March 2025 Regional Coordination Partners Newsletter
Hello Regional Teams and Partners!
We are excited to announce that we all regions are ready to transition to tasks associated with the planning and installation stage of their Regional Alignment and Coordinated Response to Support Requests implementation.
As a reminder, progress on this work directly connects to elements Regional Service Providers are documenting in their required IECMH Consultation Implementation Plans. Specifically, these tasks fulfill:
Installation 2c and 4d (both components): Convene and/or collaborate with early learning system partners to develop processes and agreements for “regional teaming” of Warmline requests for support; Demonstrate collaborative partnerships with early learning system partners; and Demonstrate readiness to engage in a regional teaming response to Warmline requests for support.
Initial Implementation 4d (both components): Demonstrate collaborative partnerships with early learning system partners; and Demonstrate readiness to engage in a regional teaming response to Warmline requests for support.
Wrapping up the Exploration Phase.
We are so grateful for your partnership in completing the Exploration Phase for Regional Alignment and Coordinated Response to Support Requests. ORIMHA is working on two final activities to wrap up this phase:
Aggregate themes from responses to the Regional Baseline Survey (whether shared via Zoom conversation or the Google Form) will be shared with the Every Child Belongs Advisory Committee on Thursday, 03/13; and
Detailed regional profile draft will be sent to you for review by 03/31/2025.
Overview of the Planning + Installation Phase.
Goal: Complete this phase by 06/30/2025
During this phase, each region will develop critical documents and strategies to align and strengthen responses to provider outreach. Core objectives and deliverables include:
Regional Capacity Inventory (via Google Tracking Sheet)
Regional Contributor Role Glossary (via Google Tracking Sheet)
Regional Support Request Workflow Diagram (via PDF)
Regional Request Response Procedures (via PDF)
Regional Community Awareness Plan (via Google Tracking Sheet)
Regional Barrier Identification (via Google Tracking Sheet)
Regional Sustainability Outlook (via Google Tracking Sheet)
Weekly Office Hours Series.
We will host weekly office hours each Tuesday in April from 3:00-4:30 pm to discuss the deliverables. Our first meeting (04/01, 3-4:30 pm) will feature state-level themes and serve as a closing of the Exploration Phase. Here is the full Office Hours schedule:
04/01 (3:00-4:30 pm) State-Level Themes on Regional Alignment and Coordinated Response Planning
04/08 (3:00-430 pm) Regional Capacity Inventory + Contributor Role Glossary
04/15 (3:00-4:30 pm) Regional Support Request Workflow Diagram and Request Response Procedures
04/22 (3:00-4:30 pm) Regional Community Awareness Plan
04/29 (3:00-4:30 pm) Regional Barrier Identification and Sustainability Outlook
You can sign up for the series using this Google Form.
Please invite as many members of your regional response teams as possible (Hubs, EI/ECSE, CCR&R, RSPs, etc.). These collective perspectives will enrich the planning process and ensure comprehensive regional plans. Note, session recordings will be provided to all registrants–even if you cannot attend live.
We will wrap up this series when we gather in-person in Bend on May 1st and 2nd. That gathering will be a time for sharing plans, networking opportunities, and celebrating the progress made so far.
Closing message.
Thank you for your continued commitment! We look forward to collaborating with you during this critical phase. If you have any questions about the Office Hours series or the Planning + Installation Phase deliverables, please reach out to cara@commonthreadllc.com and susan@commonthreadllc.com.
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