The Partnership For Safe Families & Communities

The Designated Child Abuse Prevention Council

2010-2011

General Meeting Those Who Attend

Include professionals,

students, community members: • health, • mental health, • education, • social services, • justice, • law enforcement, • faith, • child care, and • concerned parents/citizens

Total Attended for 2010-2011:

387 attendees

Average per meeting

39 attendees

Presentations

• “How Do I Talk to My Kids About Preventing Sexual Abuse”

• Children’s Resource Program & Childhood Injury Prevention

• Domestic Violence Awareness ~ prevention/services

• In honor of Veterans ~ Understanding local service members and their families

• Arts 4 Action & ARTesia~ violence prevention through Art

• CommUnity Summit Conference

Presentations• National Parent Leadership Month, Parents With

Purpose • Veterans for Peace• California Youth Connection & Friday Night Live• Child Abuse Prevention Month ~ * Prevention work & Services * Responding to Domestic Violence & * Maternal Risk Factors on the Fetus and Mother• Mental Health Awareness~ state of Prevention and

Early Intervention Services• Foster Care Awareness• Triple P - Positive Parenting Program

Mandated Reporter Training

Jeni FutvoyeTrainer & Outreach Specialist

(805) 289-0120 x 3031jfutvoye@aspiranet.org

Mandated Reporter Program Summary

• Program since 2001 (No Cost)

• Provide trainings to professionals/students * health, mental health, education, social services, justice, law enforcement, faith community and child care

• 1.5-2 hour community training

• Half-day workshop

• Train-the-Trainer workshop

• Provides materials/resources

Partners• Aspiranet

• CATTA

• Interface Children Family Services

• Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, Safe Harbor

• Ventura County Human Services Agency, Adult & Family Services and Children & Family Services

• Ventura County Public Health

Statistics 2010-2011

• Nine Community Trainings and One Half-Day Workshop: 130 mandated reporters trained

• Annual Train-the-Trainer Workshop: 38 mandated reporters trained as trainers

• Since the program’s inception: a total of 2,113 mandated reporters trained and of that total 534 mandated reporters trained as trainers

Evaluations

Community, Half-Day and Train the-Trainer Workshops

Pre/Post Test Average Score - goal 90%• Pre 66% - Post: 89%

Learning objectives/goals and knowledge of reporting criteria - goal 90%

• After training average score 96.8%

Evaluations Measurements Scoring: 1-5 1=strongly disagree, 3=agree, 5= strongly agree

• Trainer knowledge and ability to communicate Goal Score of 4:

Achieved average score of 4.9

• Overall evaluation of training,

Goal Score of 4:

Achieved average score of 4.8

Evaluation Comments

• Excellent information, great organization, everything was great

• Speakers were great, pace was excellent and fun to learn….I loved the entire workshop!

• Wealth of knowledge, great examples• Teach back & tips were helpful and well facilitated• Materials and resources very useful• Do what is in the best interest of the child

Moving Forward

• More Large Group Trainings

• More Resources

• Spanish

• Trainers

Partnership Outreach Efforts

Jackie Flores-OrtegaCommunity Education & Administrative Assistant

(805) 289-0120 x 3047jfloresortega@aspiranet.org

Program Summary

The Partnership holds and attends different meetings/events to educate and outreach to

the community.

We provide prevention resources on child abuse and family/community violence to address

abuse across the lifespan.

Outreach 2010-2011

• 10 Monthly General Partnership Meetings • 9 Mandated Reporter Trainings, Half-Day

Workshop, Annual Train-the-Trainer • 4 Clergy Council Meetings• Community Summit for Violence Prevention

• Multi-Cultural Festival• Salsa Festival• Aids Walk

Events

• VC Board of Supervisors Proclamation for Child Abuse Prevention Awareness

Month

• The Annual National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

• The Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation’s (CEDC) 30th Anniversary Family Festival

• The First 5 Health Fair and Grand Opening of First Flight Preschool

Art Project

CEDC’S 30th Anniversary Family Festival: Pathways to Peace and Prosperity

Kids Health & Safety Fair, the grand opening of First Flight Preschool

Hosted a family art project with Kids’ Arts• The art was showcased on a clothesline representing a

quilt of beautiful art depicting the project’s theme• Approximately 65 families contributed to the project.

“Your vision of love and peace

in your family and/or community”

Resource Materials Distributed approximately 5,670 resources

• Children’s Developing Brain

• How Violence in the Family Affects Children

• Let’s Learn About Preventing Violence Activity Book

• Parenting in Times of Economic Stress

• Newsletter

English & Spanish

• Shaken Baby brochure

• Safely Surrender Baby

• Child Abuse & Neglect Safely Surrender Baby

• Kids Plates

• What Every Parent Should Know….

• Mandated Reporter Tent Cards

• My Feeling Activity Book

Outreach Goals 2011-12• Attend 10 outreach events

• Distribute approximately 5,800 resource materials

• Distribute new materials

• Some locations for targeted outreach are:

• Faith Community • Health Care facilities• Family Resource

Centers/NFL’s

Our Vision for the Upcoming Year

Partnership Goals 2011-12

• We are now a 501c3

– Board Development– Fundraising– Marketing– Membership

• Committees Prevention Work

“To promote a community committed to safe, healthy, peaceful families.”

“Together We Can Make a Difference”