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Resource Update*
November 2007
In This
Edition:
Please note: Some of the links say
"click here" because the length of the link interferes with our newsletters format. If you need the full link, please contact Kristen Rogers at:
kristen@wcpcan.wa.gov.
* The Washington Council for Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect
(WCPCAN) was renamed the Children's Trust of Washington by an act of the legislature in 2007. However, WCPCAN is currently undergoing
an extensive branding process and a new agency name will be submitted in the 2008 session.
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 What's New at WCPCAN/Children's Trust
Job Opening! Director of Policy and Practice
WCPCAN has an exciting opening available for the position of Director of Policy & Practice. The Director of Policy &
Practice leads the agency on all legislative and policy related issues that impact our efforts to fund and support evidence based, promising and
innovative programs at community-based agencies that support families and work to prevent child abuse and neglect before it ever occurs. The closing
date for applications is November 15th. For more information about this position, go to: http://www.wcpcan.wa.gov/temp_get_involved.asp.
WCPCAN Welcomes our Newest
Member
Nancy Gagliano, LICSW, Director of
Programs & Evaluation
WCPCAN is pleased to announce the appointment of
Nancy Gagliano, LICSW, to the position of Director, Programs & Evaluation. Originally from New York, Nancy moved to the Northwest in 2001 and
brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to WCPCAN’s grant and evaluation program. Nancy has over 13 years of experience working
with community-based programs in the areas of prevention, mental health and transitional housing for children and families. Her most recent work
with Cocoon
House’s Project SAFE, a program funded by WCPCAN, has received both state and national recognition for teen homelessness
prevention. In Nancy’s own words, “I think gaining this type of recognition for Project SAFE is a real testament to the power of
WCPCAN’s capacity-building focus. It’s one of the reasons I’m so excited to be working with programs helping them to
develop their own expertise in this area.” Her rich experience combines working knowledge of community program needs with the expertise
required to assist programs in meeting their outcome goals. Nancy can be reached via e-mail at nancy@wcpcan.wa.gov. Please join us in welcoming Nancy to
WCPCAN!
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 Events
Federal Funding Symposiums
November
13th, 2 – 4 pm, 2 North
Ash St., City Council Chambers, Omak, WA
November
14th, 9 – 11 am, 600
Riverpoint Blvd, Riverpoint Campus Phase 1 Classroom Bldg Auditorium, Spokane, WA
November
15th, 10 am – 12 pm, 500
Tausick Way, Walla Walla Community College Conference Center, Walla Walla, WA
November
16th, 10 am – 12 pm, 400
E. University Way, CWU Student Union Center Ballroom, Ellensburg, WA
Senator Patty Murray
and Senator Maria Cantwell invite you to attend a federal funding symposium. Join the staff of both Senators at a presentation on federal grants and
the appropriations process. Topics covered in the presentation include: Tips on Submitting a Successful Grant application; Finding the right
funding source for your project; Working with your congressional delegation; and Current outlook and Trends for Appropriations. Due to space
constraints, please RSVP at: workshop@murray.senate.gov.
Supporting
Military Kids – A Day of Awareness
November
16th, Tacoma, Washington
This event is intended
to reach out to not only our military families but to educators, community leaders and anyone who wants to learn more in understanding and supporting
military kids. "Supporting Military Kids-A Day of Awareness" will feature workshops on transition issues, exhibits, and dynamic speakers dealing with
such topics as "Understanding the effects of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury" and "Helping Children Cope with A family Member's deployment". The event
is being held at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center at 1500 Broadway in Tacoma. Registration is $5 or $7 on site. For more information or
to register, go to: http://capps.wsu.edu/conferences/militarykids/.
Zero to
Three’s 22nd National Training Institute (NTI)
Nov
30th – Dec 2nd, Orlando, Florida
Zero to Three’s
22nd National Training Institute (NTI) is now accepting registrations. The conference will be held at the Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando,
Florida, November 30-December 2, 2007. The Pre-Institute day is November 29. Please make your hotel reservations directly with the Royal Pacific
Resort by calling 866-360-7395 or 407-503-9276. When you call to make your reservations, mention Zero to Three/National Training Institute for the
special conference rate. Please visit www.zerotothree.org/nti/ for conference information
(including the full conference brochure), and to register online.
