What are the positive factors that are contributing to you reaching your desired result?

• School resumes: more interaction with mandated reporters, less stress on parents, more regular access to food
• Access to parent education through a variety of agencies 
• Funding in the community for preventative programs
• More awareness about child abuse and neglect than in previous generations

What are the negative factors that are restricting you from reaching your desired result?

• Isolation: families living in rural areas, limited outside household interaction
• Children being home for extended period of time due to COVID, increase in parents' level
• % of families living in poverty
• Increase in number of families facing economic hardships (due to Covid)
• Low number of children in daycare pre-Covid and now even more so with Covid

What populations are the most disadvantaged and what causes these disparities?

• Families with limited access to daycare due to financial instability
• Non-citizens: hesitation to interact with law enforcement and/or attempt to obtain helpful resource such as parenting education or financial assistance
• Linguistic isolation-English is not their first language
• Families living in poverty
• Children identified as having special needs
• Single parent household: financial stress, potential inconsistencies in caregivers, increase in emotional stress
• Parents with limited educational skills
• Teen parents with limited support

Are there foreseeable factors that will affect your work over the next few months to a year?

• Due to Covid, the potential for more shutdowns, children being back at home for extended periods of time
• Increase in economic harship due to Covid
• Change in District Attorney with potential changes in how crimes are addressed and new policies implemented
• Decrease in giving to non-profits due to Covid and economic hardships

What additional research is needed to better understand the factors that influence the slope of the curve and related disparities? 

• Census findings for 2020
• Monitoring annual poverty for the county
• Evaluating success of current prevention measures and identifying additional avenues for support
• Findings from Early Development Instrument

Who are the partners that can help you reach your desired outcome? List partners and their roles.

• Child Protective Services-more widespread collaboration with agencies 
• Law enforcement
• School districts
• Child Advocacy Center and CASA
• Agencies providing parenting education: PCHAS, VOICE, Hope Center
• Medical professionals
• Headstart, daycare, ECI

Research/Evidence-Based Practices:

• Trust-Based Relational Intervention- TBRI- evidenced based parenting education
• In-home intervention programs
• Parent support groups-parent cafes-Growing Together

Low Cost/No Cost Solutions:

• Increase awareness/knowledge of abuse for children-marketing and social media
• Education for parents about what abuse is and additional positive disclipline strategies, flyers provided at school enrollment 
• Increase education for community: set up trainings with teachers and parents
• De-stigmatizing (normalizing) parenting education-we all need support
• Providing education (flyers) at obligatory meetings for example at parent/child meetings
• Offering parent cafes (support groups) in schools 
• Expanding service hours for families who work. Offering after hours visits and therapy. 

Innovative/Out-the-Box Solutions: 

• Highly incentivizing parenting education prior to having children
• Social media campaign on childrens' platforms, BrightByText
• Partner with hospital to identify incentives for parents such as financial assistance
• Invest in Spanish-speaking therapists and helping professionals to serve a broader community
• Help Me Grow: Centralized Access Point for child screenings and support connection

Additional Research:

•  How do other counties destigmatize parenting education? 
•  How do other counties reach families before they reach a crisis point?
•  What are the results of parenting support groups and their lowering caregiver stress?