Why & How Brighter Beginnings is integrating Financial Education and Early Child Development
Strengthening Families at Brighter Beginnings
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Strengthening Families at Brighter Beginnings PROGRAM OVERVIEW 2012
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Strengthening Families at Brighter Beginnings
PROGRAM OVERVIEW 2012
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Brighter Beginnings
We believe every family matters and every child deserves to have a happy, healthy future.
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What we do in a sentence
Brighter Beginnings strengthens families by helping parents become self-sufficient so they can raise happy, healthy children.
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Our Approach
We focus our efforts in communities where parents and children have limited resources.
Our staff helps families by providing home-based support and family strengthening services that promote healthy births, child development and overall family health and self-sufficiency.
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Our Philosophy
Focus on Families’ Underlying Conditions: Social networks Financial status Neighborhood resources Mother’s mental and physical well being Father involvement and parenting skills
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Core Services
In-home comprehensive case management and parenting education
Group education and social support activities provided in Three Family Strengthening Centers
Clinical mental health/social work services
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Family Strengthening
Five Protective Factors are the foundation of the Strengthening Families approach:
1. Parental Resilience2. Social Connections3. Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development4. Concrete Supports in Times of Need5. Children’s Social and Emotional Competence
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Life Course Development
A woman is on a trajectory over her entire life, not just when she’s pregnant that will lead to a good or a poor birth outcome.
This trajectory starts when she’s a baby!
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Brighter Beginnings Families Face Multiple Risk Factors
Poverty Single parent status Low birth weight Exposure to
environmental toxins Child Abuse & neglect Exposure to traumatic
events or violence Homelessness
Special needs in the family (disability, chronic illness, mental disorders)
Low proficiency in English
Prenatal damage from exposure to alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco
Maternal depression
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Brighter Beginnings Builds Protective Factors
Ensuring that teens complete high school and can provide for their babies.Connecting moms and families with childcare, WIC programs, and jobs.Strengthening families’ abilities to interact % engage with their babies.Caring for the mental health of familiesIncreasing involvement of fathers in babies
development.
protective factors
Families thrive when protective factors are robust in their lives and communities.
parental resilience
knowledge of parenting and child
development
social connections
concrete supports in times of need
social and emotional
competence of children
Core Strategies for Strengthening Familieshome visiting, stress reduction techniques, peer support groups, mental health & health educ.socialization activities, parenting groups, peer leadership opportunitiesParenting groups, child development, nurturing parenting, understanding disciplinePlay groups, Ages & Stages, Bonding & attachment, Integrating CollaborationsSparkPoint –access to Financial Tools towards self-sufficiencyRotaCare Free medical clinic for the uninsured
Strengthening Families: Building the Health/Wealth Connection at Brighter Beginnings
SparkPoint is a collaboration of agencies who integrate services to provide free financial asset-building services designed to decrease poverty and move families towards self-sufficiency.
Financial Coaching, Job Placement, Career Development, Education Support, Credit Improvement, Business Development, Help with accessing Public Benefits,
Free Tax Help
SparkPoint –
RotaCare Bay Area
RotaCare Bay Area operates free medical clinics from San Rafael to Monterey providing quality healthcare for the uninsured.
RotaCare started in 1989, founded by a Bay Area Rotarian to provide care to a growing population of working and unemployed residents who are unable to pay for primary healthcare
26,000 patient visits in 2010 and over 175,000 since founding
Proposed RotaCare Richmond Free Medical Clinic
At Brighter Beginnings
Clinic will be located at 2727 Macdonald, Richmond at the Brighter Beginnings Family Strengthening and SparkPoint-West Contra Costa Center
Easy access to public transportation and other services Plan is to offer adult and pediatric services initially one
day per week Patients seen by appointment. Walk-ins will be treated
on first-come-first serve basis if space is available No insurance reimbursement. ALL services provided at
no cost to patient
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Questions?
For more information contact: Barbara Bunn McCullough, Ph.D.
Executive DirectorBrighter Beginnings
2648 International Blvd.Oakland, CA 94601Ph: 510-903-7503Cell: 510-610-8945Fax: 510-842-0291
Brighter Beginnings, where every family matters , and every child deserves a happy, healthy future.
