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Colorado Child Maltreatment Prevention Framework for Action

S ession Obj ect ives

Partners are aware of the draft framework in development and feel confident sharing information with partners and colleagues Partners provide input on and contribute to the development of a roadmap to support families in Colorado through this framework Opportunities for partners to discuss future use and areas of alignment are identified

The Challenge: “Framing” a Complex Problem

• Chapin Hall, University of Chicago
• Colorado Office of Early Childhood
• University of Denver
• South Carolina Children’s Trust
• National Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Assistance and

Strategic Dissemination Center

• Ben and Lucy Ana Walton Family Fund of the Walton Family

Foundation

The Core Team

Early Childhood Colorado Framework

Colorado Prevention Landscape

Colorado Opportunities Proj ect Keeping Kids S afe and Families Healthy Plan Core Violence and Inj ury Prevention

Work to Date

• Interviews with leadership at the Colorado Office of Early

Childhood and other key state stakeholders to identify key concerns.

• S

urvey of professionals of current prevention landscape.

• Review prior/ current related planning efforts and their

impacts.

• Conduct a web-based parent survey and focus groups with

key parent subgroups.

• Compile a literature review of promising prevention efforts.
• Clarify core outcomes, related indicators and priority

interventions.

• Create an approach to guide community planning teams and

develop a toolkit of resources.

Initial Learnings

Parent and Community Asset Survey

Survey open to adult caregivers with at least one child under 18 Survey accessed via SurveyMonkey Total Responses - In Colorado: 543 responses from 39 counties

Community Resources Community Quality and Mutual Self-Help Parental Capacity

Survey Content

Demographic Characteristics

• More likely to provide assistance to others than to ask for help

themselves

• Need to create a prevention message that encourages both

help seeking, as well as help giving behaviors

• Public libraries and health care settings are accessed by most

caregivers and are trusted messengers

• Creating viable economic opportunities and ensuring access to

high quality child care is as important for strengthening parental capacity as more traditional forms of parent support

• Parents think that their children misbehave to upset them and

desire information on which behaviors are developmentally appropriate for children

• Variety of responses based on local community. Communities

need to invest in strategies most relevant to their residents.

Parent S urvey Findings

Impetus for Focus Groups

1. Target some populations that were not strongly represented in the surveys:

• Parents of color;
• Low-income parents; and
• Spanish speaking parents.

2. Provide insight into the patterns observed in the survey and expand on the findings.

Focus Group Participants

Colorado (n = 63)

• 7 focus groups total
• Majority rural or mixed rural (6 of 7)
• Alamosa
• Colorado Springs - All male and All Caucasian
• Craig – All Caucasian
• Denver – All African American
• Durango – Some Spanish
• Ft. Collins – All Spanish and All Latino
• Wray

Community Formal Support Community Informal Support Mutual Self-Help Possible Innovations Core Values

Focus Group Content

• Libraries offer a promising, well-regarded place in

which to provide services and supports for a broad variety of parents

• Efforts to implement and sustain strong informal

networks within a community should be crafted with unique community challenges in mind

• Parents were concerned about passing j udgment on
• thers and being j udged themselves\
• Parents like having their opinions solicited
• There was overall interest in meeting with other

parents in a parent cafes format

Parent Focus Group Findings

Framework Components

• 1. Identify foundational elements– agree on elements you

want reflected in all of your interventions and policies.

• 2. Establish a core set of outcomes and related indicators –

agree on a common way to assess progress at the individual and population levels.

• 3. Identify high priority strategies – assist communities in

selecting their most promising “ best bets” .

• 4. Develop tools to support community planning -

DRAFT Key Foundational Principles

Implementation Science – study how things work and what contributes or inhibits successful implementation. Work Force Development – strengthen provider knowledge and skills. Data Integration – share information on populations and services within and across agencies. Continuous Quality Improvement – raise the performance bar and use timely data to adjust practice. Participant Voice – engage those you seek to help. Policy Integration – never act alone if you can find a partner.

Child well-being and achievement Maximize developmental potential of all children Parent/caregiver well-being and achievement Provide parents the support they need to succeed Consistent, high quality caregiving Insure all caregivers foster positive child development Safe, stable and supportive neighborhoods Create a context of collective responsibility for children

DRAFT Core Outcome Domains

Moving Beyond Individualized Services

Replicating evidence-based programs with quality remains an important investment strategy. Maximizing impacts ALSO requires:

• Changing organizational culture and practice.
• Fostering collaboration and community efficacy.
• Influencing policy and legislative change.

Foundational Principles

Program Monitoring and Integrity Build Workforce Capacity Continuous Quality Improvement Fostering Data Integration Participant Voice Policy Integration

Individualized Services Organization & Practice Change Collaboration & Community Capacity Policy Reform Child Well‐ Being & Achievement Caregiver Well‐Being & Achievement Consistent High Quality Caregiving Safe Supportive Neighborhoods

Impact Measurement Considerations

• Capture both child and parent outcomes
• Monitor population level indicators
• Establish data collection needs for program level

indicators

• Looking at using the same questions from the

Colorado Child Health S urvey and the National S urvey on Children’ s Health at both the population and the program level

Identifying and Promoting Promising Innovations

Priorities for Strategy Selection

DRAFT Strategies

Individualized Services Home Visiting Parent Education Mobility Mentoring and Financial Literacy Family Development & Goal S etting Respite and Crisis Care S ubstance Abuse Treatment & S upport Intimate Partner Violence Treatment & S upport Organizational and Practice Change Evidence-Based Practice Implementation S cience Work Force Development – training, coaching, certifications, core competencies, quality standards Performance Monitoring

DRAFT Strategies

Agency Collaboration & Community Capacity Building Integrated Care Utilizing Technology Community Effects on Child Maltreatment and S trategies at the Community-Level Early Learning Communities Community Norms Change Policy Reforms Policy Agenda S etting Family Friendly Employment Innovating Federal and S tate Healthcare Funding Transforming existing legislation to better meet the needs of families (CCCAP Reform)

Replicating the Process in Local Communities

Contact Information Kendra Dunn Child Maltreatment Prevention Director Office of Early Childhood Colorado Department of Human Services (303) 866-5769 kendra.dunn@ state.co.us