In the Spotlight
Busy Spring at WCPCAN
April was a busy month for WCPCAN/Children’s Trust. We took part in the Seeds of Compassion event by participating in the policy forum, presenting the Strengthening Families model, and we handed out thousands of pinwheels at the Qwest Field event with the Dalai Lama. We have also finished our Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) Grant Application and are working on our Strategic Plan. The performance reviews of our capacity-building programs have just been completed and we will announce our new and continued programs next month.
FRIENDS Announces Results of
Protective Factors Survey
The survey, developed by The University of Kansas Institute for Educational Research & Public Service in partnership with the FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, is now available for downloading on the FRIENDS website. Please use this link to download the survey, the instruction manual, database, and reports on the development of this tool: http://www.friendsnrc.org/outcome/pfs.htm.
WCPCAN Announces Policy Priorities
for 2008
WCPCAN's six policy briefs focus on critical issues in the field of parent support and child neglect/abuse prevention. The following policy briefs are available as downloadable PDF files:
Evidence Based Practice
Home Visiting
Investment in Prevention
Maximizing Impact: Children 0-3
Child Neglect
WCPCAN Agency Priorities
What's in Store for
Children and Families in 2008?
If one of your resolutions is to stay better informed about policies that affect children and families in Washington State, consider signing up for the WCPCAN Legislative Update. This once-weekly e-newsletter covers legislative policies concerning Washington families in plain speak and will inform you about which bills are being introduced and where they are in the process.
To start subscribing, click here
WCPCAN Becomes Newest State Chapter
of Prevent Child Abuse America
WCPCAN/Children’s Trust has entered into a process to formally affiliate with the national organization, Prevent Child Abuse America. 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. We will make this 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.
WCPCAN's Name Change
The Washington Council for Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect (WCPCAN) was renamed Children’s Trust of Washington by an act of the 2007 legislature. While Children's Trust was the name chosen by the legislature, that name will likely change again in the 2008 legislative session.
Please bear with us while we go through a thoughtful process to update our new name and agency identity to better align with our mission, vision, values and statewide partnerships.
We will be moving forward with a new logo and brand identity in the very near future.
Current List of Evidence Based Programs
Children's Trust (formerly WCPCAN) and the Research Advisory Group have recently updated the list of evidence based programs that impact parenting behaviors. There is empirical evidence that these programs reduce known risk factors and/or enhance known protective factors or (for promising programs) there is a sound theoretical basis for believing that the program's effects are causally related to the reduction of child abuse and neglect.
We began compiling this list based on programs that Children's Trust /WCPCAN has had experience funding through community-based agencies across the state. It is our intention to continue to grow this list as the body of research on effective prevention of child abuse and neglect programs develops. We will use the criteria outlined to determine which programs to include on our list, and at what level of support.
The updated matrices include information related to evidence based home visiting and parent education programs:
Programs:
Matrix of the evidence based home visiting programs Matrix of parent education and skill building models
Criteria:
To view the criteria used to evaluate programs and the list of programs based on their level of evidence, click here
More Information:
For a description of each of the evidence based programs on our list, click here
Strengthening Families through Early Care & Education Washington
(SFECE WA)
Expands National Early Childhood Program
Visit our new website at
www.strengtheningfamilies.wa.gov
Early childhood professionals have known for decades that they play a unique role in protecting and nurturing young children as well as promoting their social and emotional development. Now there is evidence to suggest that early childhood programs that reach out to parents may also be the best child abuse and neglect prevention strategy. [More]
- Strengthening Families Washington 1-page Overview (pdf)
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