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Resource Update*
January 2008
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 David
Beard at: beardd@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
WCPCAN Chair Mary Ann Murphy recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Spokane Spokesman Review
The
Spokesman-Review Editorial Board honors area citizens that work to make Eastern Washington a better place to live. The people
honored are termed “uncommonors” for their uncommon accomplishments. Mary Ann Murphy was recognized for her work for
the prevention of child abuse and neglect as well as the safety of children. Here is a link to the article click here (requires a paid subscription). Congratulations Mary Ann!
Grants Awarded to Evidence Based Home Visiting programs in Rural and Tribal Communities
The
organizations awarded grants are: Tulalip Tribes for a Parents as Teachers Program, Quileute Tribal School for a Parents as Teachers Program,
and the St. James Family Center for a Parents as Teachers Program. The funding for these grants came out of the
$3.5 million that WCPCAN was awarded last year to expand evidence based home visiting in Washington.
The new
innovative/capacity building RFP’s are going out this week for the ten finalists
The decisions for
that will not be made until late spring. For more information please contact Nancy at nancy@wcpcan.wa.gov.
WCPCAN Welcomes Our Newest Member
David S. Beard, MSW, Director of Policy and
Practice
WCPCAN is pleased to announce the appointment of David S.
Beard, MSW, to the position of Director, Policy and Practice. He was recently the
Legislative Assistant to state Representative Ruth Kagi, Chair of the House Early Learning and Children's Services Committee. He
also served as a Legislative Aide to state Representative Elliott Naishtat in the Texas House of Representatives working on Medicaid and TANF
issues. He holds a Master of Science in Social Work degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor’s degree
from the University of Washington in Seattle. David has been involved with prevention and health issues beginning with his appointment as the
Co-Chair for the Pierce County Youth Health Task Force in 1998 and had direct practice experience with Communities in Schools. He
has been involved with several community boards and agencies and is currently a Commissioner with the City of Seattle Commission for Sexual
Minorities. David can be reached via e-mail at beardd@wcpcan.wa.gov. Please join us in welcoming David to WCPCAN!
New National Connection
WCPCAN/Children’s Trust has entered into a process to
formally affiliate with the national organization, Prevent Child Abuse America (http://www.preventchildabuse.org/). This affiliation will strengthen our access
to national expertise and resources to share with our partners here in Washington, and complement our existing relationship with the National
Alliance of Children’s Trust Funds. The PCAA chartering process takes about 4-6 months to complete, but in the meantime we will be able
to share resources PCAA has to offer, including its “Economic Impact of Child Maltreatment” report which will be released on January
29, which we will make available in next month’s Resource Update. Other PCAA initiatives that should benefit Washington
State include: guidance (based on new research) on how best to reframe child abuse & neglect; access to new funding streams through PCAA’s
corporate partnerships; connection to public awareness & education campaigns; and information for advocates and policy makers.
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 Events
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/.
“Discover the
Connections-Bridging Strategies to Prevent Child Injury and
Maltreatment” Conference
February 24th –
26th, 2008, Sacramento, CA
This conference, titled “Discover the Connections- Bridging
Strategies to Prevent Child Injury and Maltreatment” is a collaborative effort proudly sponsored by the California Departments of Public
Health (DPH) and Social Services (DSS); and the California Kids’ Plates Program at the Center for Injury Prevention Policy and Practice
(CIPPP). The conference offers a highly knowledgeable and experienced faculty who will guide attendees in the exploration of
research and practice on important topics, including: effective collaboration between unintentional injury and child maltreatment; implications of
early adverse experiences, lifelong health issues and risk factors; the affects of brain development on risk behavior in children and adolescents;
tools and strategies specific to public health and social service disciplines that help inform multilevel injury/maltreatment prevention efforts;
cross-disciplinary skills for attendees to increase awareness of and collaboration for each discipline’s objectives, challenges, strengths,
and resources. For more information or to register, go to: http://www.cce.csus.edu/conferences/cdph/08/
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
Legislative
Session Begins January 14th, 2008
The Washington State
2008 Legislative Session will begin this month and will go until mid-March (hopefully!). Children’s Trust/WCPCAN will be
tracking legislation regarding the prevention of child abuse and neglect, family support, early learning and home visiting. If you
would like to receive our weekly legislative update, please email David at beardd@wcpcan.wa.gov.
And the Name
Is…
After months of research, consultation from
Pyramid Communications, and gathering stakeholder input, WCPCAN/Children’s Trust has come up with a new name: the Council for Children &
Families. If approved by the Governor, the name will go forward to the legislature for consideration. The name change was needed due
to complications that arose with the name “Children’s Trust of Washington”, which was included in last session’s Evidence
Based Home Visitation legislation.
Evidence Based Home Visiting
We are still making some of the final
changes to the House Bill 5830 report and we hope to have it available to legislators and stakeholders early in session. We also
understand that early learning advocates will be asking for an additional $5 million to supplement the home visiting funds that we received last
session. Check our legislative update for progress.
