Result - Children are safe
Result 2. All Children in Tom Green County are Safe
Indicator 2.1. Rate of confirmed victims of child abuse and neglect per 1000 children
Current Value
7.15
Definition
Story Behind the Curve
What factors might be causing child abuse and neglect to occur?
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What factors might be preventing child abuse and neglect from occurring?
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Partners
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Solutions
Evidence-based practices
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Promises practices
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Low-Cost/No-Cost Solutions
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Off the wall ideas
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Strategies
CFWBI partners brainstormed on solutions based on the factor analysis of disaggregated data on the rate of child abuse and neglect in Tom Green County. Those solutions were crystallized into nine strategies, recognizing that a strategy is a set of coordinated actions with a reasonable chance of improving a result or indicator. To determine which strategies to take action on, the partners ranked those nine strategies based on four criteria: leverage, feasibility, specificity, and value. The three strategies below were prioritized by scoring highest across the four criteria.
1. Expand the reach of Home Visiting programs that promote increased resiliency and connectivity amongst parents and families (Partners have decided to focus on this strategy first)
2. Strengthen cultural competency in parenting education (curriculum, trainers, etc.)
3. Reduce the stigma associated with families accessing services
The strategies that didn’t score as high on leverage, feasibility, specificity and value include:
- Challenge faith-based partners to expand their service models by training church staff, youth leaders, and school counselors to identify risk factors for child abuse and neglect and how to connect families to necessary supports
- Promote increased understanding of scenarios that bring heightened risk for abuse and neglect, such as “divorce season”
- Create peer networking opportunities through virtual meeting spaces
- Educate businesses to understand their role and how it plays into overall issue
- Empower community members who interact with families to know how to report what they see – e.g., mailman, delivery drivers, bus drivers, crossing guards
- Make the internet a public utility and therefore a universal service
Action Steps for Strategy 1
Strategy: Strengthen cultural competency in parenting education (curriculum, trainers, etc.)
Group members: Mariam Lowe, Jennifer Flores, Cathy Love, Isaac Lopez
Action/Task |
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Identify who the partners are that provide Parenting Education services in Tom Green County |
CAC |
On going |
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Deepen (or establish) relationships with Parenting Education partners in Tom Green County |
All coalition |
On going |
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Help Parenting Education partners in Tom Green County to see themselves as part of a collectiveness shaping parent awareness and understanding |
All coalition |
On going |
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Present disaggregated data and Turn the Curve thinking to Parenting Education partners around child abuse and neglect, so they understand why cultural competency is so important in reaching Latino families |
All coalition |
On going |
Present data every quarter |
Support Parenting Education partners in Tom Green County to determine a base level for what cultural competency means in the context of delivering education services to Latino families |
All Coalition |
03/15/21 with yearly refreshers |
Coalition can bring in someone to present to the group on tips, suggestion, best practices. Maybe there is someone in ASU (social work, education, language departments. Cultural competency experts) or Region 15 (ESL team) that could give a small presentation. |
Engage each organization or program to share/explain what appropriately implemented cultural competency looks like in their service delivery |
All coalition |
04/30/21 - ongoing |
In each meeting, a few agencies can explain what their agency is doing for cultural competency. The rest of the coalition can also provide feedback. |
Engage each organization or program delivering Parenting Education in Tom Green County understands and explains the difference between the standard for cultural competency with their service and the reality of how service is being delivered |
All coalition |
04/30/21 - ongoing |
In each meeting, a few agencies can explain what their agency is their ideal for cultural competency at their agency and the barriers. |
Each organization or program delivering Parenting Education in Tom Green County describes the actions they are taking to improve cultural competency |
All coalition |
04/30/21 - ongoing |
In each meeting, a few agencies can explain what their agency is doing for cultural competency. The rest of the coalition can also provide feedback. |
Each organization of program delivering Parenting Education in Tom Green County develops and implement a clear plan to outreach to Latino families |
All coalition |
04/30/21 |
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From a community impact perspective, the coalition articulates and explains what role and actions it is taking to support the efforts of individual organizations or programs in improving cultural competency |
All coalition |
04/30/21 |
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Each organization or program delivering Parenting Education in Tom Green County explains what difference the improvement in cultural competency is creating for clients of their services. Is the retention rate improving? Are there measurable increases in knowledge and skills? Is recidivism declining? |
All the coalition |
11/30/21 |
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Action Steps for Strategy 2
Strategy: Expand reach of Home Visiting programs to promote increased resiliency and connectivity amongst parents and families
Group Members: Katie Appleton, Belinda Braly, Paula Gomez, Tash Horner, Holly Lopez, Matt Schwarz
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Develop a list of possible/current home visiting programs |
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Compile data what/how often /who /area |
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Capacity building among agencies already delivering a home visiting program |
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Action Steps for Strategy 3
Strategy 3: Reduce the stigma of accessing help, resources, or services
Group Members: Sierra Mullan, Norma Lee, Karen Green, Y.D. Garcia, Bernie Coffee, Tony Rasteter
Action/Task |
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Community Education through a series of Town Hall Meetings |
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CFWBI Goes to the people (Common places such as Northside Rec., YMCA, Schools etc) |
Contact HeadStart, WIC, 2-11, Family Shelter, La Esperanza Clinic, Department of Health, Rick Mantooth, West Texas Rehab, ASU, YMCA, Private Schools, SAISD, Grapecreek ISD, TLCA, GoodFellow, MHMR, Three Rivers Counseling, Contacts at the Jail, Pottershand Private Schools, Pediatricians and ask they regularly attend meetings |
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Educate Providers on Services |
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Which ones do we educate? Get Providers to understand which questions to ask ex) food scarcity |
Create/ Update Community Resources Guides |
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Distribute Community Resources Guides |
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Create/ Update Directory of Mental Health Care Providers |
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If you have Medicaid you are not limited in services you can still seek services in the private sector |
Public Service Announcements on Asking for Help |
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Radio, Peachjar, |
Setting up Meetings to share Community Resources Guides |
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Contact Coaches, YMCA, Rec Leagues, Daycare Providers, |
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