The
22nd Annual San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment
January
28th – February 1st, 2008, San Diego, California
You are invited to
attend the 22nd Annual International Child and Family Maltreatment Conference sponsored by the Chadwick Center for Children and Families at Rady
Children’s Hospital. An outstanding program has been planned that will bring together some of the most respected professionals from around the
world to share and learn from one another. The focus will be on learning and spreading the best practices available for children and families whose
future depends upon us all. In this conference, they have balanced strong science with practical experience and real world solutions built on solid
evidence. For more information or to register, go to: http://www.chadwickcenter.org/.
Child Welfare
League of America National Conference 2008
February
25th – 27th, 2008, Washington, D.C.
The Child Welfare
League of America (CWLA) is an association of nearly 800 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist more than 3.5 million abused and neglected
children and their families each year with a range of services. CWLA's 2008 conference will focus on the relationship between outcomes, integration,
and public policy. Attendees will discuss building public will and achieving positive change for children. For more information or to register, go
to: http://www.cwla.org/conferences/2008nationalrfp.htm.
SAVE THE DATE:
14th Annual Northwest Parenting and Family Education Conference
March
12th – 14th, 2008, Vancouver, Washington
The Northwest
Parenting and Family Education conference provides 3 days of professional development for parenting and family educators, child care providers, and
other family serving professionals, where nationally recognized researchers and practitioners share cutting-edge information and techniques. Clock
Hours and Continuing Education Credits will be available. The theme for this year is Rx for Family Health. For more information, go to: http://capps.wsu.edu/parenting/.
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 Policy & Advocacy Information
Partnering with the Business Community &
Economists to Advance a Birth to Five Policy Agenda
by Robert H. Dugger and Debbie M.
Rappaport
When
you think of people who would be natural allies in advocating for the well-being of very young children, who do you think of? Almost certainly you
think of other professionals in the early childhood field. But do you ever think about business people or economists? You should -- because they can
be among the most influential and supportive allies the early childhood field is likely to know. This article for The Baby Monitor is
dedicated to discussing the positive partnerships that can be made between the business community, economists and early childhood advocates to
advance a birth to five policy agenda. To read the full article from Zero to Three, click here.
Children’s Alliance Legislative Scorecard
This
legislative scorecard documents votes taken by state legislators on children’s issues during the 2007 session of the Washington State
legislature. The purpose of the scorecard is to inform advocates for children and the general public about the voting record of state legislators on
legislation affecting children and families. The Children’s Alliance intends to publish such a scorecard each year following the state
legislative session. For more information and to download the scorecard, go to: www.childrensalliance.org/4Download/reports/2007scorecard-report.pdf.
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 Marriage & Disabilities Research
Office on Disability New Newsletter
The
Office on Disability is pleased to announce its first newsletter. This issue provides useful information on several of the
Office’s initiatives and an introduction to several of our staff. We look forward to sending out two of these
newsletters per year. Please look for the newsletter on the Office on Disability’s homepage: http://www.hhs.gov/od.
Parents’ Relationship Status Five Years After a Non-Marital Birth
This
brief uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study on parents’ relationship status at the time of their child’s birth
and again when the child is five year old. At the time of the child’s birth, one-half of unmarried parents were cohabiting and over 80 percent
reported having some romantic involvement. However, only sixteen percent of unmarried mothers were married to the father at the time of the five year
interview. To view the full report, click
here.
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 Sustainability & Resources
SAMHSA National Registry of Evidence Based Programs The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is expanding its
National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) Web site by providing information from the agency’s Model Programs
Initiative. NREPP is a searchable online registry of mental health and substance abuse interventions that have been reviewed and rated by independent
experts. The registry assists local organizations in identifying interventions that have been scientifically tested and can be readily disseminated to
the field. Organizations can search for interventions that fit the needs of their communities. To view the registry, go to: https://owa.wa.gov/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/.
