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October
2004 – Resource Update
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Letters of Intent
Don't forget! WCPCAN
plans to fund five new programs in 2005.
First year programs can receive up to $50,000,
second year programs can receive up to $35,000
and third year programs can receive up to
$20,000. Programs considered for funding
by WCPCAN must be community-based programs
in Washington State that receive matching funds
from other sources. Funding is available
to any private, non-profit, government agency or
faith-based organization in the state. The
letter of intent template and information about
how to apply will be available online at
www.wcpcan.wa.gov after September 15,
2004. The letter of intent is due by
4:00 p.m. November 12,
2004. Late submissions
will not be
considered. Finalists
will be selected by January 7, 2005.
Submissions are due by March 10, 2005; grant
awards will be announced on May 31. For
more information, contact Maria Gehl at (206)
389-3297 or by e-mail at gehlmj@dshs.wa.gov.
Children's Day
When we announced the
mini-grant opportunity for Children’s Day last
month, we had no idea we would receive
so many questions about the event itself.
Let us give you a little more background
information because there is still funding
available to help you participate or
sponsor an event in your community this
year!
In 1993, Charles Shelan,
Executive Director of Community Youth Services
in Olympia, and a group of South Sound
children’s advocates wanted to do something
positive to recognize the value that children
add to our communities and our lives. With
the help of Senator Karen Fraser, who drafted
Senate Bill 5479, and Governor Mike Lowry who
signed it into law, Washington State Children’s
Day was created to fulfill that
purpose.
Children’s Day has evolved
into a community event in cities and towns
across our state. It’s a time to
acknowledge children’s special capabilities,
nurture their potential and focus on the
positive things youth represent. This
annual event is celebrated on the 2nd
Sunday of October. Many other states and
countries feel it is important to recognize the
value of children as well, and they celebrate
their own versions of Children’s Day throughout
the year. Rather than write a report, we
invite you to investigate further as your time
permits. We hope more of you will find a
way to participate and spread the word about
this worthy event now and in the years to
come!
Sue Manfred
Steps Down
Sue Manfred, executive
director of the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery in
Spokane, announced her plans to retire at their
annual benefit breakfast last June. Sue
plans to spend more time with her
husband, also retiring soon, and her three
young grandchildren. Under Sue’s
leadership, the crisis nursery increased it’s
operating budget to more than $800,000 and moved
from a 75-year-old house into a specially
designed 12,000 square-foot building where it
accommodates up to 28 children at one time, 24
hours a day, seven days a week. Good luck
to Sue in her new endeavors! Her
leadership and guidance will be
missed! |
Conferences and
Trainings
Conferences
October
23rd, Seattle,
Washington
Washington
State Fathers Network Conference- Mark
Your Calendars!
A
statewide conference, at Seattle Central
Community College, for all men involved in the
life of a child with special needs. Visit
www.fathersnetwork.org for
more information.
October
15th – 17th,
Yakima,
Washington
12th
Annual Statewide CASA Conference
This
conference plans to explore how to navigate
systems and advocate effectively for abused and
neglected children. For more information, visit:
www.washingtonstatecasa.org or
call 800-530-0045.
October
23rd, Seattle, Washington
Washington
State Fathers Network Statewide
Conference
The
9th annual statewide fathers conference to be
held at Seattle Central Community College from 8
am to 6 pm. Join over 100 men from accross the
country for 16 great workshops, excellent food
and entertainment and a keynote by WSFN
director, James May. He will speak about "A
Journey of the Heart", a celebration of his 19
years directing this program. He will "retire"
at the end of October. For more information,
email hughjk@msn.com.
October
25th -26th, Vancouver,
Washington
The
Bridge from School to After-school and Back:
Communities Learning Together
Join
policy makers, administrators and program
directors for two days of debate and discussion
about the changing role of after-school in
student success. Visit www.schoolsoutwashington.org for
more information.
October
27th (Pre-conference),
28th & 29th,
Spokane,
Washington
Washington
Association for the Education of Young
Children
For
information, visit www.waeyc.org or
call (253) 854-2565 ext. 13.
November
8th -10th, Los
Angeles,
California
All in
the Family: Achieving Excellence in
Adoption
This
conference is aimed at providing high quality
training for beginning and experienced frontline
staff and supervisors, as well as administrators
of adoption and child welfare programs.
