About ECIN's Prenatal to 5 Capacity Building Collaborative (P5CBC)

The Prenatal to 5 Capacity Building Collaborative (P5CBC) works to increase investments and improve equity in prenatal-to-3+ programs and services that support the health and development of D.C. infants, toddlers, and their families.

Goals

Increase the number of pregnant people connected to perinatal health and mental health services
Expand the number of young children served by integrated support in early learning settings
Improve links between early childhood systems and providers

Key strategies

Trainings to enhance family leadership
Improve communications between caregivers and providers
Build capacity to advance policy and evaluation to inform and achieve systems change

ECIN's P5CBC Team

**sarah barclay hoffman**
project manager, p5cbc

**leah castelaz**
policy attorney, p5cbc

**ladon love**
family and community engagement lead, p5cbc

**Stephanie Mitchell**
Data and Evaluation lead, P5CBC

**jordyn rand**
project researcher, p5cbc

**Deja Williams**
hEALTH EQUITY ORGANIZER, P5CBC

P5CBC Steering Committee

The ECIN Prenatal to Five Capacity Building Collaborative Steering Committee includes a diverse group of local leaders and experts who provide strategic guidance and oversight. Committee members are family and community stakeholders, as well as representatives from organizations and agencies, such as:

Alta Consulting Group
Bainum Family Foundation
Children's Law Center
Children's National Hospital
Community of Hope
DC Action/DC Action for Children
DC Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA)
DC Department of Behavioral Health (DBH)
DC Department of Health (DOH)

DC Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF)
DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
Mamatoto Village
Mary's Center
SPACEs In Action

Resources from P5CBC

Reports

ECIN P5CBC Needs and Wants report page 1

Report: Needs and Wants of DC Parents and Caregivers of Young Children

To guide potential future directions, our evaluation team sought to hear from community members themselves about the most important needs and wants of families with young children in areas of Washington, D.C., with the lowest rankings on the Child Opportunity Index.

In June 2023, we used the ThoughtExchange platform to collect open-ended responses to a single question: What do families - living in Wards 4, 5, 7, or 8 - with children under age 3 (including pregnancy) need and want? In total, we collected 135 thoughts (and 2,058 ratings) from 113 participants.

The table below shows the top themes that emerged. More information about data collection is available In the report.

   
    Theme
    Number of Associated Thoughts
    Example Thoughts
  
    Housing in safe neighborhoods: To reduce stress, families need/want stable housing that they can afford in neighborhoods that are safe.
    27   
        Safe neighborhoods. It's important for families to be able to live in & move thru their neighborhoods w/o threat of violence. (4.4★)

Healthy Housing. Stable health housing is important for healthy and decreases stress on the family. (4.4★)

    Quality [early] education and childcare: Single parents especially need/want affordable, high-quality childcare so they can work or go to school.
    26
    They need daycare. They need someone to watch their children so that they can go to work to provide for their families. (4.4★)

Childcare. Some families, poverty-stricken, need or seeking training or employment. Childcare supports the ability to obtain advancements for family stability. (4.3★)

    Accessible healthcare: Parents need/want several types of health care (medical, behavioral) to be more affordable (covered by insurance), accessible (location, hours, volume of providers), and culturally-sensitive.
    23
    Culturally sensitive mental health care for parents without waitlists. Parents need to be able to see a therapist they trust during these early stages of parenting especially when you have postpartum depression. (4.3★)

Easy access to affordable high quality health care. Families need caring doctors that take medicaid and are located in their neighborhoods. (4.3★)

    Employment/income: Parents need/want financial resources - whether through employment opportunities, financial education, or direct monetary benefits - to provide for their children's basic needs.
    18
    Financial support via employment opportunities. Part time or per diem opportunities that do not have hiring restrictions. (4.4★)

Financial literacy. To learn how to properly budget and get on the other side of a bad financial situation, start to build a solid foundation for their children. (4.4★)

Enough income. So parents can provide for their children. (4.3★)

Theme	Number of Associated Thoughts	Example Thoughts
Housing in safe neighborhoods: To reduce stress, families need/want stable housing that they can afford in neighborhoods that are safe.	27	Safe neighborhoods. It's important for families to be able to live in & move thru their neighborhoods w/o threat of violence. (4.4★) Healthy Housing. Stable health housing is important for healthy and decreases stress on the family. (4.4★)
Quality [early] education and childcare: Single parents especially need/want affordable, high-quality childcare so they can work or go to school.	26	They need daycare. They need someone to watch their children so that they can go to work to provide for their families. (4.4★) Childcare. Some families, poverty-stricken, need or seeking training or employment. Childcare supports the ability to obtain advancements for family stability. (4.3★)
Accessible healthcare: Parents need/want several types of health care (medical, behavioral) to be more affordable (covered by insurance), accessible (location, hours, volume of providers), and culturally-sensitive.	23	Culturally sensitive mental health care for parents without waitlists. Parents need to be able to see a therapist they trust during these early stages of parenting especially when you have postpartum depression. (4.3★) Easy access to affordable high quality health care. Families need caring doctors that take medicaid and are located in their neighborhoods. (4.3★)
Employment/income: Parents need/want financial resources - whether through employment opportunities, financial education, or direct monetary benefits - to provide for their children's basic needs.	18	Financial support via employment opportunities. Part time or per diem opportunities that do not have hiring restrictions. (4.4★) Financial literacy. To learn how to properly budget and get on the other side of a bad financial situation, start to build a solid foundation for their children. (4.4★) Enough income. So parents can provide for their children. (4.3★)

Videos

Events from P5CBC

Family Leadership Academy
Monthly, 4th Thursday
Ready, Set, Connect! Early Childhood Community Meetings
Bimonthly, 3rd Monday
Parent Cafés
Bimonthly, 3rd Monday

Specific details about these events are available from SPACEs in Action.

see upcoming events

Contact the P5CBC Team

Contact Sarah Barclay Hoffman for more information.

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