GRANT OPPORTUNITY:
Kresge Foundation
The Kresge Foundation is a $3
billion national foundation that builds stronger nonprofit organizations—catalyzing their growth, helping them connect with their stakeholders,
and challenging them with grants that leverage greater support. The Foundation concentrates its programming on capital campaigns as a key opportunity
for nonprofit growth. In 2005, the Foundation awarded 216 grants totaling $131,770,027 to organizations in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom,
South Africa, and Mexico. Their mission is to strengthen nonprofit organizations that advance the well-being of humanity. They believe that
strong, sustainable, high-capacity organizations are positioned to achieve their missions and strengthen communities. The Kresge Foundation
uses challenge grants to provide endorsement, opportunity, and leverage. Its grantees find this challenge an important strategy in their plan for
growth—an incentive for donors and volunteers, and a tool for tapping new resources. For more information or to apply, click here.
No Cost Nonprofit
Marketing & Online Fundraising Training
What can you learn about
nonprofit marketing in 60 minutes? You are invited to find out at Nonprofit 911's no cost training series. In addition, the ebook “Ten Deadly
Fundraising Mistakes and How to Avoid Them” is being offered by Sandy Rees at no cost about a subject that will interest everyone that cares
about fundraising. For more information, go to: http://www.fundsraiser.com/oct07/news.html.
GRANT OPPORTUNITY:
DEL Child Care Consultation
The Department of Early
Learning has initiated a Request for Proposals (RFP) for participation in a project to pilot approaches to child care consultation that will optimize
young children’s social-emotional development. For additional information, including who to contact with questions, go to:
http://www.del.wa.gov/Projects/Procurements_Contracting.shtml.
GRANT OPPORTUNITY:
Reiman Foundation
The application or proposal
need not adhere to any specific forms. They simply ask that the information it contains be specific enough to give a clear picture of your intended
project, why you are proposing it, who will benefit from it, and how it will be administered. The Reiman Foundation focuses its giving on three
main areas: Healthcare, Education, and Children. In order for them to review your proposal in a timely manner, please include the following
information in whatever is appropriate on your agency's letterhead: the date of your application; brief description of project requesting funds; why
a grant from the Reiman Foundation is needed; documentation of tax-exempt status; brief overview of your agency (including population you serve and
your focus); contact person's name and contact information; and amount of funds being requested (if possible attach a "Wish List" with specific needs
and the dollar amount associated with that need). For more information, click here.
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 Home Visiting & Parent
Education Tools
Texas Passes Child Welfare
Reforms and Expands Nurse Home Visiting Program
The 80th Texas
legislature demonstrated a strong commitment to improving child welfare in the state during the 2007 session by passing multiple reform bills and
authorizing a substantial increase of funds for Child Protective Services and Early Childhood Intervention Services. Among the measures that will
impact infants and toddlers are an increase in funds to support state compliance with federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) laws,
and a $7.9 million bill to expand the Nurse-Family Partnership home visiting program. The home visiting bill will bring prevention services to
low-income, first-time parents throughout the state. To read the full state policy update from Zero to Three, click here.
Conference PowerPoint on
Community Prevention of Abuse
Recently a conference was hosted by the
Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University entitled Community Prevention of Child Maltreatment.
Presenters included David Olds, Deb Daro, and Desmond Runyan among others. The PowerPoint
presentations and presentation videos are now available. To access these resources, go to: click here.
Tools for Early Childhood
Professionals from Parents as Teachers
Here's a great
professional development resource for Head Start/Early Start, librarians, WIC clinicians, preschool teachers, child care providers and others. The
training materials cover a wide range of topics, from literacy to obesity, from the effect of neurotoxins to building relationships with
families. "We're seeing a new way to serve children and families by keeping the professionals who serve them current and up-to-date," says Sue
Stepleton, Parents as Teachers National Center president and CEO. For more information, click here.
Reflective
Parenting Workshop
January 7th, 2008,
Bellevue, Washington
This workshops focus on helping parents
develop the capacity to reflect on their children’s behaviors and their own rather than simply providing specific parenting techniques.