Congress Passes and President Signs Head Start Reauthorization-Includes Child Maltreatment Prevention
Provisions
The National Head Start Association (NHSA),
the voice of Head Start grantees, applauds President George Bush for signing the "Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act," which reauthorizes
America's premier preschool program. The U.S. Congress sent the bill to the president last month after passing the reauthorization measure with
strong bipartisan support.
SAMHSA Report to Congress on Mental
Health Emphasizes Promotion and Prevention
A new report released by the U.S. Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to Congress promotes the use of research-based approaches that provide parenting support
skills and child resilience – even in the face of adversity. You can find this report at the link below:
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/svp-0186.
New ZTT and Pre-K Now Report Shares
a Common Vision for Prenatal to Five
Zero to Three and Pre-K Now have partnered
to produce a new report: Common Vision, Different Paths: Five States' Journeys Toward Comprehensive Prenatal-to-Five Systems. The report articulates a common vision for early childhood systems in which programs work effectively with each
other to provide high-quality early learning and comprehensive services. The report also reveals lessons and learned from five
states’ unique journeys toward such prenatal-to-five systems and identifies four cornerstones that have helped states succeed in this
work.
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 Marriage & Disabilities Research
Charting the Bumpy Road of Coparenthood: Understanding the
Challenges of Family Life
Author James
McHale, PhD explains how parents work together—or don’t—to care fore infants and young children, and how the quality of their
co-parenting alliance affects toddlers’ social and emotional development. Zero to Three Books
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.
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 Sustainability & Resources
Strategies: Strengthening Organizations to Support Families and Communities
Strategies exists to serve you, your
agency, and your community. Through training, coaching, facilitation, and a caring individualized approach, we offer your community-based
organization or public agency best-practice strategies for greater success. From our historic roots with a sole focus on family resource centers in
California, we have grown to provide services to family strengthening programs throughout the nation. Regardless of where you are,
Strategies will help you champion a common vision of a world where children are cherished, where families strengthen their communities, and where
those communities thrive. http://www.familyresourcecenters.net/
Rosie’s For All Kids
Foundation
Every day in the United States, over
2,000 children are born into poverty. In fact, 1 in 5 kids under the age of 6 in the U.S. lives in poverty, which can put these
children at risk for delays in emotional and cognitive development that can influence the course of their lives. Rosie's For All
Kids Foundation is committed to helping these kids through grants and initiatives that, since inception, have helped thousands of children in all 50 states and
the District of Columbia. The Foundation has also provided funding for childcare tuition subsidies, renovations, equipment,
supplies, playground upgrades, and staff development through the Early Childhood Care and Education grant program.
In total, the Foundation has contributed over $28M to more than 900 child-related programs and services.
The Pathways Within Roads
to Reading Initiative Grant
Eligible programs must have a strong focus on
remedial reading or a tutoring component. The organizational budget limit to be eligible is currently set at $95,000 annually. The community
where the organization is located must be an underserved community. It is not enough to have a certain number of families within a community that are
underserved to qualify. The population where the organization is located must be under 50,000. Book Bag programs, gifts and give-a-ways, events or
book club requests will not be granted through this program. Also
School Districts, Lead Agencies or umbrella agencies may not apply for donations. Each site within group agencies or districts must
apply for the donations separately. The books that are available through this program are appropriate for ages 0 to young adult. The books have hard
and soft covers. Currently all the books in this program are available in English only. March 15 (and October 15), annually, is
the application deadline.
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.
Everyday
Ways to Support your Baby’s and Toddler’s Early Learning
By Claire
Lerner and Rebecca Parlakian
These parents
handouts describe ways parents can help their young children get ready for school. Designed in the form of 50-page tear-off pads,
it is easy to use with the families you serve. The handout is in English on one side and Spanish on the other.
These handouts can be found at: http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_par_sri
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 Home Visiting & Parent
Education Tools
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/.
A Meta-Analysis of Father Involvement in Parent
Training
Brad W. Lundahl, Ph.D., Derek Tollefson, Heather Risser,
and M. Christine Lovejoy
Objective: Investigate (a) whether including fathers in parent
training enhances outcomes and (b) whether mothers and fathers benefit equally from parent training. Method: Using traditional meta-analysis
methodology, 26 studies that could answer the research questions were identified and meta-analyzed. Results: Studies that included fathers, compared
with those that did not, reported significantly more positive changes in children’s behavior and desirable parenting practices, but not in
perceptions toward parenting. Compared with mothers, fathers reported fewer desirable gains from parent training. Conclusions: Fathers should not be
excluded from parent training and should be encouraged to attend. Further research should seek to understand how parent-training programs might
better meet the needs of fathers. http://rsw.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/1049731507309828v1
Circle of
Parents
Circle of Parents provides a friendly,
supportive environment led by parents and other caregivers. It's a place where anyone in a parenting role can openly discuss the successes and
challenges of raising children. How? By sitting down and really talking. Circle of Parents groups meet weekly,
are free of charge, and foster an open exchange of ideas, support, information and resources. These kinds of groups serve those
parenting children of all ages and families of all types. There are groups across the country, and they operate under different
names and organizations, but they are all there to help parents find support. To find a group near you, click here. Most groups have a free program for children as well. Ask your local
group.
