Q&A
Comparison of ACS voucher program with three-k program and inter-agency coordination
1:15:06
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Council Member Stevens inquires about the evaluation and comparison of the ACS voucher program with the three-k program. She emphasizes the need for inter-agency coordination and data analysis to improve the early childhood education system. Deputy Chancellor Hawkins responds, acknowledging the importance of agency coordination and ongoing efforts to improve communication.
- Stevens questions whether any evaluation has been done to compare the ACS voucher program's impact on three-k enrollment
- She stresses the importance of inter-agency coordination in improving the early childhood education system
- Hawkins acknowledges the need for better coordination and mentions ongoing efforts to improve communication between agencies
- The Deputy Chancellor notes that while progress has been made, there is still work to be done, particularly in data sharing
Althea V. Stevens
1:15:06
But I wanted to start here because one of my pet peeves is that I often feel like we have city agencies doing similar work and they kind of don't talk.
1:15:15
ACS has a voucher program that is working and so have we done any evaluation to see where those vouchers are being used and is that having any impact on three k because I feel like this is a question that no one has been talking about and really not really been comparing and you know when we're talking about fixing the system we got to start looking from within so has any of that work been done to be working with ACS to see where their vouchers are being used at and where those communities at and then looking at the overlap with three ks?
Simone Hawkins
1:15:43
I appreciate that question very much and so I agree around that coherence and coordination across agencies.
1:15:51
I think we've made great progress and strides in talking to one another, we have a ways to go for sure.
1:15:56
And so I work very closely as well as my team with ACS, also with HRA, we are all supporting what we kind of call the child care eligibility system maybe through contractor care or vouchers and we are having those conversations councilmember.
1:16:11
We have to do I think a bit of work on data sharing.
Althea V. Stevens
1:16:14
So if you guys are having the conversation do we have any data that can look at where these things are overlapping?