Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The Family Conservancy believes that every child can reach their full potential when we invest in them and those who care for them. The first five years of a child's life can determine emotional resilience, health outcomes, school readiness, and future career success. Our services create opportunities for children, families, caregivers, and educators to thrive so that every child can experience well-being throughout their lives. We embrace the definition of equity that ensures everyone has access to the resources, opportunities, power, and responsibility they need to reach their full potential. We acknowledge the history of systematic racism that is still perpetuated in today’s systems and we are committed to disrupting that reality.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Helping children and individuals overcome trauma, depression and anxiety
Agency programs that provide resources for families and individuals to prevent child abuse and neglect, reduce crime and victimization, and keep at-risk children in school include:Healthy Parents, Healthy KidsStudent Assistance ProgramDame la ManoMental Health Counseling, Therapy and Group Support Moving Beyond Depression
Equipping children with supportive, nurturing parents and caregivers
Agency programs that provide resources to help families and child care providers to improve skills and quality of early learning environments, ensuring children are entering school ready to learn, include:
Quality InitiativesProfessional Development for Early EducatorsEarly Childhood Mental HealthHead Start and Early Head StartChild Care Resource and ReferralChild and Adult Care Food Program
Where we work
Accreditations
Council on Accreditation (COA) [for Children and Family Services] - Accreditation 2020
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies - Child Care Aware Consumer Education Quality Assurance Program - Certification 2015
Awards
Affiliations & memberships
Nonprofit Connect of Greater Kansas City 2013
AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) 2008
Alliance for Children and Families - Member 1990
Council of Accreditation of Child and Family Services, Inc. 1987
United Way Member Agency 1963
National Association of Social Workers 1955
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of teachers trained
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Caregivers, Infants and toddlers
Related Program
Equipping children with supportive, nurturing parents and caregivers
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of children enrolled in Home-Based Head Start.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers, Families
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of new child care spaces in Wyandotte County.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Start Young
Number of early education programs increase family engagement.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Equipping children with supportive, nurturing parents and caregivers
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of early education students increase protective factors.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Helping children and individuals overcome trauma, depression and anxiety
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of clients exhibit improved mental health functioning.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Helping children and individuals overcome trauma, depression and anxiety
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of mothers who completed at least 6 treatment sessions and experienced a reduction in depression symptoms as evidenced by scores on the Beck Depression Inventory.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Helping children and individuals overcome trauma, depression and anxiety
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of children whose families received opportunities and training around developmental milestones, community resources, and advocacy.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Equipping children with supportive, nurturing parents and caregivers
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
HS KS
Number of families of young children have access to accurate and up to date information about child care options.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Equipping children with supportive, nurturing parents and caregivers
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
CCA
Number of families remaining in workforce to support their families/provide stability because of child care gap funding.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of child care providers who increased knowledge of nutritional guidelines.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Equipping children with supportive, nurturing parents and caregivers
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Strategies
Support educators and expand the capacity of the early education sector.
Empower children and families to address their immediate needs.
Help children and adults develop resilience.
]Outcomes
Children transition to kindergarten ready for success.
Parents experience increased well-being, and advocate for their children.
Individuals and families develop social-emotional skills and healthy relationships, learn coping skills and heal from trauma.
Our Intended Impact
Children grow up in thriving families and healthy communities, and experience well-being throughout their lives.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Beginning in 2021, we formulated an agency dashboard to quickly and effectively analyze our agency’s performance in advancing our Theory of Change. This tool provides us with timely data so that we can provide proactive quality improvement and enhanced service delivery to the children and families we serve. The dashboard is housed on our website (http://tfckc.org/dashboard) and is updated quarterly.
Public Policy Agenda
Our Advocacy Committee has finalized TFC’s 2022 Public Policy Agenda. The agenda outlines focus areas and initiatives we plan to pursue throughout 2022.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our agency’s long history spanning nearly 140 years, we have been responsive to the needs of the community as well as changes in funding. In addition to exceptional financial oversight, TFC boasts program experts in all of our programs who are leaders in their field. The expertise is further demonstrated through our lower than average turnover rates, which also proves continuity of service to clients and the community.The Family Conservancy uses partnerships and collaboration to serve the community and to connect to populations who are seeking or in need of our services. Some core partnerships and affiliations include Mid America Regional Council, Child Care Aware of Missouri, Child Care Aware of Kansas, United Way of Greater Kansas City, United Way of Wyandotte County, and many more. In addition to being the number one recipient of United Way funding – via contracts, allocations and designations – TFC maintains over 100 funding streams to support a variety of programming.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Theory of Change Strategy I: Improving Early Learning and the Early Education Sector
Early Care and Education
TFC provides training, coaching and consultation to thousands of early educators each year, because we believe that child care should be about much more than care. When children have access to high-quality early learning environments, they’re able to take advantage of a critical brain development period that occurs during the first five years of life and create a foundation for success in school and life.
2021 Program Highlights:
TFC trainers and coaches supported 7,268 teachers and providers
306 training opportunities were offered
612 programs were coached by the Early Care and Education team
Training
TFC offers a variety of training opportunities for early education professionals. Training is offered in the community, on-site at child care programs and online. ECE addresses the needs of all child care providers and early educators by offering training geared toward a variety of needs:
Level 1 trainings focus on entry-level skills – health and safety; child abuse and neglect
Level 2 training is comparable to a Child Development Associate (CDA) degree
Levels 3-5 support advanced, developmentally appropriate classroom practices to help educators provide a higher quality of instruction
Coaching and Consultation
TFC also offers fee-for-service options to early education programs that include playground services (audits, inspections, and consultations), classroom or program assessment, accreditation coaching, or general consultation.
CLASS Institute
TFC delivers on-site coaching through a variety of projects. One of the largest projects is The CLASS Institute. This is a 12-month training and coaching program that uses the Classroom Assessment Scoring System™ (CLASS™). CLASS™ is an observational tool that provides a common lens and language focused on what matters—the classroom interactions between the teacher and students that will boost student learning. TFC staff helps identify teacher’s strengths and opportunities for growth. Programming also includes a director’s support group to help early childhood program directors create systems within their program to sustain quality gained from The CLASS Institute.
In 2019, the CLASS Institute began offering a cohort designed specifically for in-home child care providers. Additionally, as an alternative to the 12-month commitment, individualized training and coaching opportunities were offered throughout the year.
Directors Leadership Academy
One of the many training series provided by the team is the Director’s Leadership Academy (DLA). TFC authored this curriculum, which was rolled out in 2014, providing education opportunities for early childhood program directors. DLA focuses on new directors and assistant directors of child care centers who lack experience or education in early childhood administration. The program features components that are vital to a director to successfully perfor
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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The Family Conservancy
Board of directorsas of 01/19/2023
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Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.