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Birth to Three & Early Learning News
Healthy Steps for Young Children: Sustained Results at 5.5
Years
Cynthia S. Minkovitz, MD and Donna Strobino,
PhDa
Objective: We sought to determine whether
Healthy Steps for Young Children has sustained treatment effects at 5.5 years, given early findings demonstrating enhanced quality of care and
improvements in selected parenting practices. Conclusions: Sustained treatment effects, albeit modest, are consistent with early
findings. Universal, practice-based interventions can enhance quality of care for families with young children and can improve
selected parenting practices beyond the duration of the intervention. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/120/3/e658
Encyclopedia on Early Childhood
Development
This Encyclopedia, published on the Internet, is available
free of charge. It covers 33 topics related to the psychosocial development of the child, from conception to the age of five, and
presents the most up-to-date scientific knowledge.
http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/en-ca/home.html
Supporting Healthy Relationships Between Young Children
and Their Parents: Lessons from Attachment Theory and Research
Karen Appleyard, Ph.D. and Lisa J. Berlin, Ph.D.
One theory about child development—attachment
theory—is particularly useful for understanding early child-parent relationships and how to support them. According to attachment theory and
research, early child-parent relationships lay the foundation for children’s later social, emotional, and school functioning. Attachment
theory and research also point to specific strategies for supporting relationships between young children and their families. For
more information go to: http://www.childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/eca/Attachment/index.htm
What Works: Evidence on Early Child
Interventions
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) reviews in Early Childhood
Education focus on curricula and practices designed for use with 3- to 5-year-old children to develop cognitive and language competencies associated
with school readiness (language, literacy, math, and cognition). The review also includes a focus on center-based early childhood education
interventions designed to improve the school readiness skills of preschool children with developmental delays or diagnosed disabilities.
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/reports/topic.aspx?tid=13
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 Feature Topic: Children of
Incarcerated Parents
Family and Corrections Network: Technical
Assistance
On-site Training: Family and Corrections Network (FCN) offers the two-day
mentoring children of prisoners training of trainers formerly provided by Child Welfare League of America. FCN offers a variety of
other on-site training and consultations on mentoring children of prisoners and mentor match support, as well as other topics. We also provide
training by telephone. Our trainers are experienced in helping programs succeed in helping children and families of prisoners.
Contact our office at fcn@fcnetwork.org, 215-576-1110 to discuss how we can help you.
http://www.fcnetwork.org/
Parenting from Prison: National Institute of
Corrections
This website offers many resources to parents and
providers working with children of incarcerated parents. http://www.nicic.org/Library/020522
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General Prevention
Everett Herald: 3 babies injured, 2 fathers
arrested in Marysville
Last month, Jackson
Holtz and Sharon Salyer from the Everett Herald did a story on several babies affected by shaken baby syndrome. The article
includes quotes by our Executive Director Joan Sharp and discusses the need for SBS prevention. http://heraldnet.com/article/20071213/NEWS01/712130036
Study: Can
system integration improve mental health outcomes for children and youth?
E. Michael
Foster, Robert Stephens, Anna Krivelyova, Phyllis Gamfi
Objective: This article compares mental health outcomes for
children receiving services in two federally funded system-of-care communities to those of children in similar communities.
Methods: Children's clinical and functional outcomes over three waves of data collection for 573 children and youth are analyzed using a
propensity score matching methodology. Results: Children at one of the two system-of-care sites showed substantially greater
improvement than did their matched counterparts. For the other pair, no benefits of the system of care were apparent. Conclusions:
The differences in the effectiveness of the system of care between the two pairs of sites may reflect differences in system implementation, especially
as affecting service use. Click Here to Read Study
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Annoucements
“Keep Kids Safe” License Plates now can
be personalized!
The Department of Licensing (DOL) now allows you to personalize
your “Keep Kids Safe” license plates. Please check out the DOL website for more information on ordering and/or
personalizing one of the “Keep Kids Safe” license plates http://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/spkidssafe.html. Funds generated by sales of the Keep Kids Safe
specialty license plate will be used to increase awareness and understanding of solutions to the problem of child abuse, neglect and unintentional
injury by improving availability of and access to current prevention information, programs, funding and strategies. It will also
be used to educate parents/caregivers about primary and secondary prevention services, programs and strategies.
Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children’s TYLENOL®
National Child Care Teacher Awards
These awards acknowledge the critical role of child care
teachers in providing quality early care and education. Child care teachers from all 50 states and the District of Columbia are invited to
apply. Fifty teachers are selected for their commitment and dedication to the children they serve. Of the top
ten recipients, one is selected to receive the Helene Marks Award. As part of the application process, each applicant is asked to
design an enhancement project for the children in their classroom illustrating the educational, social, and emotional benefits from the
project. A committee of early childhood educators and specialists review the applications. Award recipients
receive $1,000 - $500 for the teacher's personal use and $500 to implement the project. An award ceremony takes place each spring
in Pennsylvania - hotel and transportation are provided for the recipients. The event celebrates the best and brightest, and the
most dedicated of our child care teachers. http://www.tllccf.org/pr_nccta.php
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