness month. Approximately 25 <br />vendors representing various youth serving organizations and health care providers will host booths with activities for <br />children. Local public school and child care choirs will perform and other child-friendly activities, including a trackless <br />train and petting zoo, will be available for free to all families in attendance. <br />How they will measure program success: For this first year of YouthFest! we will measure success based on attendance <br />numbers and vendor feedback. In subsequentyears we hope to expand our outcome measures in collaboration with <br />partner agencies. <br />Priority Areas that this program will fulfill: We are seeking to directly influence Goal 2: All children are physically and <br />mentally healthywith the YouthFest! event. All vendors will be required to provide a children’s activity at their booth, <br />additionally we have other activities that encourage gross and fine motor play. The performances are an opportunity for <br />children to work on their social-emotional skills both as participants and audience members. <br />Goals for the program: <br />Improve maternal and newborn health. <br />Reducethe rate of child injuries and child maltreatment. <br /> <br />