For more information, email adoption@cwla.org or
call (225) 683-9233.
March
9th -11th, 2005,
Washington,
DC
Call
for Proposals: Child Welfare League of
America
CWLSA
is seeking proposals that present best practices
in service delivery, and that enhance outcomes
for vulnerable children and families, the
organizations that serve them, and the
communities in which they live. Visit
www.cwla.org/conferences for
more information.
November
2nd, Spokane,
Washington
Mothers
and Newborns Exposed to Drugs in Pregnancy:
Assessment and Interventions
Focuses
on maternal assessment techniques, research on
maternal /fetal effects and treatment
options. For more information, contact
(800) 442-8533 or (509) 474-7206.
November
29th- December 3rd,
Maui,
Hawaii
APSAC’s
Second Annual Trauma Treatment
Clinic
Conference
presentations will focus on the complex and
difficult issues surrounding therapy with abused
and traumatized individuals. For more
information, visit www.apsac.org.
Poster presentations abstracts will also be
accepted until October 1st.
December
3rd -5th, Pre-Institutes
December 2nd,
Sacramento,
California
19th
National Training Institute: A Changing World
for Babies
June
15th -18th, 2005,
New Orleans,
Louisiana
SAVE
THE DATE: American Professional Society on the
Abuse of Children’s 13th Annual
Colloquium
This
conference will present intensive,
interdisciplinary skills-based training seminars
on all aspects of child maltreatment.
Research submissions accepted through January
15th, 2005. For more
information, visit, www.apsac.org.
Trainings and
Workshops
“A New
Wave of Evidence, The Impact of School, Family
and Community Connections on Student
Achievement”
Seminar
October 26th the Washington
State PTA is presenting this free seminar,
featuring renowned researcher Dr. Karen Mapp.
Space is limited so RSVP soon. For more
information and details, go to: www.wastatepta.org/mapp.pdf.
Child Maltreatment and Mandated Reporting
This is a FREE training for
professionals. Topics included are definitions
of child maltreatment, indicators of child
maltreatment and mandated reporting
requirements. This workshop is designed to
invite discussion and lasts approximately 1.5
hours. The trainer will come to your site to
provide the workshop and any group size is
welcome. To schedule a presentation contact
Gayle Zeller at (425) 688-5130 or gzeller@u.washington.edu.
Zero to Three Launches New Trainings:
Partnering With
Parents
This is a
train-the-trainer project for local Child Care
Resource and Referral Agencies with the goal of
helping the child care community use their
relationships with parents to reduce risk
factors associated with child abuse and
neglect. Benefits of participating include
free state of the art training, ongoing phone
and on-line consultation and high quality
materials. In return, selected
participants must deliver trainings in their own
communities. Applications are due on
November 16th, 2004. For more
information, visit www.zerotothree.org/partneringwithparents.
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Policy, Advocacy and
Legislative
Information
White
House Plan for 2006: Virtually No Domestic
Program is Spared the Axe
The
White House is planning for very deep cuts in
the FY 2006 budget. A pattern is
emerging which includes dramatic cuts for
programs spared in the FY 2005 budget, including
essential protections from homelessness and
hunger. Head Start alone is expected to
lose $177 million in FY 2006, which would result
in 40,000 less children and their families
receiving support. See the National
Women’s Law Center website, www.nwlc.org, for
more information.
Home
Visiting Legislation Approved
In
May, the Education Begins at Home Act was
introduced. The Act would establish a
federal funding stream dedicated to early
childhood home visitation programs. A copy
of the bill is available at http://thomas.loc.gov.
National
Center for Children in Poverty’s Policy
Wizard
This
tool assists in using data to strengthen
advocacy efforts and to inform policy
recommendations. It provides information
about state and federal policies that assist
low-income families and children, including
policy rules and spending data. The Policy
Wizard is available at http://www.nccp.org/wizard/wizard.cgi.
The
State of America’s Children
2004
The
Children’s Defense Fund released this book,
which provides a comprehensive examination of
how children are faring in America today.
The book features the most recent data on our
nation’s children, including poverty, income,
hunger, health and education statistics.
To order a copy, visit www.childrensdefense.org/pressreleases/040713.asp
"Managing
for Results"
The
Cascade Center is offering training,” Managing
for Results,” on October 7th and
8th in Seattle. The
course will provide you with the skills to
create strategic business plans and performance
reports. Topics include: benchmarking, designing
scorecards, setting targets, and developing
performance measures. A detailed course
description can be viewed if you click
here.
