Child Outcomes Accountability Team Meeting

At the March meeting, we will learn more about the current status of Vermont’s public benefits in the current federal climate. We will discuss Medicaid, Reach Up (TANF cash assistance) and 3SquaresVT (SNAP food benefits). We hope you leave the meeting with a better understanding of what resources are within the state’s control and how the early childhood community can be prepared to respond.

The charge of the Child Outcomes Accountability Team is to improve integration and coordination of early childhood public and private partners committed to the health and well-being of children and their families. The group will inform strategies and monitor progress toward Goal 1 of Vermont’s Early Childhood Action Plan: All children have a healthy start.

Goal 1’s focus is to ensure that children are healthy, thriving, and developmentally on track from the prenatal period to age 8 by promoting and monitoring outcomes in the following domains: physical health, development and educational outcomes, mental health outcomes, and basic needs outcomes. Goal 1 also promotes the importance of prevention and early identification across the same domains.