This approach offers parents a different way to think about children and how to parent them. It offers a strength-building method that can help
parents successfully navigate their own unique circumstances and repair the disruptions that inevitably occur within the parent-child relationship.
This 10-week workshop provides parents with a model, which we call reflective parenting, which views children’s behaviors as meaningful
communications that need to be understood. During groups, parents explore their children’s thoughts, feelings, and motivations, as well as
their own. This process helps parents understand and respond to their children’s behaviors in appropriate sensitive ways. The cost is
$200 per individual and $300 per couple. Scholarships are available. For more information about this program offered by New Parent Services, go to:
http://www.family-services.org/.
Positive Discipline: What it is
and how to do it.
By Joan Durrant for Save the Children
Sweden
This publication addresses the recommendations of the 2006 UN World Report on Violence against Children that calls for the elimination
of all corporal punishment of children and the promotion of positive discipline. It dismisses the common belief that children learn through physical
pain and aims to provide concrete answers to parents who want to raise their children without corporal punishment. Positive discipline is explained
through four basic principles that highlight the links among child development, effective parenting and children’s rights. A unique feature of
the book is that it provides ways to shift from impulsive punitive responses to thought-out constructive responses that support long term parenting
goals. To read the full publication, go to:
http://www.crin.org/docs/PositiveDisciplineManual_Final.pdf.
Universal Prenatal/Postpartum
Care and Home Visitation: The Plan for an Ideal System in New York State.
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
This paper describes a system of services that
supports new families by providing three components: universal prenatal care, postpartum screening, and comprehensive home visiting. For more
information or to read the report, go to:
www.scaany.org/documents/home_visiting_white_paper.pdf.
How-To for Home
Visiting
Results from the first round of Federal
Child and Family Services Reviews have noted the importance of home visiting in achieving good outcomes for children and families involved with child
welfare. A new book titled Home-Visiting Strategies: A Case-Management Guide for Caregivers provides focused, hands-on information for home
visitors and their supervisors and administrators on case management processes carried out by the home visitor. The practices described in the book
can be applied to a range of home-visiting cases, such as family support, child welfare, mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, and more.
The book guides the reader through the key steps in providing home-visiting services. For more information, go to: www.sc.edu/uscpress/2007/3676.html.
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 Birth to Three & Early Learning News
Report Evaluates Long-term Effects of Prevention and
Early Intervention Services
Over several years, Chapin Hall researchers will evaluate a system of prevention and early intervention services in Palm
Beach County, Florida, that aims to promote and support the healthy development and school readiness of children from birth to 8 years of age. The
findings of the second-year evaluation of the system show which family characteristics are related to service use and discuss challenges such as
keeping families involved in services over time. To Read the report, The Palm Beach County Longitudinal Study: Second Annual Report, by Julie Spielberger, Sandra Lyons, Marcia Gouvêa, Thomas Haywood, and Carolyn Winje, click here.
Governors’ Summits on Early Childhood: Closing the Achievement Gap for Children Birth to Five
Governors
across the nation recognize that shifting the odds for children in the first five years is a necessary and critical step toward closing the persistent
achievement gap in America. With this in mind, the National Governors Association Center on Best Practices (NGA Center) awarded $10,000 grants to 17
states during 2006 and 2007, so that the Governors in those states could host a statewide summit on early childhood and draw attention to the needs
of their youngest children. This article highlights the seven summits that were funded in 2006 and offers a preview of what is expected at the ten
upcoming summits. As an advocate for infants and toddlers, you can learn more about the summits and get involved as your state takes its next steps
toward building a comprehensive agenda for children birth to five. For more information, click here.
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 Feature Topic: Management &
Organizational Issues
Nonprofit Face Hiring Challenges
While concerns about a perceived crisis in recruiting and
retaining professional and support staff may not be as serious as they seem, filling jobs still poses big problems for nonprofits. Those are the
findings of a new survey by the Nonprofit Listening Post Project at Johns Hopkins University. A study last year by CompassPoint Nonprofit Services
and the Meyer Foundation, for example, found three in four nonprofit executive directors planned to leave their jobs within five years. Fueling the
turnover, the study said, were fundraising pressures, weak boards, low pay and poor support for management. To read the full article, go to: http://philanthropyjournal.blogspot.com/.