New
Guidebooks Address Non-profit Outcome
Management
The
Urban Institute published six guidebooks for
non-profits that discuss methods to regularly
measure and report on outcomes of non-profit
services. Visit http://www.urban.org for
the entire Outcome Management for Nonprofit
Organizations collection.
Sustainability and
Resource
Opportunities
Radio
Shack Offers Grants to Prevent Family
Violence
Hasbro
Children’s Foundation Announces Funding
Guidelines
Swett
Foundation Funding Nonprofit
Organizations
The
foundation is interested in funding
interventions in the lives of troubled
youth. Applications are accepted on a
continuous basis and grant decisions are made in
April, September and December. See
www.swettfoundation.org for
more information.
UPS
Foundation Funds Community
Development
Post
Doctorate Fellowships at University of New
Hampshire’s Family Research
Laboratory
These
fellowships are for research on family violence,
including child abuse. The positions are
open to researchers with a Ph.D. in the fields
of psychology, sociology, social work, nursing,
public, health, medicine and law.
Applications are due in February, 2005.
Visit www.unh.edu/frl for
more information. |
Birth
to Three
Recent
Publication: Building Bridges from
Pre-kindergarten to Infants and Toddlers: A
Preliminary Look at Issues in Four States
This
paper explores the connections between
infant-toddler and pre-kindergarten policies and
provides an initial glimpse at issues pertaining
to building high-quality learning opportunities
for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
Full text available at www.zerotothree.org/policy.
Study
Reveals that Breastfeeding Does Save
Lives
The
Epidemiology Branch of the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences released a study
about the effect of breastfeeding on post
neonatal mortality in the US. Using 1988
Maternal and Infant Health Survey data,
researchers found that breastfeeding can reduce
the risk of death in an infant’s first year of
life and that children who were breastfed had a
20% lower risk of dying. To read the full
article in Pediatrics, visit http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/113/5/e435.
Economic
Development Outcomes of Early Care and
Education
Economic
data to support early childhood advocacy
activities is available on the Early Care and
Education Collaborative website at http://www.earlycare.org.
The Collaborative has also produced several
useful fact sheets, also available on the
website.
Pre-kindergarten Programs Increase School
Success and Decrease Violence Later
on
In a
national poll released by the organization Fight
Crime: Invest in Kids, 800 kindergarten teachers
from around the country reported that
participation in a high quality pre-kindergarten
program substantially increases a child’s
chances for success in school.
Additionally, children who receive
pre-kindergarten services are significantly less
likely to become chronic lawbreakers when they
are adults. To read the full article,
click on http://www.fightcrime.org/releases/php?id=101
Family
Routines in Head Start Families
This
recent study examines the correlates of family
routines in a Head Start population in order to
better understand the significance of routines
in the lives of families. This study is in
the Early Childhood Research and Practice
journal, available through the Institute for the
Advancement of Social Work Research’s
Information for Practice website. Visit
http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/wwwrsw/ip for
more information.
Cultural
Connections
Culturally
Sensitive Native American SIDS
Materials
The CJ
Foundation has produced a kit that will help
health care professionals and health educators
change the rate of SIDS in Native American
communities. CJ Foundation has collaborated with
leading American Indian organizations to create
culturally sensitive materials for some of these
most vulnerable communities. For more
information, visit http://cjsids.com/resource_kit/CJ_resource.htm. To
view one of the documents produced on tobacco
use and pregnancy click on http://207.71.8.70/NatlPartnership/sample1.pdf.
Family
Caregiver Alliance publishes “Keys
to Cultural Competence”
The
Overrepresentation of Minority Children in the
Child Welfare System
The
Children’s Bureau recently released a report
which suggests that children of color are
overrepresented in the child welfare system for
a variety of reasons, including poverty and
racial bias. The report is available on
the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and
Neglect website at http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/otherpubs/children/index.cfm
Directions
for Dads cd-rom Now Available in
Spanish
The
National Fatherhood Initiative’s popular
interactive computer program, designed to help
men become better fathers, is now available in
Spanish. Visit www.fatherhood.org/pr230704.asp for
information on ordering.
