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4 E A R L Y C H I L D H O O D D A T A I N A C T I O N : S T O R I E S F R O M T H E F I E L D CASE STUDY ONE Indianola: A Community Driving Change Through Data Use P A R T 1 : I N T R O D U C T I O N I N T H E H E A R T O F S U N F L O W E R C O U N T Y lies the crown of the Mississippi Delta—Indianola, one of the birthplaces of the blues. [...] We now have a 93 percent rate of parental consent for data sharing .” K A R E N M AT H E W S , P R E S I D E N T A N D C E O D E LTA H E A LT H A L L I A N C E P A R T 4 : C U LT I VAT I N G C O L L A B O R AT I O N TO I M P R OV E K I N D E R G A R T E N R E A D I N E S S In 2013, only 25 percent of Indianola children were entering kindergarten ready to learn. [...] 1 1 E A R L Y C H I L D H O O D D A T A I N A C T I O N : S T O R I E S F R O M T H E F I E L D CASE STUDY ONE Indianola, Mississippi P A R T 5 : R E S U LT S A N D N E X T S T E P S Having the entire Indianola community focus on kindergarten readiness has increased the reach of those programs and services. [...] W I L L I S , V I C E P R E S I D E N T F O R E D U C AT I O N P R O G R A M S , D E LTA H E A LT H A L L I A N C E 1 2 E A R L Y C H I L D H O O D D A T A I N A C T I O N : S T O R I E S F R O M T H E F I E L D Percent of Change CASE STUDY ONE Indianola, Mississippi W H AT ’ S W O R K I N G TO T U R N T H E C U R V E Dual Enrollment Services Aligned Pre-K Partners Curriculum + Assessment Save the. [...] 1 5 E A R L Y C H I L D H O O D D A T A I N A C T I O N : S T O R I E S F R O M T H E F I E L D CASE STUDY TWO Ventura County, California P A R T 1 : I N T R O D U C T I O N V E N T U R A C O U N T Y , with a population of more than 800,000, sits on the California coast about 70 miles north of Los Angeles.