The End of Definitions: A Briefing on Innovation in
Revenue and Grantmaking among Nonprofits and Philanthropies
By Susan Raymond, Ph.D. and Tom Watson
The
nonprofit and philanthropic sectors are sailing into uncharted waters. Philanthropists are combining commercial approaches with the donated dollar
and, in the process, redefining what it means to "give" to social causes. Nonprofits now rely on private contributions for less than a third of their
revenues; marketing is vying with mission as a central management concern. Entirely new financial instruments and institutions are emerging. Bonds and
equity are finding places next to traditional capital campaigns as a source of nonprofit finance and as an embodiment of donor strategy. To purchase
this new report from OnPhilanthropy for $49, click here.
Podcasts for Nonprofit Organizations: Development
for Leaders, Board Members, Staff and Volunteers
There are some terrific podcasts available on the subject
of nonprofit organizations. They cover topics including: Starting a nonprofit organization; Fundraising; Leading and managing; and Using technology
effectively. Listening to informative podcasts is a great way to learn. You can listen to podcasts on your computer or with a portable mp3 player
when you are away from your home or office. For more information from the FundRaiser Cyberzine, click here.
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 General Prevention
Evidence Based Practice and Cultural Competence
in Child Welfare
Recently, a national meeting was held to discuss
the juncture of evidence-based practice and cultural competence in child welfare. These two critical issues have often been talked about in parallel
fashion but seldom together. The proceedings of the meeting are now available online at: http://ssw.che.umn.edu/EBP-CulturalCompetence.html.
New Website Offers International News on Children's Health and Development
Prevention Action is a new website that reports internationally on innovation and effectiveness among programs for improving
children's health and development. Launched by Michael Little, a Chapin Hall faculty associate, and Ali Abunimah, a Chapin Hall researcher, the site
posts articles daily that focus on breakthroughs in prevention science, new initiatives, and proven models. Prevention Action includes articles from
Australia, India, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. To view the new site, click here.
Computing the Costs of Abuse and Neglect
While
the value of safety, permanency, and well-being for the nation's children is priceless, there is a sobering monetary cost to society when children
become victims of abuse and neglect. A recent study by the Center for Business and Economic Research of the University of Alabama evaluates the total
yearly costs of child abuse and neglect in Alabama. Based on publicly available secondary data, the study looked at the direct and indirect costs of
child abuse and neglect. To read The Costs of Child Abuse vs. Child Abuse Prevention: Alabama’s Experience, by Annette Jones Watters
et al., go to: http://ctf.state.al.us/pdfs/Costs_Child_Abuse_vs_Child_Abuse_Prev.pdf.
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 Annoucements
Children’s Mental Health
Forum
November 15th, 9 am – 4 pm, Tukwila, Washington
On Thursday, November 15th, the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), in collaboration with the
Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training (WIMIRT) is hosting a one-day Community Forum to learn about and gather feedback from
parents, children, educators, providers, and other interested stakeholders on the future direction of Children’s Mental Health Services in
Washington State. This forum will be held at the Doubletree Guest Suites in Southcenter at 16500 Southcenter Parkway, Tukwila. For more information
or to register, contact Diane Harrison at (253) 756-2741 or pearsond@u.washington.edu.
Stepfamily Study - $200 Stipend!
Are you a parent in a stepfamily, married 5 years or less, with at least one child between the ages of 11 to 15 years old? Receive up
to $200 for your online feedback and opinions. Go to: http://study.newstepfamily.com/.
Have an Announcement?
Submit any announcements you'd like to get out into the world to Kristen Rogers at: kristen@wcpcan.wa.gov and she will happily include them in the next Resource Update. If possible, include a
website for readers to get more information and a contact person at your agency for questions or comments.
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