Addressing
the Needs of Latino Children: A National Survey
of State Administrators of Early Childhood
Programs
Substance
Abuse and Mental Health
AHRQ
Toolbox Now Addresses Mental Health
Services
AHRQ
recently revised its Child Health Toolbox, a
web-based resource, to include information on
quality measures for mental and behavioral
health services for children and
adolescents. See http://www.ahrq.gov/chtoolbx
Institute
of Medicine Report on Children’s
Health
The
report, titled “Children’s Health, the Nation’s
Wealth: Assessing and Improving Child Health,”
examines the information about children’s health
necessary to help policy makers and program
providers at the federal, state and local
level. For more information, visit
http://www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=21082.
Fathers'
Impact on Children's Mental
Health
(From
2004 Pediatric Health News
Releases)
A new
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
study published in the August issue of
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent
Medicine points to the important role
fathers play in their children's emotional and
behavioral health. The study shows that a father
in good mental health can substantially reduce
the negative influence of a mother's poor mental
health on a child's behavioral and emotional
well-being. Robert S. Kahn, MD, MPH, a physician
/ researcher in the Division of General and
Community Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's is
the study's lead author. "If a
mother and father are depressed, the odds that a
child will have behavioral or emotional problems
go up eight-fold." The study is one of the first
and largest studies to examine the joint effects
of mothers' and fathers' mental health symptoms.
The researchers examined data from the Panel
Study of Income Dynamics -- a national,
longitudinal survey of families of 822 children
between the ages of 3 and 12 who were living
with both parents. The researchers also found
that when a mother and father have poor mental
health, the influence on a child's behavioral
problems is particularly strong for boys. This
study suggests a child's children's well-being
when their mothers suffer mental health problems
depends on whether the father is
healthy. |
Parent Power: Materials That Can
Help
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen
Pregnancy has online materials for parents and
those who work with them. For more
information, visit www.teenpregnancy.org/parent.
The Talaris Institute Featured Spotlight
on Baby Cues
Back to School Safety Tips for Parents
The Massachusetts Children’s Trust Fund
published a brochure, 10 Ways to Keep Children
Safer, which addresses ways in which parents can
ensure their children’s safety during the school
year. The brochure is available in
English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese by
calling (888)775-4KID.
Getting Ready for School Begins at Birth:
A New Publication and
Website
Would Poor Couples Be Better Off
Economically If They
Married?
Policy makers and researchers are
currently debating whether marriage is an
effective anti-poverty strategy.
Some argue that if more parents married, there
would be a substantial decrease in poverty and
others are highly skeptical of such
claims. The most recent CLASP issue
explores recent research in this area and can be
viewed at http://www.clasp.org/DMS/Documents/1093288195.25/marr_brf_5.pdf.
OJJDP Publications Highlight Violence
Prevention
"Blueprints for Violence Prevention" (180
pp.) (NCJ 204274) describes the Blueprints
initiative and its review of more than 600
programs for preventing violence and drug use
and treating youth with problem behaviors.
Twenty-three model and promising programs are
highlighted. (OJJDP)
Washington Health
Foundation Launches Healthiest State In The
Nation Webpage
The campaign to make
Washington the
healthiest state in the nation has begun!
A list of all participating organizations and
kick off events is available by visiting http://www.whf.org/ and
clicking on the Healthiest
State
in the Nation Campaign
logo.
CHILD Profile Receives
Award
I am very pleased to let you all
know that CHILD Profile has received the Silver,
National Health Information Award. This
awards program recognizes the nation's best
consumer health information programs and
materials. It is organized by the
Health
Information
Resource
Center which
was created by the Office of Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion, US Department of Health
and Human Services.
Thank you all for continuing to craft
messages for the CHILD Profile materials and use
the materials to get important information to
families. Our collaborative, concerted
effort is making a difference! Here are
highlights from the last parent satisfaction
survey:
- 87% of all respondents said they read the
letters.
- 68% of all respondents said the letters
helped answer parenting questions.
- 63% said the information helped them
remember to get their child immunized on time;
61% said the information helped them remember to
take their child to a well-child visit.
- Between 31% to 35% of respondents said
they had changed their behavior because of the
letters.
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Washington Council for the
Prevention of Child Abuse and
Neglect
Children's Trust Fund of
Washington
318 1st Ave. S. Suite
310
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 464-6151
wcpcan@dshs.wa.gov
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