OKLAHOMA PARTNERSHIP FOR SCHOOL READINESS FOUNDATION INC

Programs

1. Child care resource and referral: opsrf's child care resource and referral program (ccrr) serves as a resource hub for families, child care professionals, and communities. Opsrf administers the ccrr network on behalf of the oklahoma department of human services, with its primary goal to increase access to high-quality, affordable child care by providing many different services to programs and parents. Through eight regional contracts, ccrr offers support to oklahoma parents, providers, and communities. Parents are able to search for child care programs, learn the cost and quality of care in their area, as well as receive consumer information to support the selection of care that meets families' unique needs. Ccrr provided training, mentoring, and professional development to licensed programs to support their star level in the new quality rating and improvement system (qris).in the second full year of launching the thrive network, a home child care collective, ccrr has recruited 750 family child care homes to become members. This high-quality support for oklahoma's family child care homes includes statewide advocacy, peer collaboration, and professional development. Thrive has…

   $5,431,122 spentof which $83,170 as grants
   34% of program spending

2. Community mobilization and support: opsrf supports community mobilization by engaging community leaders to develop stronger local early childhood systems. In april 2025, opsrf hosted its fourth annual ink day (invest n kids), bringing together over 200 early childhood professionals and pediatric residents for advocacy training and legislative visits at the oklahoma state capitol. Participants shared with legislators that early childhood care and education is an economic issue as a tool to create jobs, support parents' self-sufficiency, and improve outcomes for oklahoma's children.the oklahoma clearinghouse for early childhood success: the clearinghouse promotes well-being for oklahoma's children and their families by building an evolving definition of quality, fast-tracking innovation, implementing research-informed practices and practice-informed research to support and improve early childhood systems and maximize public-private partnerships. In fy25, submission rounds 7 and 8 were held.submissions are reviewed, and those highly rated by committee members are posted to the clearinghouse website and presented to the public-private partnership committee for consideration of…

   $3,170,284 spentof which $2,613,585 as grants
   20% of program spending

3. Systems and policy development: opsrf is supported to conduct activities that strengthen oklahoma's early childhood system, recommend policies that create efficient and effective use of state funding, and ensure families of young children have access to high-quality early childhood programs. Legislative reporting responsibilities are met by submitting an annual report and an annual home visiting outcomes and accountability report to the governor, state legislature, and the oklahoma commission on children and youth. These reports provide a perspective on the status of early childhood programs, systems and provide policy recommendations.ink day 2025 focused on advocacy to support a tax credit for employers who subsizde a portion of their employee's child care, child care for anyone working in a licensed child care program, early literacy through dolly parton imagination library, a coordinated eligibility and enrollment system for snap, medicaid, wic, tanf, child care subsidy, liheap, and increase financial support for foster families. Opsrf held biweekly invest in kids (ink) calls with advocates across the state to update on the status of early childhood legislation. Opsrf trained…

   $3,092,906 spentof which $2,513,536 as grants
   20% of program spending

4. Data systems: opsrf continues to advocate for an integrated data system among state agency partners. Opsrf supported the continuation of the pilot of collaborative data systems with health and education to focus on the integration of home visiting services with early intervention. Early literacy: the foundation supports a variety of early literacy initiatives, including reach out and read, a program that provides developmentally appropriate books and instructional literacy strategies to families at their well-child visits. Funding is from the preschool development grant (pdg). Opsrf became the recipient entity of the state department of education to administer the statewide expansion of dolly parton imagination library (dpil), an early literacy program where infants, toddlers, and young children receive a book each month until their sixth birthday. The goal is to have 65% of children under six enrolled in dpil and program coverage in all 77 counties. Growing like a read continued its implementation to support the development of six pre-reading skills in children from birth to age 5: phonological awareness, letter knowledge, narrative skills, vocabulary, print awareness, and print…

   $4,073,521 spentof which $3,151,150 as grants$20,698 earned by the program
   26% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,767,833.