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Why is Whole Child Important?
Convener Catalyst
Community Summit
- n Children
Addresses Critical Issues Kindergarten- Ready
Data Collector
Professional Network
Building a community where everyone works together to make sure - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Building a community where everyone works together to make sure - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Building a community where everyone works together to make sure children thrive Identifies Gaps Kindergarten- and Needs Catalyst Ready Professional Network Addresses Child well-being Community Summit Critical Issues on Children
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Why is Whole Child Important?
“Children who participate in early intervention programs prior to kindergarten are more likely to graduate from high school, hold jobs, live independently, avoid teen pregnancy, delinquency and violent
- crime. These positive outcomes save society between $30,000 and
$100,000 per child.”
- -American Pediatric Society
“We cannot rely on state and federal government to overcome
- bstacles. Whole Child partners have to continue to find ways to
transcend our individual limitations by connecting our services and resources to be as effective as possible.”
- -Ed Feaver, Chair, Whole Child Leon
and Statewide Children’s Advocate
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Big 5 Goals
Building a community where everyone works together to make sure children 0-5 thrive
1. Community Ownership and Participation in Early Childhood Success 2. Healthy at Age 1 3. Children Making Appropriate Progress 4. Children Enter Kindergarten Ready to Succeed 5. Families are empowered to raise children that are resilient by promoting their social-emotional developmental, behavioral, and physical well-being
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Website Connecting Families
CD with music by local artists & an insert with contact information for Whole Child Leon
Free $25 Child Savings Accounts Whole Child Leon website
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Professional Network Community Conversation
- 60-75 attendees per meeting
- 2-3 speakers per meeting
- 11 meetings per year
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Status of the Child Report
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Whole Child plays a key role as a member of:
- Early Childhood Obesity Education
- Chair, Community Summit on Children
- Affordable Housing Commission
- Purpose Built Communities Advisory Board
- Grand Parents as Parents Advisory Board
- Maternal Child Health Equity Steering Committee
- Maternal Mental Health Advisory Board
- Chair, Early Learning Education CHIP (Community Health Assessment
Plan)
Community Building
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Initiative - Developmental Screenings
Whole Child Leon’s Social and Emotional Action Team executed Leon County’s first Community-wide Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Comprehensive Developmental Screening Day. Children are screened for social-emotional development, vision, hearing, dental, gross and fine motor skills. Caregivers are screened for depression. Families are CONNECTED to appropriate services immediately on site.
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Maternal Child Health
Breast Feeding Policy Workgroup Maternal Child Health Equity Collaborative
Maternal Mental Health
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Initiative – Childhood Obesity Prevention Education/95210
95210
Healthy Cities Challenge
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Initiative – Kindergarten Readiness
Purpose Built Communities
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Initiative - Neighborhood Equity
Hot Spot Map
South City Neighborhood
Community Health Assessment Team
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Initiative –Neighborhood Equity GROW, SHOP, COOK AND EAT PROGRAM
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Community Summit on Children
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Why is Whole Child Important?
We must work together Agencies and programs that serve families with young children must stop competing for the same resources and find ways to maximize service delivery, Whole Child Leon is a catalyst for change. We collect and analyze our community’s data to identify what needs to be done for our children, and then we do it. We don’t replicate programs; we connect them. We do not provide direct services; we convene the right partners to fund and provide services, especially those missing from our system of care
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Initiative - Pediatric Behavioral Health Navigator Program
The Center’s mission is to provide integration of quality behavioral health services for all children and families.
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Initiative - Pediatric Behavioral Health Navigator Program Program Overview
An integrated approach to behavioral health is critical in the uptake of services use and improvement in quality of life. Our process is as follows:
- Meet with the referred child and their family for a comprehensive and
structured interview to better determine their needs;
- make individualized referrals to our network of vetted providers;
- maintain contact with the direct service providers and the families to
ensure the match was successful;
- follow-up contact with our families to verify a reported improvement in
quality of life; and
- provide an updated report to the child's pediatrician.
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Board Members
Shonda Knight - Chair, Leon County Sheriff’s Office Holly McPhail - Vice Chair, FL League of Cities-Parent Representative Jacquelyn C. Steele - Secretary, Florida Commission on Human Relations Amy Crumpler -Treasurer, Child Advocate Laurie Dozier - President, Mad Dog Construction Morgan Evers - Early Learning Coalition Big Bend Ed Feaver - Child Advocate Natalie A. Kato - Lewis, Longman & Walker, PA Rennai Palmer Kelly - Regal Homes, LLC Paul Mitchell - Southern Strategy Group Julia St Petery MD -Tallahassee Pediatric Foundation Tomica Archie Smith - Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition Connie Styons, RN, MSN - Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Samantha Vance - Commissioner Status of Women and Girls Tallahassee-Leon
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