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Parent Outreach
CCRC is required to have a minimum of five feedback sessions per year. The Communications team, specifically the Community Engagement Facilitator, will be recruiting for parents/ participants who have attend Parent Cafés (presently or in the past) or who are receiving some type of service through an R&R agency (e.g., subsidized child care).
Outreach for feedback sessions is conducted by the Community Engagement Facilitator and may be done in one of the following ways: by personally attending PDG-R Parent Cafés hosted by R&R’s and sharing session details with parents or by directly requesting a list of interested participants from the hub leads and/or café host. Based on sensitivity of these topics and how specific they maybe at times, we may request a group of parents that matches certain criteria.
Please refer to Grant Components-Hub (Parent Outreach for Parent Feedback Sessions) for more details about Parent Feedback Sessions and the Hub Lead's role.
Once the Community Engagement Facilitator is connected to participants a meet and greet, via phone, is scheduled. During the call participants are given session details, parent criteria, and their availability/schedule is discussed. Topic and questions are provided to participants before session takes place.
Parent Testimonials
CCRC’s Communications team will design, develop and produce digital testimonials that provide feedback to administrators and policymakers. The videos reflect topics and issues important to improve early learning systems and processes. They also give parents an opportunity to share their voice and lived experiences. Our goal is to ensure parent voices are elevated at the most important times, about the most critical topics.
Testimonial topics are selected based on discussions held in the Parent Feedback Sessions and input from key stakeholders, Parent Café facilitators, caregivers and community members. We welcome you to share your ideas for topics and referrals for parents to share their stories. Video testimonials are currently produced in English and Spanish.
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